The development of a durable easy to apply 'polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes' based anti-icing coating for aluminium composite core conductor lines to enable their implemention in overhead line energy market

ACCC导体的电力供应能力是现有导体的两倍，由于担心其在冰载下的长期性能，在能源供应市场上大规模采用ACCC导体受到了阻碍。目前还不存在有效、持久的防冰增积解决方案。为了解决当前使用现有支持基础设施增加电网容量的迫切需求，我们建议使用尖端的超疏水技术开发有效耐用的防冰涂层。该技术在ACCC导体上的应用将促进其在市场上的安全采用，并带来以下好处：在不升级现有基础设施的情况下，将导体线路的电流承载能力提高两倍；2. 到2020年，大幅减少维护和相关成本（节省9亿英镑）。减少对环境的影响，因为不需要进入塔楼进行基础升级。根据英国所有家庭的能源供应（每年11.7万千瓦时），用ACCC导体取代10%的现有ACSR线路将减少2925千瓦时（1.75亿英镑）的线路损耗，并减少123万吨二氧化碳。

The wholesale adoption of ACCC conductors in the energy supply market, which offer twice the power supply capacity of existing conductors, has been prevented due to concerns regarding their long term performance under ice-loading. Effective durable anti-ice accretion solutions do not exist. To address the current & pressing need to increase grid capacity using existing support infrastructure, we propose the development of an effective & durable anti-icing coating using cutting edge super hydrophobic technology. The application of this technology on ACCC conductors will facilitate their safe adoption in the market & deliver the following benefits: 1. Increase two fold the current carrying capacity of conductor lines, without upgrade of existing infrastructure; 2. Substantially reduce maintenance and associated costs (£900million savings) up to the year 20202. Reduced environmental impact as access to towers for foundation upgrades would not be required4. Based on supply of energy to all UK homes (117,000 GWh per year), replacing 10% of existing ACSR lines with ACCC conductors will reduce line losses by 2,925GWh (£175million) and prevent 1.23million tonnes CO2.