Some of the deadliest wildfires in the US, such as California's 2018 wildfires, have been
ignited by power systems. In an effort to prevent and minimize the ignition of wildfires, or …

Vegetation encroaching on overhead power lines can cause short circuit faults and pose a
major threat to the security and stability of power grids. Therefore, establishing an effective …

Vegetation encroachment in power transmission lines can cause outages, which may result
in severe impact on economic of power utilities companies as well as the consumer …

Monitoring of electrical transmission towers (TTs) is required to maintain the integrity of
power lines. One major challenge is monitoring vegetation encroachment that can cause …

To locate the ground encroachments in transmission line corridor effectively, the application
of a novel binocular stereo vision (BSV) for distance measurement is realized with …

Overhead inspections of high voltage power lines are very expensive undertaking. Power
lines require systematic inspections to avoid failures and power outages. In each growing …

In this paper we present a feasibility study for using high resolution and very high resolution
satellite imagery for high and medium voltage power line monitoring. The main objective is …

Timely identification of problems in electrical distribution networks is crucial to preventing
major failures, reducing costs, and ensuring a reliable power supply. This paper presents a …

Wildfires are global phenomena that pose a huge threat to our way of life (Fig. 17.1). With
rising temperatures across the globe, towering infernos of seemingly apocalyptic proportions …