Research Article
Reliability-Centered Maintenance for Overhead Transmission Lines in Composite Power System
Table 1
Scores and weighting factors of condition indicators for determining the line condition index.
| Condition indicators | Descriptions | Scores | Weights |
| Service age | ≤10 | 3 | 1 | 10–20 | 4 | | ≥20 | 6 | |
| Insulator type | Porcelain type 1 | 2 | 3 | Silicon | 2 | | Porcelain type 2 | 4 | | Glass | 6 | |
| Bundle type | No | 4 | 1 | Yes | 6 | |
| Tower type | Monopole | 3 | 2 | Lattice or H | 6 | |
| Location | Plain | 4 | 1 | Mountain | 6 | |
| Weather | Dry | 2 | 1 | Mild | 4 | | Humid | 6 | |
| Wind | Low | 2 | 2 | Medium | 4 | | High | 6 | |
| Snow | Low | 2 | 2 | Medium | 4 | | High | 6 | |
| Dust pollution | Low | 2 | 3 | Medium | 4 | | High | 6 | |
| Theft rate | Low | 1 | 4 | Medium | 2 | | High | 4 | | Extra high | 6 | |
| Average number of failures per year (AFR) | Low | 1 | 5 | Medium | 2 | | High | 4 | | Extra high | 6 | |
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