Abstract:Ice shedding on transmission conductors in ice areas can reduce the insulation gap, which may trigger a flashover trip and threaten the safe operation of lines. At present, the research on ice shedding jump characteristics of conductor under non-uniform accreted ice based on finite element method is insufficient, so the calculation model of continuous three-span transmission line with quad bundle conductor is established by the finite element method. The effects of non-uniform accreted ice and uniform accreted ice on ice shedding jump characteristics of the conductor are studied, and the dynamic characteristics of transmission line conductors with non-uniform accreted ice after ice shedding under different parameters such as the span length, elevation difference and ice thickness are analyzed, and the existing empirical formula is improved. The results show that the maximum ice shedding jump height is closely related to non-uniform accreted ice, the ice shedding jump height of the conductor under nonuniform accreted ice may be larger than that under uniform accreted ice, and the position of the maximum jump height of transmission line conductors after ice shedding may not be at the midpoint of the span, more likely to cause flashover and trip accident. Therefore, the proposed ice shedding characteristics of conductor under non-uniform accreted ice have important engineering value for the insulation design of transmission line in heavy ice areas.