Abstract:The icing of transmission lines can cause the accident of line broken and tower collapse, which seriously affects the safe operation of power grid. So accurate monitoring of icing conditions on transmission lines has important engineering significance and application value. Based on static mechanical model of comprehensive load of transmission line, two simplified equivalent ice thickness prediction methods are proposed. The first simplification method does not require horizontal span and height difference parameters, and reduces the input parameters, and the second simplification method does not require angle sensors, avoids the degradation of prediction performance caused by angle sensor errors, and reduces the hardware cost of the system. The results show that in the case of large horizontal span, the prediction performance of the first simplified method is basically the same as that of the existing method, and in the case of little changes in overhang angle before and after icing, the prediction error of the second simplified method is within the engineering allowable range.