Análisis de factibilidad técnico económico para la incorporación de vehículos aéreos no tripulados de alas giratorias (drones) en los procedimientos de mantenimiento preventivo predictivo de redes de medio y alto voltaje de la Empresa Eléctrica Ambato S.A.

Abstract

The objective of the research is the technical-economic feasibility analysis for the incorporation of rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in the predictive preventive maintenance procedures of medium and high-voltage networks of the electrical company Ambato S.A. Relevant information was collected from research on the use of unmanned autonomous vehicles in medium and high voltage networks, determining the characteristics of these networks, working voltage or voltage, insulation level, main distribution, voltage drop. The clear advantage of predictive maintenance for high-voltage power systems is to avoid catastrophic failures, costly emergency maintenance figures, and even loss of human life. For the analysis of its technical feasibility, manual maintenance at floor level and maintenance by drone were compared economically, for thermographic analysis considering the cost of labor personnel and maintenance service in both cases, showing significant savings in the second, due to the use of a drone to access the entire network infrastructure analysis area, capturing thermal images in real time. To evaluate the economic feasibility, six types of feasibility were analyzed that must be approved so that the project has an adequate approval, in this way the data that the economic analysis throws is tabulated and the comparison of values is made, both expenses and income of the processes. of maintenance to be able to obtain real data of which is the best maintenance that can be used.