Anisopter R&D Anisopter
New compact and affordable design for power pylons
Compared to conventional lattice structures, the Anisopter design* could improve public acceptance and minimise delays in the execution of lines to ensure electricity supply and integration of renewables.
*Registered Community Design (application number 015068627)
+ compact
To reduce the visual and environmental impact of the new lines
+ sustainable
Optimized to produce less CO2 and consume less materials (steel and concrete)
+ simple
Simpler and more elegant organic appearance to blend naturally with the landscape
traditional pylon vs. anisopter pylon
Realistic visual simulations have been carried out for typical landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula to compare the visual impact of the preliminary design of an Anisopter suspension tower (made of tubes and nodes) with its traditional alternative (made of angles and gusset plates).
Cereal field between hills of oak trees
Typical forest of the northern peninsula
Highway near a small northern town
*The slider bar can be moved freely to facilitate comparison.
The new Anisopter tower design results from the exhaustive optimization of triangulated topologies. This design has been inspired by the high efficiency of modern grid structures used in the aerospace sector (Figure 1) and by the elegant shape of high voltage hyperboloid towers designed over a hundred years ago by Russian engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Some examples of grid structures used in the aerospace industry.
Figure 2. Shukhov Towers. Sources: Transmission towers over the Oka River (left), Moscow radio broadcasting tower (right) and portrait of Vladimir Shukhov .
construction
Despite being made of round tubes, the new supports can be assembled on site in a simple and affordable way thanks to OUR PATENTED NODES SYSTEM.
Our assembly technologies are not only ideal for building lattice power pylons but they can also be applied to other sectors.
More information about the anisopter R&D project can be found at Elewit website.
