FDTD Analysis of the Unit Step Response of a Circuit Measuring Chopped Lightning Impulse Voltages

Author

Baba, Y. ; Tamano, A. ; Ishii, M. ; Nagaoka, N. ; Ametani, A.

Author_Institution

Doshisha Univ., Kyoto

Volume

23

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

502

Lastpage

503

Abstract

Unit step response (USR) parameters of a circuit for measuring chopped lightning impulse voltages are calculated using the finite-difference time-domain method for solving Maxwell´s equations, and compared with those of a USR-measuring circuit recommended by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Although the circuit for measuring chopped lightning impulse voltages is quite different from the IEC-recommended USR measuring circuit, USR parameters calculated for the former circuit are not much different from those calculated for the latter circuit except the case when the former circuit includes both a low-impedance impulse high voltage generator and a damping resistor.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; choppers (circuits); finite difference time-domain analysis; step response; voltage dividers; FDTD analysis; International Electrotechnical Commission; Maxwell´s equations; chopped lightning impulse voltages; damping resistor; finite-difference time-domain method; low-impedance impulse high voltage generator; unit step response; Circuits; Damping; Electrodes; Finite difference methods; IEC; Lightning; Resistors; Time domain analysis; Voltage; Wire; International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method; resistor divider; unit step response (USR);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2007.911105

Filename

4401127