Abstract :
A wide variety of basic insulation levels (BILs), configurations, shielding, footing resistances, protective schemes, equipment quality, and connections are now used on electric power distribution lines. Because of the many variables, only rough estimates of the lightning performance of these lines has been possible with the present state of the art. A method is presented that can be used to obtain such an estimate. This method should be sufficient for most comparative estimates
Keywords :
distribution networks; lightning protection; power system protection; IEEE working group; basic insulation levels; connections; footing resistances; lightning performance; power distribution lines; power system protection; quality; shielding; state of the art; Circuits; Flashover; Laboratories; Lightning; Load flow; Load flow analysis; Physics; Protection; State estimation; Storms;
