Preliminary study of the influence caused by solar storm on Sichuan power grid

Author

Cui, Mingde ; Liu, Chunming ; Liu, Lianguang ; Zhang, Xinyuan

Author_Institution

Sichuan Chengdu Electr. Power Bur., Chengdu, China

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The high current induced by solar storm, namely the geomagnetically induced current (GIC) has been discovered in Jiangsu and Guangdong power grids as well as in other provincial power grids with the development of the long-distance power transmission system in China in recent years, which have resulted in some latent influence on these power grids. Based on the structures of EHVAC in Sichuan, the preliminary estimate for the GIC level in Sichuan power grid had been made by use of the data of ground electric field induced by the typical solar storm with MATLAB simulation software. The results show that the GIC influence on Sichuan power grid under the strong magnetic storm is not optimistic; it should pay a sufficient attention to this problem.

Keywords

electric field effects; magnetic storms; power grids; power transmission lines; power transmission protection; solar-terrestrial relationships; China; EHVAC; GIC level; Guangdong power grid; Jiangsu power grid; MATLAB simulation software; Sichuan power grid; geomagnetically induced current; ground electric field; long distance power transmission system; magnetic storm; solar storm; Electromagnetics; Storms; Complex-Image Method; DC Magnetic Bias; EHVAC; Earth Source Potential (ESP); Geomagnetic Storm; Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC); Plane Wave Theory; Security and Stability; Sichuan Power Grid; Solar Storm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology (POWERCON), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5938-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/POWERCON.2010.5666667

Filename

5666667