Effect of nearby lightning on overhead electric lines: a comparison of simulation methods

Author

Hernandez-Telleria, Andres ; Urdaneta, Alberto J. ; Vivas-Nava, Jose H.

Author_Institution

Simon Bolivar Univ., Caracas, Venezuela

fYear

1998

fDate

2-4 Mar 1998

Firstpage

431

Lastpage

437

Abstract

A survey of the methods proposed in the literature to evaluate the effect of nearby lightning strokes on electric power transmission/distribution circuits is performed, describing the assumptions taken as well as the mathematical tools applied at each of the simulation stages of the physical phenomena. A comparison is made between the approaches proposed by Master & Uman [1984] and Chowdhury [1989] to describe the electromagnetic field associated with the atmospheric discharge. After validation, both methodologies are applied to the same reference problem. Results are presented and analyzed, reflecting interesting differences in the figures obtained by each of the approaches for the outage rates of the electric circuits, chosen as test cases, with a tendency of the method of Chowdhury to estimate higher

Keywords

lightning; overvoltage; power distribution lines; power overhead lines; power system simulation; atmospheric discharge; distribution circuits; electric power transmission; electromagnetic field; lightning; outage rates; overhead electric lines; simulation methods; Atmospheric modeling; Cause effect analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Clouds; Conductors; Electromagnetic fields; Lightning; Surges; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Devices, Circuits and Systems, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 Second IEEE International Caracas Conference on

Conference_Location

Isla de Margarita

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4434-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCDCS.1998.705877

Filename

705877