Title :
Overvoltage protection in wind power farms
Author :
Richter, Bernhard ; Lepa, Erko
Author_Institution :
PTHA Surge Arresters, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Wettingen, Switzerland
Abstract :
Lightning and overvoltage protection of wind power farms and wind power generators is addressed considering the different equipment and stresses. Standards are discussed and typical cases show that further investigations are necessary and new surge protective devices have to be developed and tested.
Keywords :
overvoltage protection; power generation protection; surge protection; wind power plants; overvoltage protection; surge protective devices; wind power farms; wind power generators; Coils; Generators; Switches; MO surge arrester; lightning; overvoltages; wind power farm; wind power generator;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1898-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1896-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344284
