• DocumentCode
    2638091
  • Title

    Arc-flash hazard in Wind Power Plants

  • Author

    Bradt, M. ; Behnke, M.R. ; Bellei, T.A. ; Bloethe, W.G. ; Brooks, Christopher Lee ; Camm, Ernst H. ; Dilling, W. ; Goltz, B. ; Li, Jie ; Niemira, J. ; Nuckles, K. ; Patiflo, J. ; Reza, Muhammad ; Richardson, B. ; Samaan, Nancy ; Schoene, Jens ; Smith, Tim

  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-22 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    The topic of this paper is the arc-flash hazard in Wind Power Plants (WPP). A brief introduction of the concept of arc flash is followed by the presentation of a methodology to perform an arc-flash hazard analysis on a WPP collector system. Issues such as faults being fed by multiple sources, as well as the modeling of the fault current of the wind turbine generator are addressed. The paper concludes with two examples using the presented methodology.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); flashover; hazards; wind power plants; wind turbines; WPP collector system; arc-flash hazard analysis; wind power plants; wind turbine generator; Conducting materials; Energy states; Fault currents; Geometry; Hazards; Insulation; Power system modeling; Protection; Safety; Wind energy; Arc-flash hazard; shock hazard; wind power plants;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6546-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TDC.2010.5484312
  • Filename
    5484312