Lightning performance assessment of 500kV transmission lines in Southern China

Author

Xiangen Zhao ; Yaoheng Xie ; Hengxin He ; Junjia He ; Xipeng Chen ; Hansheng Cai

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Adv. Electromagn. Eng. & Technol., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The disproportion in natural resource and power load results in lots of 500kV transmission lines in southern China. These transmission lines are seriously influenced by lightning because of the complex terrain and frequent lightning activities in southern China. In this paper, lightning performance of six 500kV transmission lines in southern China is analyzed with the help of Lightning Protection Analyzing System for Transmission Line (LPTL). The simulation is based on the method recommended by IEEE standard, considering the geographical environment and structure of each tower. The results show the existing difference in lightning performance of each tower. Then comparative analysis is made between the simulation results and operation experience on flashover rate of entire line. It indicates that the IEEE method considering practical situation is available to the lightning performance assessment of 500KV transmission lines in southern China.

Keywords

IEEE standards; flashover; lightning protection; power transmission protection; IEEE standard; LPTL; flashover rate; geographical environment; lightning performance assessment; lightning protection analyzing system for transmission line; southern China; tower structure; transmission lines; voltage 500 kV; Flashover; Poles and towers; 500kV transmission line; IEEE method; backflashover rate; shielding failure flashover rate; southern China;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672765

Filename

6672765