Analysis of radiation characteristics of distribution line carriers with the NEC code

Author

Recrosio, Nelly ; Fine, Georges ; Hélier, Marc

Author_Institution

Electricite de France, Moret-sur-Loing, France

Volume

35

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

68

Abstract

The use of a medium-voltage (MV) transmission network as a physical medium for communications with the distribution line carrier (DLC) technique may lead to electromagnetic compatibility problems. Computed and experimental results concerning the undesired electromagnetic fields radiated by the DLC are discussed. The NEC-2 code is used to model a network considered as a radiating structure in the 10-100-kHz band and to estimate the average values of undesired radiated electromagnetic fields. An appropriate NEC user interface has been developed on a Macintosh computer in order to model a realistic complex network. Results obtained with NEC are validated through comparisons of simulated fields with measured ones, and satisfactory agreement is found. A numerical parametric study shows the effects of the network configuration on the undesired radiated fields

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; digital simulation; electromagnetic compatibility; software packages; telecommunications computing; user interfaces; 10 to 100 kHz; EMC; MV transmission line; Macintosh computer; NEC user interface; NEC-2 code; distribution line carriers; electromagnetic compatibility problems; medium-voltage; network configuration; numerical parametric study; physical medium; radiating structure; radiation characteristics; realistic complex network; undesired electromagnetic fields; Complex networks; Computational modeling; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Medium voltage; National electric code; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9375

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/15.249396

Filename

249396