Characteristics of lightning surges observed at 77 kV substations

✍ Scribed by Toshiaki Ueda; Masayuki Yoda; Iwao Miyachi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 237 KB
• Volume: 124
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0424-7760
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6416(199808)124:3<40::aid-eej5>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

In order to improve power supply reliability, it is necessary to prevent lightning faults in transmission lines and substation apparatus. However, faults are caused occasionally in lower-voltage power systems, particularly at the 77 kV level. The governing factor for insulation strength of substation apparatus is the lightning impulse voltage, and it is necessary to know the voltage level and distribution in a substation caused by lightning surges in order to investigate rational insulation coordination. For this purpose, the authors measured lightning surges at two 77 kV conventional substations from 1990 to 1993. In this paper, the characteristics of induced lightning surges and back flashover lightning surges are described. Comparisons of related surge voltages at two substations, the power line phases in grounding faults, and the equivalent capacitance of the substations are also discussed.