Multistory transmission tower model for lightning surge analysis

Author

Ishii, Masaru ; Kawamura, Tatsuo ; Kouno, Teruya ; Ohsaki, Eiichi ; Shiokawa, Kazuyuki ; Murotani, Kaneyoshi ; Higuchi, Takemitsu

Author_Institution

Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

6

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1327

Lastpage

1335

Abstract

A multistory transmission tower model to be used in multiconductor analysis by EMTP (Electromagnetic Transients Program) is proposed. The circuit parameters of the model are determined based on the measurement of voltages across the insulator strings on an actual 500 kV transmission tower. The multiconductor lightning surge analysis considered enables one to predict the waveform of each insulator voltage, which is useful in determining the phase and the instant of a back flashover. The new tower model is recommended in Japan to be used in the new multiconductor analysis of EHV and UHV class double circuit transmission lines. The new tower model and conventional tower models are compared in the analysis of minimum back flashover lightning currents at a UHV transmission line. The new model gives about 20% smaller current

Keywords

electric breakdown of solids; flashover; insulators; lightning; poles and towers; power overhead lines; power system analysis computing; software packages; surges; transmission networks; 500 kV; EHV; EMTP; Electromagnetic Transients Program; Japan; back flashover; double circuit transmission lines; insulator strings; lightning surge analysis; multiconductor analysis; multistory transmission tower model; power system analysis computing; transmission networks; Distributed parameter circuits; EMTP; Electromagnetic modeling; Flashover; Insulation; Lightning; Multiconductor transmission lines; Poles and towers; Surges; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.85882

Filename

85882