Measurement of V-t characteristics of suspention insulators to evaluate for lightning characteristics of traction power supply system

Author

Suzuki, Hajime ; Hayashiya, Hitoshi ; Takino, Toshiaki ; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi ; Kumada, A. ; Hidaka, K.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Signal Network Syst. Dept., East Japan Railway Co., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

11-18 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

629

Lastpage

633

Abstract

In d.c. traction power supply system, direct stroke of lightning to the overhead catenaries system and electric pole causes the continuing grounding fault and it results in the breaking of overhead wire. The countermeasure for lightning is one of the important issues to realize more reliable public transportation. In this paper, V-t characteristics of suspension insulators were experimentally measured in detail. It was confirmed that the flashover voltage increases about 40% or more in a short time region of V-t characteristics. Such measurements will be important and valuable for evaluation of lightning characteristics of traction power supply system and useful for reasonable proposal of countermeasures against lightning in the future.

Keywords

earthing; insulators; lightning protection; traction power supplies; V-t characteristics; dc traction power supply system; electric pole; flashover voltage; grounding fault; lightning characteristics; lightning direct stroke; overhead catenaries system; overhead wire; public transportation; suspension insulators; Area measurement; Current measurement; Flashover; Insulators; Lightning; Suspensions; Time measurement; Lightnig; Lightning protection; V-t characteristics; d.c. transmission; traction power supply system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2014 International Conference o

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973200

Filename

6973200