Title :
An analysis of the performance of surge suppression devices applying the TLM method
Author :
Mustafa, Thair I A H ; Almaguer, Hugo D. ; Cabral, Sérgio H L ; Meyer, Luiz H. ; Júnior, José J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Commun. Eng., Univ. of Blumenau-FURB, Blumenau, Brazil
Abstract :
This work presents an analysis of the performance of surge suppression devices that currently are applied in power distribution network. Based on the Transmission Lines Method - TLM, numerical models for these devices have been created and their computational implementation made by using MATLAB™ codes. These models were simulated with some types of power surges and a comparison of results is made with measurements of actual devices and other methods of simulation obtained in the literature for verifying the efficiency of the proposed methodology. Also, it is presented some advantages over other methods for analysis of power distribution network, subjected to the effects of fast transients.
Keywords :
distribution networks; power system transients; surge protection; transmission line theory; MATLAB codes; TLM method; fast transients; power distribution network; power surges; surge suppression devices; transmission lines method; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Performance evaluation; Power transmission lines; Surges; Time domain analysis; Surge suppression; TLM; protection; transients;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1898-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1896-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344386
