Reducing the damaging effects of lightning in an industrial co-generation plant

Author

Holmquist, John R. ; Jones, Roger W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Services, Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, WA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

19-23 June 2000

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

32

Abstract

An industrial co-generation facility presents a case-study of lightning-induced voltage fluctuations, separation from the electric utility company, and power outages. Included in the discussion are transmission line design considerations, storm and lightning detection, and co-generation system protection basics. Several lightning engineering programs were studied in particular, the Windows(R)-based lightning protection design workstation (LPDW), developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Also investigated was a computer-based tracking system designed to identify and locate electrical storms up to 483 km (300 miles) distant. The paper includes recommendations for the cogenerator to improve the reliability of the plant distribution system and provide better control of the generator(s).

Keywords

cogeneration; lightning protection; paper industry; power engineering computing; power generation protection; power transmission lines; 300 micron; 483 km; EPRI; Electric Power Research Institute; Windows-based lightning protection design workstation; computer-based tracking system; electric utility company separation; industrial co-generation plant; lightning detection; lightning effects reduction; lightning engineering programs; lightning-induced voltage fluctuations; paper mill; plant distribution system; power outages; reliability improvement; storm detection; transmission line design; Design engineering; Lightning protection; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power industry; Power system protection; Power transmission lines; Storms; Voltage fluctuations; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference, 2000. Conference Record of 2000 Annual

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

ISSN

0190-2172

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6331-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAPCON.2000.854183

Filename

854183