Lightning performance assessment with line arresters

Author

Kastrup, Oscar ; Zanetta, Luiz Cera, Jr. ; Nigri, Armando ; Campones doBrasil, D.O. ; Maldonado, Paulo ; Moreira, Fernando Augusto

fYear

1996

fDate

15-20 Sep 1996

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

293

Abstract

The paper describes the studies performed by a team of engineers from FURNAS and USP to determine the application conditions, the type and ratings of surge arresters to be installed on a few transmission lines operated by the first-named company in order to improve their performance for lightning strokes. A summary of the line-arrester application principles is included in the beginning of the paper, which subsequently presents the details of the calculations to define the line-arrester characteristics, their position along the lines and the line performance before and after the arresters´ installation

Keywords

arresters; lightning protection; power system protection; power transmission lines; Brazil; FURNAS; USP; lightning performance assessment; lightning strokes; line arresters; line-arrester characteristics; line-arrester position; surge arresters; transmission lines; Arresters; Electric breakdown; Electronic equipment; Flashover; Insulation; Lightning; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Surge protection; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3522-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.1996.545949

Filename

545949