Surge arrester characteristics that provide reliable overvoltage protection in distribution and low-voltage systems

Author

Goedde, G.L. ; Kojovic, Lj A. ; Woodworth, J.J.

Author_Institution

Cooper Power Syst., Franksville, WI, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2375

Abstract

In today´s competitive market and restructuring in all areas of power industry, it is important to apply products that meet technical requirements and operate with high reliability. Over-designing cannot be justified if they add to the product cost. This paper suggests that existing overvoltage protection practices and surge arrester characteristics are sufficient for reliable overvoltage protection in distribution and low-voltage systems. Protected equipment failures that occur are not due to insufficient arrester energy capabilities but mostly due to improper application, most often related to excessively long lead lengths

Keywords

arresters; electricity supply industry; overvoltage protection; power distribution faults; power distribution protection; distribution networks; low-voltage power systems; overvoltage protection reliability; power industry restructuring; protected equipment failures; surge arrester characteristics; Arresters; Circuit faults; Impedance; Lightning; Power system faults; Power system transients; Power transformer insulation; Surge protection; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2000. IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6420-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2000.867361

Filename

867361