A test circuit for simulating lightning strikes on HVDC transmission lines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Xiao ◽  
Y. Deng ◽  
B. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Lightning Strikes ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
Test Circuit ◽  
Hvdc Transmission Lines

scholarly journals Assessment of Overvoltage and Insulation Coordination in Mixed HVDC Transmission Lines Exposed to Lightning Strikes

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4217
Author(s):  
Mansoor Asif ◽  
Ho-Yun Lee ◽  
Kyu-Hoon Park ◽  
Ayesha Shakeel ◽  
Bang-Wook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Line ◽  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Protective Level ◽  
Lightning Strikes ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
Surge Arresters ◽  
Hvdc Transmission Lines ◽  
Lightning Impulse ◽  
Insulation Coordination ◽  
Front Model

Many geographical constraints and aesthetic concerns necessitate the partial use of cable sections in the High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission line, resulting in a mixed transmission line. The overhead sections of mixed lines are exposed to lightning strikes. The lightning strikes can not only result in flashover of overhead line (OHL) insulators but can enter the cable and permanently damage its insulation if adequate insulation coordination measures are not taken. In this work, we have analyzed the factors that affect the level of overvoltage inside the cable by simulating a fast front model in PSCAD. It has been determined that surge arresters must be provided at cable terminals when the length of cable sections is less than 16 km to limit the core-ground overvoltage within the lightning impulse protective level (LIPL). The level of sheath-ground overvoltage is independent of the length of cable; however, it can be limited within LIPL by lowering the sheath grounding impedance to 1.2 Ω. Insulation coordination measures do not impact the likelihood of OHL insulators’ flashover. The flashover performance of OHL can be improved by lowering the footing impedance of the second tower closest to the cable terminals, which is otherwise most likely to flashover.

scholarly journals Locating Faults in Thyristor-Based LCC-HVDC Transmission Lines Using Single End Measurements and Boosting Ensemble

Electronics ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Aleena Swetapadma ◽  
Shobha Agarwal ◽  
Satarupa Chakrabarti ◽  
Soham Chakrabarti ◽  
Adel El-Shahat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Current ◽  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Fault Location ◽  
Ensemble Method ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Half Cycle ◽  
Optimal Method ◽  
Hvdc Transmission ◽  
Hvdc Transmission Lines

Most of the fault location methods in high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines usemethods which require signals from both ends. It will be difficult to estimate fault location if the signal recorded is not correct due to communication problems.Hence a robust method is required which can locate fault with minimum error. In this work, faults are located using boosting ensembles in HVDC transmission lines based on single terminal direct current (DC) signals. The signals are processed to obtain input features that vary with the fault distance. These input features are obtained by taking maximum of half cycle current signals after fault and minimum of half cycle voltage signals after fault from the root mean square of DC signals. The input features are input to a boosting ensemble for estimating the location of fault. Boosting ensemble method attempts to correct the errors from the previous models and find outputs by combining all models. The boosting ensemble method has been also compared with the decision tree method and thebagging-based ensemble method. Fault locations are estimated using three methods and compared to obtain an optimal method. The boosting ensemble method has better performance than all the other methods in locating the faults. It also validated varying fault resistance, smoothing reactors, boundary faults, pole to ground faults and pole to pole faults. The advantage of the method is that no communication link is needed. Another advantage is that it allowsreach setting up to 99.9% and does not exhibitthe problem of over-fitting. Another advantage is that the percentage error in locating faults is within 1% and has a low realization cost. The proposed method can be implemented in HVDC transmission lines effectively as an alternative to overcome the drawbacks of traveling wave methods.

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