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ABSTRACT: The electromagnetic fields generated by a vertical electric dipole, expressed in the form of the Sommerfeld integral, are important in the study of lightning. In this paper, an algorithm, which can analytically approximate the Sommerfeld tail integral, is proposed. Due to the fact that the tail integral is expressed by a sum of several error functions, the tail integral of a vertical electric dipole can be evaluated without the truncation of the infinite upper limit. The comparison indicates that the results calculated by the proposed algorithm are accurate, and the computational time, compared to the one using direct numerical quadrature method, is much shorter.
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 12/2011; · 1.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This paper describes an efficient numerical approach for the calculation of the per-unit length earth-return impedance of a conductor inside a tunnel. The influence of the tunnel on the per-unit length impedance is replaced by a set of equivalent current sources via the fictitious medium method. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that it can solve the boundary value problem within the tunnel region. The proposed method can reduce the calculation region and, thus, leads to time savings. A comparison of the numerical results with published data shows very good agreement. The proposed method is a good candidate for impedance calculation of a conductor inside a tunnel.
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 11/2007; · 1.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this paper, a simulation model is proposed to evaluate the electromagnetic transient surge current distribution in a lightning protection system (LPS) due to a direct lightning stroke. The model is based on the coupled transmission line network in the frequency domain combined with the Fourier transform technique. The conductor of the LPS is described using the coupled transmission line model, and can be reduced to an active two-port equivalent circuit. The unknown quantities are the node voltages of the LPS at the physical junction, which leads to a fast solver at each frequency. The validation of the proposed approach is performed by comparing the results with those in the technical literature. The numerical examples show the flexibility, efficiency, and accuracy of the model in the range of practical application of LPS.
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 09/2007; · 1.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The design of grounding system often relies on the performance simulations. The evaluation of the current distribution of grounding system for many frequencies by using the method of moments (MoM) may take a long time since the impedance matrix must be recomputed at each new frequency. A multiobject adaptive spatial sampling approach is presented to construct the fitted model of the electric field intensity generated by a horizontal electric dipole. The [Z] matrix spatial interpolation technology with MoM is described to reduce the computational time needed for the transient characteristics analysis of a horizontal grounding system. The accuracy and computational time of the [Z] matrix interpolation method are compared with those of the direct MoM. The numerical examples show that the [Z] matrix spatial interpolation method can reduce the computation requirement effectively
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 03/2006; · 1.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: How to precisely measure the grounding impedance of large-scale substations is a fundamental guarantee for the safe operation of power systems. If the ground wires were connected to the grounding grid, these ground wires would shunt a part of the injected measuring current and allow the measured grounding impedance to be smaller than the actual impedance of the grounding system. Based on an actual 500-kV grounding system, this paper discusses how to analyze the influence of the overhead ground wire on the measured grounding impedance and how to obtain the real grounding impedance of the grounding system. A numerical analysis model considering the grounding system, the transmission lines, towers, and their grounding devices, based on the multilayer soil model analyzed from field test data of apparent soil resistivity, was constructed to analyze the influence of ground wires and tower grounding resistances on grounding impedance, and the general effects of different parameters, such as tower impedance, grounding impedance, and circuits of transmission lines, were analyzed. The real grounding impedance of the substation with connected overhead ground wires was validated, and some useful results have been obtained, based on the field-measured values and numerical analysis.
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 05/2005; · 1.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In a high soil resistivity area, counterpoise wires are applied to decrease the grounding resistance of tower grounding devices. If the conductor of counterpoise wire is very long, although the power frequency grounding resistance of the tower grounding device is decreased, the lightning protection performance of the transmission line is still not good. The influences of the length of grounding electrodes on the lightning transient characteristic were analyzed. The dynamic and nonlinear effect of soil ionization around the grounding electrode was considered in the analysis model of transient characteristics for the grounding electrodes under lightning impulse. The counterpoise wire has an effective length when lightning passes through it. When the length of a grounding electrode exceeds the effective length, the grounding conductor will not be utilized effectively. The simulating experiments were performed to analyze influences of the length of the counterpoise wire on the impulse characteristics. The formulae to calculate the impulse effective lengths of counterpoise wires were proposed. The model proposed in the paper has been validated by comparing the numerical results with experimental tests.
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 05/2005; · 1.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) is widely used to prevent from fire hazards, electronic shock and injury to persons by a persistent earth leakage current. On account of a application of GFCI, however the occurrence of false tripping due to lightning and switching surge has been growing. This unwanted tripping caused by the transient ground potential rise due to nearby lightning strokes could bring about a fatal loss like a power outage or a deterioration of power quality. In order to analyze the cause of malfunction, various samples of GFCI were investigated experimentally. When lightning impulse and EFT (electrical fast transient) were injected to GFCIs with the different leakage current detecting circuits and the wiring configurations, various false tripping characteristics were showed. Most of them showed malfunctions under surge current less than 3 kA. Also, it was found that a false tripping is dependent on a wiring of GFCI circuit and position of protective component Countermeasures using MOV (metal oxide varistor) and zener diode were suggested to prevent from a false tripping in this study.
Power System Technology, 2004. PowerCon 2004. 2004 International Conference on; 12/2004
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ABSTRACT: The electromagnetic environments (EMEs) of the planned Zhongguancun Software Park near transmission lines, including electrical field, magnetic field, and ground potential rise under three cases of lightning stroke, normal operation, and short-circuit faults, are assessed by numerical analysis. The power frequency EMEs of the software park are below the maximum ecological allowed exposure values for the general public; , nevertheless, the power frequency magnetic field may interfere with the sensitive computer display unit. The influence of short-circuit fault in two different cases of remote short circuit and neighboring short circuit on the software park is discussed. The main problem we must pay attention to is the ground potential rise in the software park due to neighboring short-circuit fault; it would threaten the safe operation of electronic devices in the software park. On the other hand, the lightning stroke is a serious threat to the software park. How to improve the EMEs of the software park is discussed.
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 08/2004; · 1.66 Impact Factor
