The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators

Protection of medium voltage (MV) overhead lines against the indirect effects of lightning is an important issue in Malaysia and other tropical countries. Protection of these lines against the indirect effects of lightning is a major concern and can be improved by several ways. The choice of insulat...

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Main Authors: Izadi, Mahdi, Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Gomes, Chandima, Jasni, Jasronita, Hajikhani, Maryam
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56156/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56156/1/56156.pdf
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author Izadi, Mahdi
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
Hajikhani, Maryam
author_facet Izadi, Mahdi
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
Hajikhani, Maryam
author_sort Izadi, Mahdi
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Protection of medium voltage (MV) overhead lines against the indirect effects of lightning is an important issue in Malaysia and other tropical countries. Protection of these lines against the indirect effects of lightning is a major concern and can be improved by several ways. The choice of insulator to be used for instance, between the glass, ceramic or polymer, can help to improve the line performance from the perspective of increasing the breakdown strength. In this paper, the electrical performance of a 10 kV polymer insulator under different conditions for impulse, weather and insulator angle with respect to a cross-arm were studied (both experimental and modelling) and the results were discussed accordingly. Results show that the weather and insulator angle (with respect to the cross-arm) are surprisingly influenced the values of breakdown voltage and leakage current for both negative and positive impulses. Therefore, in order to select a proper protection system for MV lines against lightning induced voltage, consideration of the local information concerning the weather and also the insulator angles with respect to the cross-arm are very useful for line stability and performance.
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spelling upm-561562017-07-03T09:40:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56156/ The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators Izadi, Mahdi Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Gomes, Chandima Jasni, Jasronita Hajikhani, Maryam Protection of medium voltage (MV) overhead lines against the indirect effects of lightning is an important issue in Malaysia and other tropical countries. Protection of these lines against the indirect effects of lightning is a major concern and can be improved by several ways. The choice of insulator to be used for instance, between the glass, ceramic or polymer, can help to improve the line performance from the perspective of increasing the breakdown strength. In this paper, the electrical performance of a 10 kV polymer insulator under different conditions for impulse, weather and insulator angle with respect to a cross-arm were studied (both experimental and modelling) and the results were discussed accordingly. Results show that the weather and insulator angle (with respect to the cross-arm) are surprisingly influenced the values of breakdown voltage and leakage current for both negative and positive impulses. Therefore, in order to select a proper protection system for MV lines against lightning induced voltage, consideration of the local information concerning the weather and also the insulator angles with respect to the cross-arm are very useful for line stability and performance. Public Library of Science 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56156/1/56156.pdf Izadi, Mahdi and Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Gomes, Chandima and Jasni, Jasronita and Hajikhani, Maryam (2017) The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators. PLOS ONE, 12 (2). art. no. e0172118. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0172118
spellingShingle Izadi, Mahdi
Abd Rahman, Muhammad Syahmi
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
Hajikhani, Maryam
The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title_full The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title_fullStr The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title_full_unstemmed The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title_short The influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
title_sort influence of lightning induced voltage on the distribution power line polymer insulators
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