Overhead distribution lines are prone to lightning overvoltages due to their configurations and characteristics. Metal Oxide Varistor (MOVs) arresters for many years have proven to be more advantageous than others arresters in lightning surge protection; therefore it is worthwhile to continually assess the behavior and performance of these arresters to different kind of overvoltages caused by l...

This paper elaborates on several important outstanding issues in the state-of-art of overvoltage protection selection for modern wind farms. The lack of experience with this still-new technology, together with the inherent complexity of wind farm electrical systems, entails several unresolved issues pertinent to the topic of overvoltage protection, particularly in relation to lightning-initiate...

Metal oxide surge arrester accurate modeling and its parameter identification are very important for insulation coordination studies, arrester allocation and system reliability. Since quality and reliability of lightning performance studies can be improved with the more efficient representation of the arresters´ dynamic behavior. In this paper, Big Bang – Big Crunch and Hybrid Big Bang – Big Cr...

The housing of zinc oxide lightning arresters are playing major role for discharging the lightning surges. Previously porcelain and silicon rubber housings were mainly used depending on the atmospheric conditions but in practice a lot of problems are faced with these housing. Hence this paper presenting the ZnO blocks performance characterizes with different dielectrics such as air, transformer...

metal oxide surge arrester accurate modeling and its parameter identification are very important for insulation coordination studies, arrester allocation and system reliability. since quality and reliability of lightning performance studies can be improved with the more efficient representation of the arresters´ dynamic behavior. in this paper, big bang – big crunch and hybrid big bang – big cr...

In this paper, genetic algorithm-based approach for transient analysis of single transmission line connected to arrester is proposed. In this approach, the lightning channel striking the overhead line is first represented by a current source and this source is truncated by a finite set of frequency harmonies in time domain. Norton equivalent circuit viewed across arrester is then computed by me...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa pemeliharaan Lightning Arrester Pada Gardu Induk GIS Simpang Haru Padang. Metode yang dilakukan kegiatan mencegah agar tidak terjadinya suatu kegagalan pada sebuah peralatan. Ada tiga pengujian dilakukan, yakni berupa tahanan insulasi, pengukuran pentanahan lightning arrester dan surge counter. Berdasarkan hasil insulasi telah di gardu induk diperoleh ...