Open AccessInfluence of lightning surges on wideband‐frequency model of LCC‐UHVDC converter station
Author(s) -
Masood Bilal,
Guobing Song,
Hou Junjie,
Zhanfeng Fan,
Jinhai Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet generation, transmission and distribution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.92
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1751-8695
pISSN - 1751-8687
DOI - 10.1049/iet-gtd.2020.0641
Subject(s) - overvoltage , transient (computer programming) , electrical engineering , surge arrester , engineering , transmission line , insulator (electricity) , surge , arc flash , electric power transmission , lightning arrester , lightning (connector) , wideband , electric power system , voltage , power (physics) , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
One of the leading causes of power system outages is lightning surges. A precise calculation of lightning overvoltages across insulators has vital significance for the investigation of lightning outages. This study investigates the impact of different lightning surges for the analysis of transient frequency characteristics of line commutated converter (LCC) based ± 800 kV ultra‐high‐voltage direct current (UHVDC) converter station by developing a wideband (WB) model of the converter station. The influence of lightning flashover criterion (LFC) of double exponential and Heidler surges methods on insulator/gap for precise lightning withstand level is examined. An analytical comparison for LFC of insulator/gap installed at high altitude transmission lines by incorporating the IEEE volt/time curve, CIGRE leader propagation (LP) and improved LP methods is presented. The proposed WB model explores the novel attributes of high‐frequency transfer characteristics and the coupling mechanism of transient frequencies passing through the converter station. Moreover, the effect of internal frequency dependant DC line faults on the WB model is examined. The analysis presented here aims to investigate issues like overvoltage, electromagnetic disturbance prediction, insulation design of the equipment and standardisation of sensitivity issues that are being faced by the present relay protection systems.