Development of a Technique for Representing Lightning Arresters in the Surge Simulations based on the FDTD Method and its Application to the Calculation of Lightning-Induced Voltages on a Distribution Line

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  • Tatematsu Akiyoshi
    Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
  • Noda Taku
    Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)

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  • ＦＤＴＤ法を用いたサージ解析における避雷器模擬手法の開発とその配電線誘導雷電圧計算への適用
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Recently, the FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) method, which directly solves Maxwell's equations, has been applied to lightning surge problems involving electrical wires in three-dimensional arrangements, such as power and telecommunication circuits. Lightning arresters are installed to protect the circuits from abnormal voltages due to lightning, for example. We have already proposed a technique for representing a lightning arrester in the FDTD method. However, this technique simply represents the V-I characteristics of the arrester using just three parameters and requires a method for avoiding the numerical oscillation due to the nonlinear characteristics of the arrester.<br>In this paper, we propose a new technique for representing the V-I characteristics of the arrester in detail using the piecewise linear function defined by several points and for improving the numerical stability without the method for avoiding the numerical oscillation. Using a test circuit, the proposed technique is validated by comparing the results calculated by the FDTD method with those by the EMTP (ElectroMagnetic Transients Program) which is a circuit-theory-based simulation program. Finally, as an example of applying the proposed technique, we calculate lightning-induced voltages on a distribution line with a lightning arrester. The calculated results by the FDTD method agree well with those by a conventional method based on circuit theroy.

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