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Overvoltage protection of shunt-capacitor banks using MOV arresters

Journal Article · · IEEE Trans. Power Appar. Syst.; (United States)

This paper evaluates using metal-oxide-varistor (MOV) surge arresters to protect shunt-capacitor banks from overvoltages. Protection requirements and surge arrester duties are analyzed for both lightning transients and switching-surge overvoltages, using both digital and transient network analyzer (TNA) simulations. Simple analytical expressions are developed for evaluating arrester duty as a function of capacitor bank size. Guidelines and limitations for applying arresters at grounded- a

Research Organization:
McGraw-Edison Company, Power Systems Division, Canonsburg, PA 15317
OSTI ID:
6063738
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Power Appar. Syst.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Power Appar. Syst.; (United States) Vol. PAS-103:8; ISSN IEPSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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