Line transients with corona
- Kuwait Univ. (Kuwait)
This paper investigates the effect of corona on the electromagnetic transients along high voltage overhead lines. A method is presented to simulate the line by dividing it into a number of sections connected in cascade. For {ital n} line sections, the number of the unknown variables is 2{ital n} + 1. The method allows any waveform of the exciting voltage function, as well as any impedance loading condition. The corona is represented by voltage-dependent shunt current sources. A systematic way for writing a sufficient number of differential equations is shown. For their solution, a digital computer subroutine based on the Runge--Kutta--Verner method was used. An artificial frequency-dependent damping by means of linear resistors was used to suppress the Gibb's oscillations in the solution. The proposed method is applied to study the transients on a 40 km high voltage line with 30-ft flat phase spacing and a single 1.4 inch ACSR conductor per phase. The exciting voltage has a double-exponential impulse waveform. Solutions are given for three values of resistive loads Z{sub {ital c}}2Z{sub {ital c}} and Z{sub {ital c}}/2, where Z{sub {ital c}} is the line surge impedance. The results of two interesting cases of inductive and capacitive loads are also given. Physical interpretations for the different solutions are given. Also, the current-voltage duality between inductive and capacitive loads is recognized. The corona was found to attenuate and distort the travelling waves. For example, during one wave excursion, the reduction of the current wave peaks can reach values as high as 8.5%. The effect is more noticeable in the current than in the voltage waves. As expected, it increases also with the line corona losses. The effect of the increase of the line effective capacitance due to the corona discharge is also demonstrated.
- OSTI ID:
- 6833081
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the University of Kuwait, Science; (Kuwait), Vol. 14:1; ISSN 0376-4818
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CORONA DISCHARGES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
OVERHEAD POWER TRANSMISSION
ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
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FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE
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ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ITERATIVE METHODS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
POWER TRANSMISSION
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