Performance of mov arresters during very close, direct lightning strikes to a power distribution system

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 411-416

  Fernandez, M I ^a,b   Rambo, K J ^a   Rakov, V A ^a,b   Uman, M A ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightning; MOV Arresters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ESTIMATION; OVERHEAD LINES; UNDERGROUND CABLES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MOV ARRESTERS; ROCKET AND WIRE TECHNIQUE;

LIGHTNING ARRESTERS;

EID: 0033115721     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.754082     Document Type: Article

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