Calculation of lightning flashover rates of overhead distribution lines. A comparative study

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 2577-2582

  Martinez, Juan A ^a   Gonzalez Molina, Francisco ^a   Chowdhuri, Pritindra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backflashover; Distribution systems; Electrogeometric model; Induced overvoltages; Lightning overvoltages; Shielding failure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FLASHOVER; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OVERHEAD LINES; OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION;

BACKFLASHOVER; INDUCED OVERVOLTAGES; LIGHTNING FLASHOVER RATES; LIGHTNING OVERVOLTAGES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038153108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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