Using low-voltage surge protection devices for lightning protection of 15/0.4 kV pole-mounted distribution transformer

Voltage Distribution of Internal Windings of Pole-Mounted Distribution Transformer by Lightning Surge and Measures for Voltage Reduction

When steep lightning surge enters a pole-mounted distribution transformer, the voltage distribution of the internal windings is unbalanced. It is known that a layer-to-layer short or a turn-to-turn short occurs where the voltage distribution of windings is high. In this paper, the voltage distribution of the windings was measured at the primary and secondary sides of the transformer using a tes...

Protection of Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Networks against Lightning Part 2: Lightning protection of Medium Voltage Networks

Lightning Protection of Roof-mounted Solar Cells

Working paper developed for a NASA-sponsored study of solar cells Significance Part 6: Tutorials, textbooks and reviews Lightning interception by an unprotected building 30 feet high x 45 feet long on flat land, in the Cleveland area, can be estimated at one strike per 200 years on the average. However, peculiar configuration can easily affect this estimate upward or downward. Means are availab...

A novel validated solution for lightning and surge protection of distribution transformers

This paper proposes an industrial solution (equipment) for lightning and surge protection of distribution transformers. The proposed protection equipment has been installed at 100 distribution transformers (sample) of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) of Greece. The article estimates the future transformer failures, considering two different cases: (a) transformer without the proposed protecti...

Lightning Protection of Ehv Substations in Iran

Extra high voltage (EHV) substations are extremely vulnerable to the hazard of lightning strokes therefore, the shielding of these substations with a highly reliable protective scheme (shield wires) is an essential undertaking. In this paper an attempt is made to clarify the design procedure for shielding EHV substations against lightning with special reference to Iran.