ArresterWorks

Direct Strike Flashover Rate

Calculator for Lines
(This assumes the Critical Flashover Current is known)

Calculate the probability of Strike Amplitude

Stroke Current Rise time (.5us or 4us) 4

Enter Lightning Current that Will Cause FO

(Critical Current) 47

% of Surges ≥ Critical Current 25%

Calculate the Line Collection Rate

Enter structure height (h) in meters 30
Enter Structure width (b) in meters 6
Enter ground flash density flashes/km2/yr 8
Flash Collection Rate (n) is calculated --> 177.19
Flash Collection Rate corrected to 1 km 1.772

Distribution Line Only

Determine the Environmental Shielding Factor from Neayby Objects
For Transmission set heights to 0

Height of Shielding Object on Left (m) 0

Distance to Environmental Shield on Left (m) 10
Shielding Factor on Left 0.00
Height of Shielding Object on Right (m) 0
Distance to Environmental Shield on Right (m) 60
Shielding Factor on Right 0.00

Total Shield Factor 1.00

Environmentally Corrected Flashover Rate 1.772

Enter Length of Line 10

Predicted Annual Collection Rate of the Line 17.72

Line Flashover Rate Based on Collection Rate and Current Level

Predicted Annual Flashover rate adjusted for 4.49
probability of current level
Predicted time between FO 0.22
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hover Rate
Lines
ver Current is known)

Strike Amplitude
us

kA

Calculator details
ection Rate
meters
meters
flashes/km2/yr
flashes/100km/yr
flashes /km/yr

Only
Factor from Neayby Objects
eights to 0

meters
meters

meters
meters

flashes /km/yr
km

per yr

on Rate and Current Level

per yr

years
Sunday, December 17, 2017 R2 Added critical current front time. If it is .5us then the probability of curren
1/12/2019 R3 Added few clarification words, not change in math. JJW
3/4/2019 R4 Cleaned it up and Published on Web
us then the probability of current amplitude is calcualted with subsequent stroke parameters
in math. JJW
 Spans FOR

1 0
2
2 0.05
1.8
3 0.15
1.6
4 0.55
1.4
5 0.85
1.2
6 1.05
7 1.15 1
8 1.2 0.8
18 1.8 0.6
0.4
` 0.2
0
Enter Spans between 12 0 2 4
Arresters

Enter GFD 1

Enter Total length of

100
Line (km)

Estimated Outage Due Spans

1.79 between
to Indirect Strikes
CFO Arresters
Time between FO (yr) 0.56
70
95
125
150
175
200
250
300
3j7 350
400
 Annual FO Rate/100km
2
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Spans between Arresters

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 Distance to
0 5 7.5 10 15 20
Object (m)

5 0 0 0 0.46 1 1
10 0 0.015 0.14 0.43 0.92 1
15 0 0.05 0.21 0.41 0.78 0.96
20 0 0.09 0.24 0.38 0.65 0.89
25 0 0.12 0.24 0.36 0.57 0.79
30 0 0.13 0.23 0.33 0.5 0.7
35 0 0.13 0.21 0.3 0.45 0.62
40 0 0.12 0.19 0.275 0.4 0.55
45 0 0.11 0.17 0.245 0.36 0.49
50 0 0.095 0.15 0.215 0.32 0.43
55 0 0.075 0.13 0.19 0.285 0.38
60 0 0.06 0.11 0.16 0.25 0.33
65 0 0.045 0.09 0.13 0.21 0.285
70 0 0.04 0.075 0.105 0.17 0.25
75 0 0.033 0.06 0.08 0.134 0.21
80 0 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17
85 0 0.025 0.04 0.055 0.09 0.135
90 0 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.1
95 0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.08
100 0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.04 0.06
Hlookup iIndex 1 2 3 4 5 6

Assumes a pole height of 10m Lookup Index

Height on Left (m) 0 1
Distance on Left (m) 10 2
Height on Right (m) 0 1
Distance on Right (m) 60 12
 Vlookup
30 Index
Number
1 1
1 2
1 3
0.98 4
0.95 5
0.9 6
0.83 7
0.76 8
0.7 9
0.64 10
0.58 11
0.53 12
0.475 13
0.42 14
0.37 15
0.32 16
0.275 17
0.24 18
0.21 19
0.18 20
7

Shield Factor
Left Shield Factor
0
Right Shield Factor
0
Shielding Factor
1

0.9
Object Height
30 m
0.8

0.7
20
0.6 m

0.5
15
m
0.4

10
0.3 m

0.2
0.1462
7.5
0.1 m

5m
0
0 10 20 30 40 5

Distance to
 Shielding Factor for a 10m
Tall Distribution Line
from IEEE 1410-2010

0 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Distance to Object (m)

100
 Enter lightning stoke level in kA: 45 Exponent>

This is the probability of any given stroke First Stroke

28% Probabilty
being of at least this magnitude
P e ak C u rre n t M agn it u d e in kA

99%
95%
87%
76%
64%
52%
42%
120
34%
Probability of Stroke with
Current Magnitude 28%
100 22%
First Stroke 18%
Probabilty
80 15%
Subsequent Stroke
Probability 13%
11%
60
9%
8%
40
7%
6%
20 5%
5%

0 4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
4%
3%
Probability of Peak Current Amplitude of First Stroke 3%

From IEEE Guide for I

Lightning Performanc
Distribution Lines **
****
 2.6

Subsequent
Stroke
Probability

5 91% 5
10 62% 10
15 35% 15
20 20% 20
25 12% 25
30 8% 30
35 5% 35
40 4% 40
45 3% 45
50 2% 50
55 2% 55
60 1% 60
65 1% 65
70 1% 70
75 1% 75
80 1% 80
85 1% 85
90 0% 90
95 0% 95
100 0% 100
105 0% 105
110 0% 110
115 0% 115
120 0% 120

From IEEE Guide for Improving the

Lightning Performance of Overhead
Distribution Lines ****IEEE 1410-1997
****