LIGHTNING PERFORMANCE

Double circuit line with 1 shield wire

Span length: 250 m
Ground Flash Density: 10.0 flashes per square km per year
Tower Surge Impedance: 200 ohm
Wave velocity down the tower: 300 meter/microsecond
Strike Distance Equation used: Strike Distance = 10.0*h^0.00*I^0.65
(h is the height of the wire, I is the current of the stroke)
Account is made for soil ionization using Korsuncev's method with:
Soil resistivity: 400 ohm meter
Soil critical ionization gradient: 400 kV/m
Parameter S: 2.0 m
 PHASE WIRE DESCRIPTION
. Ph-to-Ph Phase Horizontal Height . --- SUBCONDUCTORS --- ----
Insulator-----
Circuit Voltage Angle Distance AtTower Sag Number Diameter Spacing Length
Orientation
(#) (kV) (degree) (m) (m) (m) . (cm) (cm) (m)
(See note)
--- ---- ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ----- ----- -----
----
1 230 -120 -5.0 30.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
1 230 0 -5.0 25.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
1 230 120 -5.0 20.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
2 230 120 5.0 30.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
2 230 0 5.0 25.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
2 230 -120 5.0 20.0 0.0 1 4.00 0.0 1.80
1
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Note: 1 = Vertical insulators; 2 = Horizontal insulators; 3 = Vee
 SHIELD WIRE DESCRIPTION
Horizontal Height
Distance AtTower Sag Diameter
(m) (m) (m) (cm)
----- ----- ----- -----
0.0 33.0 0.0 1.00

RESULTS OF LIGHTNING PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS

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Flashes to phase wires (shielding failures): 63.4 per 100 km per year
Flashes to shield wire: 107.1 per 100 km per year
Total number of flashes to the line: 170.4 per 100 km per year

Minimum current for flashover after a shielding failure: 6 kA

Minimum current for back flashover: 95 kA

Flashovers caused by shielding failures: 63.1 per 100 km per year

Backflashovers: 10.6 per 100 km per year
Total number of flashovers: 73.7 per 100 km per year
 Breakdown by Phase
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. Shielding Shiel. Fail.
Phase Failures Flashovers Back flashovers
(#) (1/100kmYear) (1/100kmYear) (1/100kmYear)
1 31.7 31.6 1.3
2 0.0 0.0 2.1
3 0.0 0.0 2.0
4 31.7 31.6 1.3
5 0.0 0.0 2.1
6 0.0 0.0 2.0

Total 63.4 63.1 10.6