Lightning Performance and Economic Analysis of an Overhead 88 kV Power Delivery Network with Enhanced Protective Systems

Earthing and protective devices such as line surge arrestors (LSAs) play an important role in areas with high lightning occurrence for overhead HVAC lines’ performance. A lightning stroke of high magnitude can lead to back flash-overs, and the resultant power surge on the phase conductor can cause i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eddie Singh, Innocent E. Davidson, Sindisiwe C. Malanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/24/6519