Date of Award

6-2016

Degree Name

Master of Science in Engineering

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Advisor

Dr. Pablo Gomez

Second Advisor

Dr. Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

Third Advisor

Dr. Massood Atashbar

Keywords

Indirect lightning, EMTP-Type Programs, overhead lines, general code, electrical and computer engineering

Access Setting

Masters Thesis-Open Access

Abstract

In this thesis, a general code is obtained to allow the simulation of the transient response of transmission lines excited by a nearby lightning stroke using EMTP–type programs, namely PSCAD and ATP.

Initially, the frequency domain modeling of single phase and multiconductor transmission lines is described and assessed by means of several application examples. As a second stage, the transmission line model is used to implement an illuminated transmission line model (line excited by an electromagnetic field excitation) using Taylor’s formulation. Then, a general code is developed in MATLAB to obtain the response of a field excited line; this effect is included by means of terminal current sources connected at the ends of the line. Finally, these terminal current sources are used in EMTP – type programs to reproduce the transient response of a transmission line excited by indirect lightning. Several application examples are included to demonstrate the accuracy and versatility of the code.

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