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Lightning Surge Analysis by EMTP and Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis Method

Akihiro AMETANI aametani@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Doshisha University, Kyo-Tanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan

Abstract− This paper summarizes basic assumption, related problems and the application limit of the well-known EMTP for a

lightning surge analysis. As an alternative to the EMTP, numerical electromagnetic analysis (NEA) methods are briefly

explained and application examples are demonstrated. Also, a difference between the EMTP and FDTD simulations is discussed.

Because the NEA methods solves Maxwell’s equation directly with no assumption of a wave propagation mode, the NEA methods

are becoming a very powerful approach for the lightning surge analysis.

Keywords: lightning surge, EMTP, numerical electromagnetic analysis,

I. Introduction

It is not necessary to explain the significance of a lightning surge analysis in a power system. For the last 30 years,

the electromagnetic transients program (EMTP) originally developed by the Bonnevill Power Administration, US

Department o Energy [1, 2], has been the most powerful tool to carry out a predictive calculation of lightning overvoltages

for insulation design and coordination of a substation and transmission lines. However, it is well-known that the EMTP is

based on a circuit theory assuming TEM mode wave propagation, and the parameters of a circuit are to be given for an

EMTP simulation [3].

Recently, digital control circuits have become quite common in power stations / substations and in intelligent

buildings, and a number of electromagnetic disturbances due to lightning and switching operation have been reported [4].

Also, traveling wave propagation of a partial discharge on a gas-insulated bus [5] and a detailed analysis of archon flashover

on a transmission tower [6] become significant for a more reliable operation and insulation coordination. These

phenomena involves non-TEM mode propagation in a very high frequency range, and can not be analyzed by a conventional

circuit- theory based approach such as the EMTP. Because of the above explained situation, numerical electromagnetic

analysis methods are becoming an alternative but a very effective approach to analyze a lightning surge [7, 8].

This paper summarizes basic assumptions and related problems of the EMTP and thus explains the application limit

of the EMTP for a lightning surge analysis. Then, a brief summary of a numerical electromagnetic analysis (NEA)

methods is presented together with application examples. Finally, a difference between the EMTP and the FDTD

simulations is investigated.

II. Recommended Modeling Method by EMTP [3]

The EMTP is based on a circuit theory which is derived from TEM mode wave propagation. Therefore, it should be

noted that the EMTP is not applicable to a phenomenon associated with non-TEM mode propagation. Also, all the

substation

match

ing im

ped

ance

8-phase

line

model

tower

No. 5 xt

eA eC eB eB eC eA Rf AC source

Zl=400

8-phase

line

model

8-phase

line

model

gantry

archorn

tower

No. 2

tower

No. 1 xs

xt

Rf Rf Rfg

lightning current

I(t)

Fig. 1 Simplified illustration of the recommended model system for a lightning surge simulation

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parameters of a circuit are to be prepared. Fig. 1 illustrates a basic configuration of a model system recommended in Japan

for a lightning surge simulation by EMTP.

A. Number of towers

Five towers from a substation gantry are to be considered, because traveling waves reflected from the towers affect a

lightning surge voltage in a substation in Fig.1. The first reflection, when lightning strikes the first tower at t =0, from the

last tower arrives at the substation entrance after two travel times T between the first and the last towers.

For example, tx =300m with light velocity 0c =300m/μs gives the time T 10μs. Thus, a simulation result is

accurate up to 10μs, which is enough in general to observe the maximum overvoltage and the time to the peak.

B. AC sources and matching termination

The left side of the last tower is represented by a multiphase matching impedance (resistance matrix), which is given

as a characteristic impedance matrix including a mutual impedance of the transmission line at a dominant transient

frequency tf defined by [9] :

tf = 4/1 : open-circuited line

= 2/1 : short-circuited line

3/1 : matching termination line (1)

where cx /0 , 0x =5xt+xs : total line length

An ac voltage source is connected to the other side of the matching impedance as illustrated in Fig. 1 to take into

account the effect of the ac steady state voltage on a lightning surge.

C. Lightning current and impedance

A lightning current is represented by a ramp waveform with the wavefront duration fT =1μs and the wavetail

tT =70μs. Occasionally a concave current of which the waveform is defined in the following equation is adopted in Japan

to represent a real lightning current more accurately [10], [11].

)}cos(1{)( 0 tItI for fTt (2)

=linearly decreasing function for fTt

where 0I : peak current, fT2/ , i.e. fTf 4/1

The recommended value of the lightning current amplitude is given in Table 1 for various transmission voltage in

Japan.

The impedance of a lightning path is represented as a parallel resistance to a current source as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The resistance value is taken to be 400 which was derived by Bewley [12].

D. Tower and gantry

A transmission tower is represented by four distributed-parameter lines [13] as illustrated in Fig. 2, where

1tZ : tower top to the upper phase arm=upper to middle=middle to lower,

4tZ : lower to tower bottom

Table 1 gives a typical value of the surge impedance.

The propagation velocity c of a traveling wave along a tower is taken to be :

3000 c m/μs : light velocity in free space (3)

To represent traveling wave attenuation and distortion, an RL parallel circuit is added to each part as illustrated in Fig.

2. The values of the R and L are defined in the following equation.

iii xRR , ii RL 2

)/()/1ln(2 411321 xhZRRR t (4)

hZR t /)/1ln(2 444

where 0c/h : traveling time along the tower

41 0.89 : attenuation along the tower

h : tower height

A substation gantry is represented by a single distributed line with no loss.

E. Tower footing impedance

A tower footing impedance is suggested in Japan to be modeled as a simple linear resistance fR , although a

current-dependent nonlinear resistance is recommended by the IEEE and the CIGRE [14]-[17] and the inductive and

capacitive characteristics of the footing impedance are well-known. A recommended value of the resistance for each

voltage class is given in Table 1.

F. Archorn flashover

An archorn flashover is represented either by a piecewise linear inductance model with time controlled switches as

illustrated in Fig. 3(a) or by a nonlinear inductance in Fig. 3(b) based on a leader progression model [18], [19]. The

parameters Li (i= 1 to 3) and ti-ti-1 assuming the initial time to = 0 in Fig. 3(a) are determined from a measured result of the

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Zt1, c0

R1, L1

GW

Zt1, c0

R2, L2

upper

middle

Zt1, c0

R3, L3

lower

Zt4, c0

R4, L4

Rｆ

x1

x2

x3

x4

h=h1

h2

h3

h4

V-I characteristic of an archorn flashover. Then the first EMTP simulation with no archorn flashover is carried out in Fig. 1,

and the first flashover phase and the initial time to are determined from the simulation results of the voltage waveforms across all the

archorns. By adopting the above parameters, the second EMTP simulation only with the first phase flashover is carried out to determine

the second flashover phase. By repeating the above procedure until no flashover occurs, a lightning surge simulation by the piecewise

linear model is completed. Thus, a number of pre-calculations are necessary in the case of multiphase flashovers, while the nonlinear

inductance model needs no pre-calculation and is easily applied to multiphase flashovers. The detail of the leader progression model is

explained in Reference [18], and that of the nonlinear inductance model in Reference [19].

G. Transmission line

Most transmission lines in Japan are of twin-circuit vertical configuration with two ground wires, and thus are

composed of eight conductors. It is recommended to represent the line by a frequency-dependent model of the EMTP.

But, a distributed-line model with a fixed propagation velocity, attenuation and surge impedance, i.e. fixed-parameter

distributed-line model explained in Sec. 4.2.2.4 of Reference [2], is often used, and is, in general, good enough.

H. Corona wave deformation

Japanese guideline neglects corona wave deformation, although it is taken into account in the CIGRE and the IEEE

guidelines [14]-[17]. The reason for neglecting the corona wave deformation is that the resultant evervoltage is in the

safety side in general.

I. Arrester

An inductance of a lead wire and the arrester itself is connected in series to the arrester model, because it affects a

transient voltage and current of the arrester. Also, a capacitance of the arrester is considered if necessary. To represent a

very fast impulse characteristic of the arrester, an IEEE model [20] or a model of a nonlinear resistance with a nonlinear

inductance [21] is occasionally adopted. The latter model takes into account the hysterisis of an arrester V-I characteristic

by adding the nonlinear inductance to the nonlinear resistance in series.

J. Substation

(1) Gas insulated bus and cable

A cable and a gas-insulated bus are represented either as three single-phase distributed lines with its coaxial mode

surge impedance and propagation velocity or as a three-phase distributed line system. For a gas-insulated substation

involves quite a number of gas-insulated buses/lines, the pipes are, in most cases, eliminated by assuming the voltage being

zero.

(2) Circuit breaker, disconnector, transformer, bushing

A circuit breaker (CB) and a disconnector are represented by lumped capacitances between the poles and to the earth.

A transformer is also represented by a capacitance to the earth unless a transferred surge to the secondary circuit is needed to

be calculated. A bushing is represented by a capacitance. Occasionally it is represented by a distributed line.

(3) Grounding mesh

A grounding mesh is in general not considered in a lightning surge simulation, and is regarded as a zero-potential

surface. When dealing with an incoming surge to a low-voltage control circuit, the transient voltage of the grounding mesh

should not be assumed zero, and its representation becomes an important but difficult subject [22].

SW1

SW2

SW3 L3/2 L3/2

L2

L1

(a) A piecewise linear model

SW1

SW2

Ln L0

(b) A nonlinear inductance model

Fig. 3 An archorn flashover model

Table 1 Recommended values of lightning parameters

system

voltage

lightning

current

tower height / geometry

[m]

surge imp.

[]

footing

res. []

[kV] [kA] h x1 x2 x3 Zt1 Zt4 Rf

1100 200 107 12.5 18.5 18.5 130 90 10

500 150 79.5 7.5 14.5 14.5 220 150 10

275 100 52.0 9.0 7.6 7.6 220 150 10

154(110) 60 45.8 6.2 4.3 4.3 220 150 10

77(66) 30, 40 28.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 220 150 10-20

Fig. 2 A model circuit of a tower

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III. Applicable Limits and Problems of EMTP

A. Lightning current and impedance

(1) Lightning current waveform

Advanced technologies of measuring a lightning performance has revealed that a lightning current waveform is not as

simple as a double exponential wave and a ramp wave [23], [24]. Unless a measured waveform or a recommended

waveform is given, the EMTP can not handle a lightning current.

(2) Lightning path impedance

The lightning-path impedance of 400in Fig. 1 was derived by Bewley [12], but the value seems not correct, because

the lightning velocity is assumed equal to the light velocity in free space. On the contrary, Diesendorf suggested the value as

1000 to 2000 [25].

The impedance value of a real lightning path has not been made clear, and requires further investigation.

B. AC source voltage

An ac source voltage is often neglected in a lightning surge simulation. It, however, has been found that the ac

source voltage affects a flashover phase of an archorn especially in the case of a rather small lightning current. Fig. 4 is a

measured result of archorn flashover phases as a function of the ac source voltage on a 77kV transmission line in Japan for a

summer [26]. The measurements were carried out in two 77 kV substations by surge recorders installed in the substations.

From the recorded voltages and currents, Fig. 4 was obtained. The figure clearly shows that the archorn flashover phase is

quite dependent on the ac source voltage, i.e. a flashover occurs at a phase of which the ac voltage is in the opposite polarity

of a lightning current. Table 2 shows a simulation result of archorn peak voltages (archorn not operating) on (a) the

77kV line and (b) a 500kV line [27]. The simulation was carried out in a similar circuit to Fig. 1, but another five towers

were added instead of the gantry and the substation.

The parameters are the same as those in Table 1 for a 77 kV system except the lightning current of 40 kA based on the

field measurement[26]. The lower phase archorn voltage is relatively smaller than the other phase archorn voltages on the

500kV line compared with those on the 77kV line. Thus, an archorn flashover phase on an EHV line is rather independent

from the ac source voltage, and the lower phase flashover is less probable than the other phase flashover. On the contrary,

flashover probability is rather same on each phase and a flashover is dependent on the ac source voltage on a low voltage

line.

C. Tower model

(1) Problem of recommended tower model

Fig. 5 shows simulation results of archorn flashover phases by a simple distributed line “tower model” i.e. neglecting

the RL circuit in Fig. 2 with the parameters in Table1, and by the recommended model illustrated in Fig. 2. The simulation

circuit is the same as that described for Table 2 in the previous section. This figure should be compared with the field test

result shown in Fig. 4. It is clear that the recommended model can not duplicate the field test result, while the simple

-80

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360

angle [deg.]

vo

ltag

e [k

V]

lower middle upper

Fig. 4 Measured results of archorn flashover phases on a 77kV transmission line

* single-phase FO, × two-phase FO, ○ three-phase FO

Table 2 Maximum archorn voltages and the time of appearance

transmission voltage maximum voltage [kV] / time of appearance [s]

77kV 500kV

upper 873.0 / 1.012 4732 / 1.025

middle 820.2 / 1.024 4334 / 1.073

lower 720.0 / 1.035 3423 / 1.122

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0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360

-80

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

Phase [deg.]

Volt

age[k

V]

Lower Middle Upper

0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360

-80

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

Phase [deg.]

Volt

age[k

V]

Lower Middle Upper

(a) A simple distributed line model (b) Recommended tower model

Fig. 5 Simulation results of archorn flashover phases corresponding to Fig.5

: single-phase FO : two-phase FO

distributed line model shows a good agreement with the field test result. The reason for the poor accuracy of the

recommended model is that the model was developed originally for a 500kV line on which the lower phase flashover was

less probable as explained in the previous section. Thus, the recommended tower model tends to result in lower flashover

probability of the lower phase archorn. An R-L parallel circuit between two distributed lines in Fig. 2 represents traveling

wave attenuation and distortion along a tower. The R and L values were determined originally based on a field

measurement ( in eq. (4)), and thus those are correct only for the tower on which the measurement was carried out.

Sometimes, the R-L circuit generates unreal high frequency oscillation. This indicated a necessity of further investigation of

the R-L circuit.

(2) Impedance and admittance formulas

A number of tower models have been proposed, but most of them are not general, i.e. a tower model shows a

good agreement with a specific case explained in the paper where the model is proposed. The following IEEE/CIGRE

formula of the tower surge impedance is well-known and is widely adopted in a lightning surge simulation [15], [17].

)}]/(tan5.0ln[cot{60 1 hRZt

(5)

where hhrhrhrR /)(23211

: equivalent radius of the tower represented by a truncated cone, 21 hhh

1r , 2r , 3r : tower top, midsection and base radii [m]

1h : height from midsection to top [m]

2h : height from base to midsection [m]

When the tower is not a cone but a cylinder, then the above equation is rewritten by :

)/ln(60 rhZt (6)

where r : radius of a cylinder representing a tower

Table 3 compares various tower models (surge impedance) with measured results [28]. As is clear from the average

error to the measured results given at the bottom of the table, Ametani‟s formula shows the highest accuracy [28]. Hara‟s

empirical formula also shows a quite high accuracy [29]. The IEEE/CIGRE model shows a rather poor accuracy.

The recommended value of a tower surge impedance for each voltage class in Table 1 was determined by field

measurements in Japan. Although the surge impedance is a representative value, it can not be applied to every tower as is

clear in Table 3.

Wave deformation on tower structures (L- or T-shape iron conductor) can be included in a lightning surge analysis, if

required, based on the approach in Reference [30].

(3) Frequency-dependent effect of a tower

The frequency-dependent effect of a tower is readily taken into account in a transient simulation by combining the

frequency-dependent tower impedance [28] with Semlyen‟s or Marti‟s line model [31], [32] in the EMTP [33].

(4) Influence of surge impedance and frequency- dependent effect

It should be pointed out that the influence of the surge impedance and the frequency-dependent effect of a tower is

heavily dependent on the modeling of a tower footing impedance, which will be discussed in the following section. When

the footing impedance is represented by a resistive model as recommended in Japan or by a capacitance model, then the

influence of the tower surge impedance and the frequency-dependent effect of a traveling wave along the tower becomes rather noticeable. On the contrary, those cause only a minor effect when the footing impedance is represented either by an

inductive model or by a nonlinear resistance. Fig. 6 shows an example [7], [33]. The measurement was carried out on a

500 kV tower by applying a current in Fig. 6(a-1) to the top of the tower. The tower top voltage predicted by a

distributed-line model with a constant tower surge impedance and no R-L circuit, Fig. 6(c-1), differs from that by the

frequency-dependent tower model, Fig. 6(b) which agrees with the measured result, in the case of the footing impedance

being a resistance. On the contrary, in the case of an inductive footing model, the tower top voltage obtained by the

distributed-line model shows a rather good agreement with the measured result. It should be also noted that some 10%

variation of the tower surge impedance does not affect the result in the inductive footing impedance case.

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Thus, it is concluded that the frequency-dependent effect of wave propagation along a tower can be neglected and the

value of the surge impedance is not significant unless a tower footing impedance is represented by a resistive or a capacitive

model.

(5) TEM mode propagation

All the above discussions are based on TEM mode propagation of an electromagnetic wave along a vertical tower.

It has been pointed out in many publications that the electromagnetic wave along the tower is not the TEM mode especially

at the time of lightning instance to the tower [8], [34]. The same is applied to the lightning path impedance.

D. Tower footing impedance

(1) Linear footing impedance

It has been known in general that the footing impedance tends to be capacitive in the case of a high resistivity earth,

and inductive in the low resistivity earth case. A problem of the representation is: The footing impedance can be resistive,

inductive and capacitive depending on the season and the weather when a measurement is made, i.e. the impedance is

temperature- and soil moisture-dependent. Therefore, it is not easy to select a model of the footing impedance and this is

the reason why a resistance model is adopted in Japan.

(2) Current-dependent nonlinearity

A number of papers have discussed the current-dependence of a tower footing impedance, and have proposed various

(c) Distributed-line tower model with various footing impedances

(a) Measured result

(1) Applied current (2) Tower top voltage

(b) Frequency-dependent tower model with a

resistive footing impedance

0 1 2 3 40

100

200

300

Time [ s]

Voltag

e [V

]

Fig. 6 Influence of a tower model on the tower top voltage

0 1 2 3

-100

0

100

200

300

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [V

]

(1) Resistive footing impedance

0 1 2 3

-100

0

100

200

300

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [V

]

(2) Inductive footing impedance

0 1 2 3

-100

0

100

200

300

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [V

]

(3) Capacitive footing impedance

Table 3 Measured and calculated surge impedances of vertical conductors

Ref. height

h [m]

radius

r [mm]

measured

mesZ []

Ametani

Ref. [27]

Jordan*1

Ref. [28]

Wagner*2

Ref. [29]

Sargent*3

Ref. [30]

Hara*4

Ref. [31]

[31] 15.0 25.4 320.0 323.0 322.9 445.2 385.2 325.2

15.0 2.5 459.0 462.0 462.0 584.4 524.4 464.4

9.0 2.5 432.0 431.3 431.3 553.7 493.7 433.7

6.0 2.5 424.0 407.0 407.0 529.4 469.4 409.4

3.0 50.0 181.0 187.2 185.7 308.0 248.0 188.0

3.0 25.0 235.0 228.0 227.2 349.6 289.6 229.6

3.0 2.5 373.0 365.5 365.4 487.8 427.8 367.8

2.0 2.5 345.0 341.2 341.1 463.5 403.5 343.5

[30] 0.608 43.375 112.0 104.7 98.4 220.8 160.8 100.8

0.608 9.45 180.0 191.2 189.8 312.2 252.2 192.2

0.608 3.1125 250.0 256.9 256.5 378.9 318.9 258.9

average of absolute error [%] 2.5 2.7 44.8 22.6 2.8

*1 : )/ln(6060)/ln(60 erhrhZj , *2 : 4.122)/22ln(60 jw ZrhZ , *3 : 4.6260 jws ZZZ , *4 : 4.2120 jwh ZZZ

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models of the nonlinear footing impedance. It has been a common understanding that the current-dependence decreases a

lightning surge voltage at the tower and thus decreases a lightning overvoltage at a substation. Therefore a simulation

neglecting the current dependence gives a severer overvoltage, i.e. a safer side result from the insulation design viewpoint.

By this reason, again a pure resistance model is recommended in Japan.

(3) Non-uniform and frequency-dependent characteristics

All the grounding electrodes, either horizontal (counterpoise) or vertical, show a non-uniform characteristic [35],

which corresponds a so-called critical length of the electrode [36]. The characteristic can be taken into account in an

EMTP simulation by adopting a model circuit described in Reference [35] together with the frequency-dependent effect.

However, this approach requires a measured result of the grounding electrode to be simulated.

A general solution for a transient response of a grounding electrode is rather easily obtained by a numerical

electromagnetic analysis method such as a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method [8], [37] including non-TEM

mode propagation.

E. Archorn flashover model

There exist a number of archorn flashover models. To investigate the accuracy, phase-wire voltages at the first tower

in Fig. 1 are calculated by various archorn models and are compared[38]. A switch (time-controlled) model and a

flashover switch model show not satisfactory agreement especially in the wavefront with the nonlinear inductance model of

which the accuracy has been confirmed to be high in comparison with an experimental result [19]. A v-t characteristic

model and a piecewise linear inductance model show a reasonable accuracy except that the maximum voltage of the former

is greater and that of the latter is lower than that calculated by the nonlinear inductance model. It might be noteworthy that

a current and energy consumed by an arrester in a substation are dependent on an archorn model. The switch and the

flashover switch models result in much higher energy consumed by an arrester.

An archon flashover might be affected by transient electromagnetic coupling between a lightning path, a tower and

phase conductors which are perpendicular to the tower and the lightning path. Such coupling can not be handled by the

EMTP and is easily solved by a numerical electromagnetic analysis [7], [8], [39].

F. Transmission line, feeder, gas-insulated bus

(1) Frequency-dependent transmission line impedance

Although a frequency-dependent line model, i.e. Semlyen‟s or Marti‟s model [31], [32], is recommended, the

maximum error of Marti„s model is observed to be about 15 % at the wavefront of an impulse voltage on an 1100 kV

untransposed vertical twin-circuit line in comparison with a field test result [40] of which a surge waveform is shown in Fig.

7 in comparison with EMTP simulation result. The estimation of possible errors incurred by using these models in a

lightning overvoltage simulation is not straightforward, because it involves a nonlinearity due to an archorn flashover

dependent on a lightning current, an ac source voltage, a flashover phase and so on. This is an important subject to be

investigated in future.

1.No 2.No 4.No3.No 5.No 6.No 7.No 8.No

km0 km8.44km0.40km7.21km4.10km8.5km0.2km7.0

][31 tZ

][4 tZ

]/[41 smVt

][1 R

][1 HL

][32 R

][32 HL

][4 R

][4 HL

120

120

300

1 0 . 1 9

8 . 1 8 6

1 6 . 3 1

1 3 . 1 0

4 2 . 80

3 4 . 3 8

mlVZ tt 5.12111

mlVZ tt 0.68444

mlVZ tt 0.20222

mlVZ tt 0.20333

1L

2L

3L

4L

1R

2R

3R

4R

0.10fR

(a) Tested 1100kV transmission line (b) 1100kV transmission tower

0 10 20 30 40

0

0.5

1

Time [sec]

Vol

tage

[pu

]

500m1000m2000m4000m実測波形

0 10 20 30 40

0

0.5

1

Time [sec]

Vo

ltag

e [p

u]

500m1000m2000m4000m実測波形

(c) Simulation results by Marti model (d) Simulation results by Dommel model. (f=3.348kHz)

Fig.7 Surge characteristics on an 1100kV line

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101 102 103 104-4

-2

0

2

4

length x [m]

log

10R

i [

/km

]

f=1MHz

10kHz

50Hz

fin

fin

finCarson

Carson

Carson

101 1031

1.5

2

2.5

length x [m]

Li [

mH

/km

]

f=1MHz

10kHz

50Hz

Carsonfin

fin

finCarson

Carson

(a) Resistance (b) Inductance

Fig. 8 Finite line impedance in comparison with Carson‟s impedance fin = finite line, eq. (7)

(2) Finite length of a line and a gas-insulated bus

Carson‟s and Pollaczek‟s earth return impedance of an overhead line and an underground cable were derived based on

the assumption of an infinitely long line on the basis of TEM mode propagation [41]-[44]. A real line is not infinitely long

at all. The separation distance x of a UHV/EHV transmission line between adjacent towers and the length of a

gas-insulated bus are in the same order of their height h . If the condition, that x is far greater than h and h is far

greater than the radius r , is not satisfied, Carson‟s and Pollaczek‟s impedances are not applicable. Fig. 8 shows an

example of the impedance of a finite length line evaluated by the following equation [45].

][}SdSxdxd

Slnx

)x/S(11

)x/d(11lnx{

2

jZ ijij

2ij

22ij

2

ij

ij

2ij

2ij0

finite

(7)

where 22

jiij y)hh(d , 22

ejiij y)h2hh(S

y : horizontal separation between conductors i and j

hi, hj : height of conductors i and j

oee j/h : complex penetration depth [46]

It should be clear in Fig. 8 that Carson‟s impedance assuming an infinitely long line is far greater than that of a real

finite line, when hx / is not greater enough than 1. The reason for this is readily understood from the following equation

[43].

0 0 0iijijiCar dx)x(Bdxdx)x,x(AZ (8)

1X

0

2X

0

1X

0iijijifin dx)x('Bdxdx)x,x(AZ (9)

As is clear from the above equations, CarZ involves mutual coupling from the infinitely long conductor “j”, while

finZ involves mutual coupling from the conductor “j” with the finite length 2X . In fact, CarZ becomes infinite because

of the infinite length, and thus “per unit length” impedance is necessarily defined. It should be noted that the per unit

length impedance CarZ of eq. (8) has included the mutual coupling from the infinitely long conductor “j”. On the

contrary, finZ , if we define the per unit length impedance in eq. (9), includes the mutual coupling only for the finite length

2X . Thus,

finiteCarson ZZ (10)

On the contrary, the per unit length admittance of an infinitely long line is smaller than that of a finite length line.

From the above discussion, it should now be clear that Carson‟s and Pollaczek‟s earth return impedances may not be

applied to a lightning surge analysis, because the separation distance x between adjacent towers is the same order as the

line height. The same is true for a gas-insulated bus, because its length, height and radius are in the same order. This

requires further work which is interesting and significant.

It is noteworthy that the propagation constants of a finite line is nearly the same as that of an infinitely long line, but

the characteristic (surge) impedance is smaller, because of a smaller series impedance and a greater shunt admittance of the

finite line. Furthermore the ratio of the surge impedances of two finite lines is nearly the same as that of two infinitely

long lines. Finally, traveling wave reflection, refraction and deformation on the finite line is not much different from those

on the infinitely long line.

(3) Feeding line from a transmission line to a substation – Inclined conductor

A feeding line from the first tower to the substation via the gantry in Fig. 1 is inclined, i.e. the height is gradually

decreased. As a result, its surge impedance is also decreased gradually and thus no significant reflection of traveling waves

occurs along the feeding line until the substation entrance in physical reality. Because the surge impedance (about 70) of

a gas-insulated bus or a bushing is much smaller than that of an overhead line (300 to 500), noticeable reflection appears

at the substation entrance, if the inclined configuration of the overhead feeding line is not considered. It is better to

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consider the inclined configuration of a feeding line if an accurate simulation is required. A maximum difference of 7% in

a substation entrance voltage is observed when the inclined configuration is considered [43], [45].

0 200 400 600 800 1000

0

2

4

6

8

10

applied voltage E0 [kV]

no

rma

liz

ed

K [

pu

]

Rg=∞, Rp=∞ Rg=7Ω, Rp=∞ Rg=7Ω, Rp=500Ω Rg=7Ω, Rp=70Ω

0 200 400 600 800 1000

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

applied voltage E0 [kV]

norm

alized K

[pu]

Rg=∞, Rp=∞ Rg=7Ω, Rp=∞ Rg=7Ω, Rp=500Ω Rg=7Ω, Rp=70Ω

(a) Without back-flashover (b) With back-flashover

Fig. 9 Measured result of normalized voltage ratio K – Effect of corona wave deformation

0 60 120 180 240 300 360

0

200

400

600

800

ac source phase angle [degree]

Volt

age [

kV

]

phase a b c

a-b a-c b-c

Fig. 10 Phase-to-phase lightning surge on a 77kV line

G. Corona wave deformation

The reason for corona wave deformation being not considered in a lightning surge simulation in Japanese guideline is

that a simulation result neglecting the corona is expected to be higher than that considering corona and thus the result is on a

safer side from the insulation viewpoint. The possible errors incurred by ignoring corona are observed to be less than 10 %

when lightning strikes the first tower in Fig. 1[11]. Although sophisticated corona models have been proposed [48], [49], the

reliability and stability in a lightning overvoltage simulation is not confirmed.

It is noteworthy that the corona wave deformation can result in a higher overvoltage at a substation entrance under a specific

condition. Fig. 9 shows a field test result of a normalized voltage ratio K for the negative polarity case defined in the

following equation on a 6.6kV line [50], [51].

0/VVK n [pu] (11)

where 0/ EVV mn : normalized by applied voltage 0E

mV : maximum phase-wire (PW) voltage at the receiving end (substation entrance)

0V : normalized voltage with no corona discharge

The experiment was carried out on a 6.6 kV line with one phase wire and one ground wire which were terminated by

resistances Rp and Rg at the remote end. An impulse voltage up to 800 kV was applied to the sending end of the ground

wire. The back flashover in Fig. 9 was represented by short-circuit of the ground and phase wires. For corona wave

deformation decreases a traveling wave voltage on a line, it is a common understanding that the line voltage is decreased by

the corona wave deformation and thus the ratio K is less than 1. In the case of no corona discharge, K is nearly equal

to 1 on a short distance line. It was observed that a measured result of K on a single-phase line was less than 1.

Fig. 9(a) shows that K in the case of no back-flashover becomes greater than 1 as the applied voltage is increased,

i.e. corona discharge occurs. On the contrary in Fig. 9(b), K is less than 1. The reason for the phenomena is readily

explained as a result of different attenuation on a phase wire and a ground wire due to corona discharge, and negative

reflection of a heavily attenuated traveling wave on the ground wire. The phenomena are less noticeable in the positive

polarity case. The detail has been explained in References [50] and [51]. The phenomena have been also realized

qualitatively by an EMTP simulation. The increase of a phase-wire voltage at a substation entrance is expected to be more

pronounced on an EHV/UHV transmission line on which a corona discharge hardly occurs on a phase wire because of a

multiple bundled conductor, while a heavy corona discharge is expected on a ground wire.

H. Phase-to-phase lightning surge

Most of the previous studies on a lightning overvoltage concerned an overvoltage to the earth. A phase-to-phase

overvoltage, however, can damage insulation between phases such as core-to-core insulation in a gas-insulated bus in which

three-phase cores are enclosed in the pipe. Fig. 10 shows an EMTP simulation result of an inter-phase lightning

overvoltage at a substation entrance on a 77kV vertical twin-circuit line, when phases a and b‟ flashovers. The simulation

was carried out on a system composed of a 10 km 245/77kV quadruple circuit line and a 10 km 77 kV line. The 77 kV line

was connected to a substation through a three-phase underground XLPE cable with the length of 500 m. Because of a lower

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attenuation of aerial propagation modes, the phase-to-phase overvoltage becomes greater than the phase-to-earth

overvoltage especially in the case of a lightning strike to a tower far from a substation.

The phase-to-phase lightning overvoltage needs further investigation.

Table 4 Various methods of nnumerical electromagnetic analysis

partition space boundary

discretization/domain

fnite difference boundary length finte

element

time-domain FDTD TD-FI 3D circuit TLM TD-FEM MOM

(TWTDA)

frequency ━ FI ━ ━ FEM MOM

base equationn Maxwell diffrential

Maxwell integral

Maxwell characteristic

D‟Alembert solution

field integral

feature easy

programing multi media

circuit theory extension wide

application

Small CPU nonlinear in time domain

hard program.

easy program.

IV. Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis Method for Lightning Surges

It is hard to handle a transient associated with non-TEM mode propagation by conventional circuit-theory based tools

such as the EMTP, because the tools are based on TEM mode propagation. To overcome the problem, a numerical

electromagnetic analysis method looks most promised among existing transient analysis approaches for it solves Maxwell‟s

equation directly without any assumptions often made for the circuit-theory based tools.

This chapter describes the basic theory of two representative methods, i.e. method of moment (MoM) and

finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, of the numerical electromagnetic analysis. Also, to demonstrate the

usefulness and advantages, four typical examples are presented.

A. Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis Method

(1) Various method, at present

Table 4 categorized various methods of numerical electromagnetic analysis (NEA) [7, 8]. The method of moments

(MoM) in the frequency and time domains [52-57], and the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method [58, 59], both for

solving Maxwell‟s equations numerically, have frequently been used in calculating surges on power systems. Applications

of the finite element method (FEM) and the transmission line method (TLM) to surge calculations have been rare at present.

The MoM and the FDTD method are, therefore, two representative approaches in surge calculations.

(2) Methods of Moments (MoMs) in the Time and Frequency Domains

a) MoM in the Time Domain

The MoM in the time domain [52, 53] is widely used in analyzing responses of thin-wire metallic structures to

external time-varying electromagnetic fields. The entire conducting structure representing the lightning channel is modeled

by a combination of cylindrical wire segments whose radii are much smaller than the wavelengths of interest. The so-called

electric-field integral equation for a perfectly conducting thin wire in air as in Fig. 11, assuming that current I and charge q

are confined to the wire axis (thin-wire approximation) and that the boundary condition on the tangential electric field on the

surface of the wire (this field must be equal to zero) is fulfilled, is given by

sd)t,s(qR

Rsc

s

)t,s(I

R

Rsc

t

)t,s(I

R

ss

4)t,r(Es

C 3

2

2

0inc

(12)

where

ds

),s(I)t,s(q

t

C is an integration path along the wire axis, Einc denotes the incident electric field that induces current I, R=r -r’, r and

t denote the observation location (a point on the wire surface) and time, respectively, r’ and t’ denote the source location (a

point on the wire axis) and time, respectively, s and s’ denote the distance along the wire surface at r and that along the wire

axis at r’, s and s' denote unit vectors tangent to path C in (12) at r and r’, μ0 is the permeability of vacuum, and c is the

speed of light. Through numerically solving (12), which is based on Maxwell‟s equations, the time-dependent current

distribution along the wire structure (lightning channel), excited by a lumped source, is obtained.

The thin-wire time-domain (TWTD) code [52] (available from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) is based

on the MoM in the time domain. One of the advantages of the use of the time-domain MoM is that it can incorporate

nonlinear effects such as the lightning attachment process [54], although it does not allow lossy ground and wires buried in

lossy ground to be incorporated.

b) MoM in the Frequency Domain

The MoM in the frequency domain [55] is widely used in analyzing the electromagnetic scattering by antennas and

other metallic structures. In order to obtain the time-varying responses, Fourier and inverse Fourier transforms are employed.

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The electric-field integral equation derived for a perfectly conducting thin wire in air as in Fig. 11 in the frequency domain

is given by

C(r)

s

s’

r’ r

Origin

I (s’ )

^

^

Fig. 11 Thin-wire segment for MoM-based calculations. Current is confined to the wire axis,

and the tangential electric field on the surface of the wire is set to zero.

sd)r,r(gss

ssk)s(Ik4

j)r(Es

C

22

inc

(13)

where 0

000 ,k,

rr

rrjkexp)r,r(g

ω is the angular frequency, μ0 is the permeability of vacuum, and ε0 is the permittivity of vacuum. Other quantities in

eq.(13) are the same as those in eq.(12). Current distribution along the lightning channel can be obtained numerically

solving eq.(13).

This method allows lossy ground and wires in lossy ground (for example, grounding of a tall strike object) to be

incorporated into the model. The commercially available numerical electromagnetic codes [56], [57], are based on the MoM

in the frequency domain.

(3) Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method

The FDTD method [58] employs a simple way to discretize Maxwell‟s equations in differential form. In the Cartesian

coordinate system, it requires discretization of the entire space of interest into small cubic or rectangular-parallelepiped cells.

Cells for specifying or computing electric field (electric field cells) and magnetic field cells are placed relative to each other

as shown in Fig. 12. Electric and magnetic fields of the cells are calculated using the discretized Maxwell‟s equations given

below.

2

1k,j,iE

)21k,j,i(2t)21k,j,i(1

)21k,j,i(2t)21k,j,i(1

2

1k,j,iE

1n

z

n

z

x21k,21j,iHx21k,21j,iH

y21k,j,21iHy21k,j,21iH

yx

1

)21k,j,i(2t)21k,j,i(1

)21k,j,i(t

2

1n

x2

1n

x

2

1n

y2

1n

y (14)

zy

1

)21k,21j,i(

t

2

1k,

2

1j,iH

2

1k,

2

1j,iH 2

1n

x2

1n

x

(15)

yk,21j,iEy1k,21j,iE

z21k,1j,iEz21k,j,iE

n

y

n

y

n

z

n

z

Equation (14) , which is based on Ampere‟s law, is an equation updating z component of electric field, Ez(i, j, k+1/2),

at point x=i∆x, y=j∆y, and z=(k+1/2)∆z, and at time t=n∆t. Eq. (15), which is based on Faraday‟s law, is an equation

updating x component of magnetic field, Hx(i, j-1/2, k+1/2), at point x=i∆x, y=(j-1/2)∆y, and z=(k+1/2)∆z, and at time

t=(n+1/2)∆t. Equations updating x and y components of electric field, and y and z components of magnetic field can be

written in a similar manner. Note that σ(i, j, k+1/2) and ε(i, j, k+1/2) are the conductivity and permittivity at point x=i∆x,

y=j∆y, and z=(k+1/2)∆z, respectively, μ(i, j-1/2, k+1/2) is the permeability at point x=i∆x, y=(j-1/2)∆y, and z=(k+1/2)∆z. By

updating electric and magnetic fields at every point using eq.(14) and (15), transient fields throughout the computational

domain are obtained. Since the material constants of each cell can be specified individually, a complex inhomogeneous

medium can be analyzed easily.

In order to analyze fields in unbounded space, an absorbing boundary condition has to be set on each plane which

limits the space to be analyzed, so as to avoid reflections there. The FDTD method allows one to incorporate wires buried in

lossy ground, such as strike-object grounding electrodes [59], and nonlinear effects.

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H-field cell

z

x

y Ez (i, j, k+1/2)

Hx (i, j-1/2, k+1/2)

Hx (i, j+1/2, k+1/2)

Hy (i+1/2, j, k+1/2)

Hy (i-1/2, j, k+1/2)

E-field cell

Ez (i, j-1, k+1/2)

Ez (i, j, k+1/2)

Ey (i, j-1/2, k+1)

Ey (i, j-1/2, k)

Hx (i, j-1/2, k+1/2)

E-field cell

H-field cell Fig. 12 Placement of electric-field and magnetic-field cells for solving discretized

Maxwell‟s equations using the FDTD method.

B. Application Examples

(1) A transient response on a grounding electrode

The impedance and admittance of a given electrical circuit are essential to analyze its steady and transient

characteristics by a circuit-theory based approach such as the Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP) [1, 2]. Sunde‟s

formula of the admittance of a grounding electrode [60] is well-known and has been widely used in the world. However, the

formula is only for a steady state. Sunde also proposed impedance and admittance formulas for a transient, but those require

iterative calculations and the accuracy is found not satisfactory enough [61].

An electromagnetic interference due to mutual coupling between a grounding mesh and a control cable becomes a

significant subject in power stations and substations [4, 62-64]. To analyze this problem, a transient impedance and

admittance are indispensable. Unfortunately no formula is available, and numerical identification from a measured result

looks only a promised method presently as far as the circuit-theory based approach concerns, although many grounding

electrode models have been proposed [65]. On the contrary, an NEA approach requires no impedance and admittance,

because those are evaluated as a part of an NEA calculation.

Fig.13 (a) illustrates the geometrical configuration of a tested grounding electrode and the experimental circuit, where

only geometrical and physical parameters are required in the NEA calculation [37]. Fig.13 (b) is a comparison of an FDTD

simulation result with the measured one. A satisfactory accuracy of the FDTD method is confirmed from the results. This

example shows that the numerical electromagnetic analysis can solve a problem of which the impedance and admittance are

not known, for the method requires no circuit parameter. Also, the mode of wave propagation may not be TEM, while the

circuit-theory based approach is restricted only for the TEM propagation. Also, it should be noted that the phenomenon is

three-dimensional as is clear from Fig.13 (a).

(2) Partial-discharge pulse propagation in a gas-insulated bus

Fig.14 (a) presents the geometrical configuration of a gas-insulated bus in which a pulse is generated due to a partial

discharge. It should be clear in the figure that a part of the conductor is perpendicular to the remaining part. Such a

conductor can not be handled by the EMTP. Furthermore, the phenomenon in this system involves a radial wave propagation

other than axial one. Fig.14 (b) shows a simulation result by MoM, which reproduces the reflection from the corner of the

measured result

simulation result

(a) (b)

Fig. 13 Simulation of the transient response of a grounding electrode by the FDTD method.

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(a) (b)

Fig. 14 Simulation of partial-discharge pulse propagation in a gas-insulated switchgear by MoM.

bus due to electromagnetic wave scattering. The scattering at the corner can not be simulated by a circuit-theory based

method. The approach is applied to develop life estimation of a power apparatus [5].

(3) Step response of a transmission tower for lightning overvoltage studies

Fig.15 (a) illustrates the configuration of a pulse test for obtaining the step response of a 500 kV transmission tower for

lightning overvoltage studies. Fig.15 (b) shows the measured result of the pulse test, where a voltage-rise waveform at the

tower top when a step current is injected into the tower top is measured. Fig. 15(c) shows the corresponding simulation

result by FDTD method. The calculated waveforms closely reproduce the measured ones. In this problem, the tower in

Fig.15 (a) is modeled three-dimensionally [7, 59]. It is hard to analyze a three-dimensional phenomenon by a conventional

circuit-theory approach. Also, the transient at the wavefront might involve non-TEM coupling within the tower structures

which will be demonstrated in the next example.

V. Comparison of EMTP and NEA Simulations

The theory and simulation results of the EMTP and numerical electromagnetic analysis methods (NEA) have been

explained in the previous sections. A comparison of simulation results by the both methods will be presented in this

section.

A. Transient Responses of a Grounding Electrode

Fig. 16 illustrates a model circuit of a grounding electrode for an EMTP simulation of which the parameters are given

in the following equations [22].

)r/r(n/2C

)rd2e/x2(nA,A/xG,A/xC

nCC,GG,CCC

1200

2eses

12s10s1

(16)

77 m

voltage reference wire current injection wire PG

measurement point

of tower-top

voltage rise

1.37

A

600 ns

67.8 V

21.7 V

600 ns (a) injected current (b) tower-top voltage rise

0 200 400 600 800

time [ns]

curr

ent

[A]

1.37 A

1.5 A

0 200 400 600 800

time [ns]

volt

age

[V]

69.2 V

(a) Test configuration for a tower (b) Field test result

(c) FDTD simulation result

Fig. 15 Simulation of tower-top voltage rise of a 500-kV transmission tower

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where r1: radius of a bare conductor

Yg/2 Yg/2

distributed wire

G1G1

C2

C1

(a) A distributed line (b) Yg for a horizontal conductor

Fig. 16 Grounding electrode model

0

50

100

150

0 100 200 300 400 500

measured

FDTD

vo

ltag

e [V

]

time [ns] (a) EMTP simulation (b) FDTD simulation

Fig. 17 Comparison of measured and simulation results

r1=1mm, d=0.2m, x=8m

d: buried depth of the conductor

r2: r1+∆: radius of an artificial outer insulator

εe: earth permittivity, ε0: free space permittivity

ρe: earth resistivity, e=2.718…, n≈5

Cs and Gs in the above equation is well-known Sunde‟s formula [60] of a steady-state capacitance and conductance of

a horizontal grounding electrode.

Fig. 17 shows a comparison of EMTP and FDTD simulation results with a measured result [66]. The simulation

results in Fig. 17 show a reasonable agreement with the measured result.

It should be noted that the EMTP simulation result is quite dependent on the parameters adopted in the simulation

which is a function of geometrical and physical constants of a conductor as is clear in eq (16). On the contrary, an FDTD

simulation depends very much on the analytical space, absorbing boundary, cell size and time step. The above observation

has indicated that the EMTP has been numerically completed quite well, while the FDTD requires a further improvement of

its numerical stability.

B. Transient responses of a tower

Fig. 18 illustrates an experimental circuit of a gas tower system, which is an 1/30th scale model of a real system, and a

measured result [67]. The circuit is the same as that of a wind generation tower if there is no pipeline connected to the gas

tower, and also the same as that of a transmission tower if the tower is represented by a cylindrical conductor [28] and

ground and phase wires are added.

(1) EMTP Simulation

The tower in Fig. 18 is represented as a distributed-parameter line with a surge impedance Z0 and a propagation

velocity c of which the values are evaluated by the impedance and the admittance formulas derived in Reference [28]. Fig.

19 shows a simulation result by the EMTP.

(2) FDTD simulation

Fig. 20 shows a simulation result by the FDTD.

It is observed that the simulation results in Fig.19 by the EMTP and in Fig. 20 by the FDTD agree reasonably well

with the measured result in Fig. 19. A difference observed between the measured and the EMTP simulation results is

estimated due to mutual coupling between the tower, the pipeline and measuring wires. Also, the frequency-dependent

effect of the conductor affects the difference. A difference between the measured and the FDTD simulation results seems

to be caused by a perfect conductor assumption of the FDTD method.

C. Archone voltage during a back-flashover

The electromagnetic field around a transmission tower hit by lightning changes dynamically while electromagnetic

waves make several round-trips between a shield wire and the ground. During this interval, the waveforms of archorn

voltages vary complexly. For a tall structure such as an EHV twin-circuit tower, the contribution of the tower surge

characteristic to the archorn voltages becomes dominant because the travel time of a surge along the tower is comparable to

the rise time of a lightning current. Particularly in the case of a back-flashover at such a tall tower, a powerful

electromagnetic impulse is produced since the archorn voltage of several MV is chopped steeply. The electromagnetic

impulse expands spherically and couples with the other phase lines. Such electromagnetic coupling is different from the

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TEM coupling and it may influence significantly the archorn voltages of other phases. This issue, however, has been paid

little attention in analyzing a multiphase back-flashover.

P.G.

injected current wire (3D2V)

voltage reference wire

(IV：2mm2)

pipeline 2.0m

chimney pipe

1.8m

4.7k

earth or Al plate　

Node_1

Node_2Node_3

control line　2.0m

Node_5

Node_6Node_4Rp Rc2

Rc1

rt = 4cm

Fig. 18 Experimental setup: RP=150Ω

-80

-40

0

40

80

120

160

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Vo

lta

ge[V

]

EXP

EMTP

-20

0

20

40

60

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Vo

lta

ge[V

]EXP

EMTP

(a) Tower top (b) Pipe sending end

-20

0

20

40

60

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Vo

lta

ge[V

]

EXP

EMTP

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Vo

lta

ge[V

]

EXP

EMTP

(c) Pipe receiving end (d) control line receiving end

Fig. 19 Measured EMTP simulation result

-40

0

40

80

120

160

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Volt

age[V

]

FDTD

-40

0

40

80

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Volt

age[V

]

FDTD

(a) Tower top (b) Pipe sending end

-20

0

20

40

60

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Volt

age[V

]

FDTD

-60

-40

-20

0

20

40

0 50 100 150 200

Time[ns]

Volt

age[V

]

FDTD

(c) Pipe receiving end (d) control line receiving end

Fig. 20 FDTD simulation results

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To analyze such a very-fast transient electromagnetic field around a three-dimensional conductor system,

electromagnetic modeling codes are appropriate. Among many available codes, the Thin-Wire Time-Domain Analysis

(TWTDA) code [52, 68] based on the method of moments [53] is chosen in the present work, for this code allows to

incorporate nonlinear effects into the analysis [6].

In this section, archorn voltages of a simulated 500 kV twin-circuit tower in Fig.21 (a) hit by lightning, in the case of

one-phase back-flashover, are analyzed by a modified TWTDA code that includes a recently proposed flashover model [69,

70]. A similar analysis is also carried out by EMTP [1], and the results are compared with those computed by the modified

TWTDA code.

Fig.21 (b) shows measured waveforms of the voltage of a 3 m gap representing an archorn and the current flowing

through it [70], and those computed by the TWTDA code. Fig.21 (c) are the archorn voltages computed by (1)TWTDA and

(2)EMTP. In the EMTP simulation, the multistory tower model [13] is used, and Motoyama‟s flashover model is represented

by a general-purpose description language „MODELS‟ [71] in EMTP. The archorn voltages computed by EMTP agree well

with those computed by TWTDA before the back-flashover on one phase. On the other hand, after the back-flashover, the

archorn voltages of the other two phases computed by EMTP decay more steeply than those computed by TWTDA, and

they deviate from the results computed by TWTDA during about 1 μs after that. The deviation is noticeable particularly in

the case of the middle- or the lower-phase back-flashover although the settling values of both results are in good agreement.

One of the reasons for these discrepancies may be attributed to somewhat high lumped resistors of the multistory

tower model, which are employed to reproduce the peak values of archorn voltages for step current injection into the tower

top. A very steep wave, injected into the top of this tower model, propagates downward without reflection at nodes, but an

upward propagating wave, which may be a reflected wave at the ground or the associated with the middle- or lower-phase

back-flashover, attenuates much at these nodes. The difference of induction or coupling between the actual dynamic

electromagnetic field around a tower struck by lightning and the TEM mode, which is a basis of an EMTP multiconductor

model, must be another reason.

VI. Conclusion

This paper has presented a lightning surge analysis by the EMTP and by numerical electromagnetic analysis methods.

Because the EMTP is based on a circuit theory assuming TEM mode propagation, it can not give an accurate solution

for a high frequency transient which involves non-TEM mode propagation. Also, the EMTP can not deal with a circuit of

which the parameters are not known.

On the contrary, a numerical electromagnetic analysis method can deal with a transient associated with both TEM and

non-TEM mode propagation. Furthermore, it requires not circuit parameter but geometrical and physical parameters of a

given system. However, it other results in numerical instability if the analytical space, the boundary conditions, the cell

29.0m

8.0m

16.0m

12.0m

44.0m

4.0m

4.0m

4.0m

11.2m

11.6m

12.0m

r = 20mm

80.0m r = 0.373m

(a) The structure of a model tower subject to analysis.

0 1 2 3-1

0

1

2

3

4

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [

MV

]

Measured [6] Calculated

(1)

0 1 2 3-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

Time [s]

Cu

rren

t [k

A]

Measured [6] Calculated

(2)

(b) Measured waveforms of the voltage of a 3 m gap and the current flowing through it [2], and those

computed with the TWTDA code including Motoyama‟s flashover model. (1) Voltage. (2) Current.

0 1 2

0

2

4

6

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [M

V]

Upper phase Middle phase Lower phase

(1)

0 1 2

0

2

4

6

Time [s]

Vo

ltag

e [

MV

]

Upper phase Middle phase Lower phase

(2)

(c) Waveforms of archorn voltages computed by (1) TWTDA and by (2) EMTP, in the case of a middle-phase back-flashover. ( 150 kA, 1.0 μs ramp current injection )

Fig.21 Archorn voltages during a back-flashover

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size etc are not appropriate. Also, it requires a large amount of computer resources, and existing codes are not general

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A. Ametani, (M‟71-SM‟84-F‟92-LF‟10) received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, U.

K., in 1973. Currently, he is a Professor at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.