Architecture Research on Differentiated Lightning Protection of Distribution Network Considering Plateau Microtopography

Abstract

Abstract Lightning is the main and severe threat to 10kV and 35kV medium-voltage distribution networks. It will cause equipment failures or damage, tripping and even power outages. With the construction of modern distribution networks, the requirements for power supply reliability are getting higher and higher. Therefore, lightning protection of distribution networks has received great attention. The key point is to find a cost-effective way to protect against lightning. This paper proposed an architecture for differentiated lightning protection of distribution networks considering plateau micro-topography. The main idea is to take multiple measures to obtain rich data, including a lightning positioning system, 3D laser scanning and digital elevation model. Differences in lightning parameters, line and tower parameters, topographic parameters are thought to bring different lightning tripping rates for each tower. Then tripping rate of each area element is obtained through meshing and discrete calculation. Total tripping rate is finally obtained by summation of all elements. The proposed architecture plans to provide a clue for differentiated lightning protection for the distribution network.