ANTAMINA PROJECT

220 kV VIZCARRA SUBSTATION

220 kV SWITCHYARD
SHIELDING AGAINST LIGHTNING

Revised
Report

Approved

Date

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REVISION
REV
A

DESCRIPTION
First Issue

DATE
June 2nd, 1999

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220 kV SWITCHYARD
SHIELDING AGAINST LIGHTNING
CONTENT
1.00

PURPOSE

2.00

STANDARDS & REFERENCES

3.00

PROJECT DATA

4.00

DESIGNING WITH ELECTROGEOMETRIC MODEL

5.00

CHECKING WITH PROTECTED ZONE METHOD

6.00

CONCLUSIONS

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220 kV SWITCHYARD
SHIELDING AGAINST LIGHTNING

1.00

PURPOSE
This document provides the calculations of the arrange for the overhead shield
wires in the 220 kV Switchyard of Vizcarra Substation.

2.00

STANDARDS & REFERENCES

The report is done on the basis of Electrogeometric Model described in the
following papers:

IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems. Vol PAS95, No. 4. Jul/Aug 1976, Pages 1303-1310.

IEEE Transactions on Power, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1994, Pages

314321.

The verification with the Protected Zone method is done according to Switchgear
Manual, ABB, 8th edition, Pages 196-199
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PROJECT DATA
For Vizcarra Substation the Basic Insulation Level without altitude correction
factor is
Vs = 1300 kV
In the Switchyard, the 220 kV strain bus consist of two ASCR conductors per
phase, each with a diameter of
d = 31.62 mm
and the separation between conductors is
e = 200 mm
The width of the bay will be

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b = 20 m
and the 220 kV conductors will be installed at
h = 12 m
4.00

DESIGN WITH ELECTROGEOMETRIC MODEL

4.01

Striking Distance
According to the electrogeometric model, the striking distance rs in [m] of a
lightning stroke is a function of the critical current I in [kA] as follows
rs = 8 I 0.65

The critical current is defined

Vs
I = 2
Zs

where
Vs = the basic insulation level of the conductors [kV]
Zs = the impedance of the conductors [Ohm]
The total impedance of the conductors system is calculated according to the
formula
2h

Zs = 60 ln
Re q

where Req is the equivalent radius of two conductors per phase (n=2), which is
alculated according to the formula
d e
Re q = n n
2 2

Then the calculated values are

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Req = 56.2 Ohm

Zs = 363.4 Ohm
Ic = 7.155 kA
rs = 28.75 m
The actual critical distance Rs must be calculated on the basis of rs corrected with
the altitude correction factor, which is determined according to the formula
k =e

H 1000
8150

Then the altitude correction factor is

k = 1.3758
and the value of the critical distance is
Rs =

rs
k

Rs = 20.89 m
4.02

Height of the Overhead shield wires

According to the Figure 1, the overhead shield wires must be located above the
main conductors at a distance x, which can be calculated by solving the equation
2

b
2
Rs = + ( R s x ) 2
2

The solution is
x = 2.55 m
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CHECKING WITH PROTECTED ZONE METHOD

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The criteria for this method is that the level of the strike is twice the height of the
overhead ground wire and the protected zone is defined for the distance R. Then
according to the Figure 2, if the shield wires are located above the main conductors
at a distance x, we have the following equations
H=h+x
R+h=2H
2

b
R2 = + H 2
2

Solving this equations

R = 15.024 m
H = 18.048 m
x = 3.024 m
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CONCLUSIONS
The overhead ground wires will be located above the main conductors at a
minimum distance of 2.55 meters. However, in order to use conservative value the
design distance will be 3.00 meters.

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