Research on the lightning shielding performance of strained angled tower for the ±1100 kV UHVDC transmission project

Abstract

Rigid jumper is usually used in the strained angled tower for the UHV transmission project, which makes the protection angle of the ground wire to the jumper end larger, thus the lightning shielding failure risk of the strained angled tower may increase. In order to study the lightning shielding performance of strained angled tower for the ±1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission project, a numerical model for the simulation of lightning attachment to the strained angled tower was established based on the research results in the aspects of lightning downward leader, inception and propagation characteristic of upward connecting leader and so on. The maximum lightning shielding failure current and the shielding failure flashover rate (SFFOR) of rigid jumper were calculated under different line angles and overhead ground wire cross-arm lengths based on the proposed model. Results show that the lightning flashover of rigid jumper mainly occurs on the outer side while the rigid jumper on the inner side is in a good shielding state. When the cross-arm length of overhead ground wire on the outer side of J27104A1 tower with 90° line angle is greater than 21.7 m, the SFFOR of rigid jumper will be below 0.1 times/(100 km a), which can meet the operation requirement. The analysis provides technical references for the lightning protection design of strained angled tower for the UHVDC transmission project.

Keywords

• UHVDC
• Strained angled tower
• Lightning shielding failure
• Numerical analysis model
• Rigid jumper