Abstract
The impulse grounding performance of distribution lines tower is the key factor to lightning protection. Few field high-current impulse test researches are conducted on distribution line tower. In this paper, we used a mobile high-current impulse generator to conduct test on a 10 kV distribution line tower. The peak value of the current injection is 6 kA to 16 kA. The impulse impedance and the surface potential distribution are measured and analyzed. Based on the CDEGS software, an equivalent modeling of the experiment was carried out. The influence of soil ionization was taken into account by the method of changing the conductor radius through two rounds of calculation. The simulation and measured results were basically consistent. Experiments have shown that the soil ionization effect has an important impact on lightning performance of distribution line tower. The graphite earthing modules (GEMs) and pulling wires can significantly reduce the impulse impedance of the tower. The potential rise of the earth surface at a distance of 30 m from the tower can reach 1 kV at peak, under an injection of 7.15 kA.
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