A Method of a Lightning Surge Analysis Recommended in Japan Using EMTP

Abstract

EMTP has been widely used in Japan to analyze switching and lightning overvoltages to design power stations and substations from the viewpoint of insulation coordination. The Japanese standard of high voltage testing, JEC-0102-1994, and the insulation design and the coordination of an 1100-kV line of Tokyo Electric Power Company were mostly based on EMTP simulations. This paper presents a method of a lightning surge analysis using the EMTP recommended in the Japanese standard and related guidelines, and suggests further work to be done based on discussions of applicable limits and problems of the recommended models.