Temporary overvoltages

In actual operation, disturbances on a power system, causing sudden changes in the system parameters, are quite frequent and may generate temporary overvoltages and voltage surges, as summarized above. The system disturbances may be of two types, external or internal, as explained below. 

GFF = Ground fault factor (Section 20.6). tTOV = Temporary overvoltage. 

I Shunt reactors These are provided as shown in Figure 24.23 to compensate for the distributed lumped capacitances, C , on EHV networks and also to limit temporary overvoltages caused during a load rejection, followed by a ground fault or a phase fault within the prescribed steady-state voltage limits, as noted in Table 24.3. They ab.sorb reactive power to offset the charging power demand of EHV lines (Table 24.2, column 9). The selection of a reactor can be made on the basis of the duty it has to perform and the compensation required. Some of the different types of reactors and their characteristics are described in Chapter 27. 

Arc suppression coil or ground fault neutralizer Ground fault factor (GFF) Magnitude of temporary overvoltages Insulation coordination Application of different types of grounding methods (for HT, HV and EHV systems) Important parameters for selecting a ground fault protection scheme... 

Colla, L., S. Lauria, and F. M. Gatta. 2007. Temporary overvoltages due to harmonic resonance in long EHV cables. International Conference on Power System Transients (IPST) 233, Lyon, France. 

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