• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.2118-2119
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• 2008

The paper introduces a new Distribution Class ground lead disconnector design that not only extends the claimable detonation range well below the 20 amps specified in industry standards, but is very durable when exposed to severe arrester durability tests. Finally, this paper shows how this next generation disconnector interacts with the connected arrester to improve the overvoltage withstand capability of the arrester assembly.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.118-123
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• 2000

This paper describes the characteristics of a newly suggested arc-inducing driven rod with needles which could effectively spread out both the failure current with power frequency and the lightning current. The structural characteristic of the driven rod was that needles were attached on the surface of the conventional shaped driven rod and the driven rod with needles was installed inside of a copper pipe.As a result of analyzing the characteristics of this suggested driven rod when it was employed as the driven rod of an arrester in distribution system, it was verified that the primary voltage of the arrester was reduced by effectively exhausting the electrical energy since the arc occurred between the needle and the copper pipe.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1159-1162
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• 2003

Recently we suffered lot of failures of polymer surge arresters made by same manufacture after one year field operation. In order to set up countermeasures we investigated the causes of failures. We extracted faulted arresters and sound ones which were installed in same pole with faulted ones for the electrical test and dissection. 44 arresters were removed from 8 branch offices. Almost all of faulted arresters hadtracking damage on the interface between inner module and housing and the surface of inner module was very rough and irregular. It was possible to occur moisture ingress into the interface between inner module and housing due to the void of the interface and non tight sealing caps. Lots of sound arresters were failed during the moisture ingress test. This result must relate with tracking damage of faulted arresters. Therefore we can say that arresters had poor interface and sealing system. But we could not found aging and defects of ZnO elements because the electrical performance except moisture ingress test of arresters showed good.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.44-50
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• 2005

This paper deals with the characteristics and reduction methods of the plasma luminosity caused between the ZnO surge arrester block and metal electrodes. In this study, the impulse current generator that can generate $8/20[{\mu}s]$ impulse currents with a peak short-circuit of 10[kA] is designed and fabricated. Plasma luminosity phenomena for fine and used ZnO blocks were observed as a function of the contact states between the ZnO block and electrodes and the polarity of applied impulse voltages. As a result, discharge luminous events are produced near the contact edges between the ZnO block and metal electrodes. The discharge plasma luminosity between the ZnO surge arrester block and low potential electrode is more intensive than that between the ZnO surge arrester block and high potential electrode. Surface flashover of ZnO blocks are mainly caused by plasma generation near the edge of metal electrode. Also, plasma luminosity for the fine ZnO blocks is less than that for the used ZnO blocks. Plasma luminosity at the contact of the ZnO block and ring-type electrode is more intensive than that at the contact of ZnO block and disk electrode. It is desirable to use the disk electrode with the proper contact area to reduce the plasma luminosity caused at the contact point between the ZnO block and electrodes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.539-541
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• 2005

본 연구의 목적은 배전선로에서 운용중인개폐기, 변압기, 피뢰기 등의 규정 접지저항을 확보코자 시행하는 접지공사에 필요한 접지봉을 땅속 깊이 시공할 수 있는 접지봉의 개발과 접지봉 시공용 기계식 타격장치를 개발 활용하는 효율적, 경제적인 접지공법을 연구함에 있다. 또한 접지봉의 경년열화특성을 최소화하고자 접지봉의 접속부 구조를 개선하여 경년열화 특성을 향상하는데 있다. 특히, 굴착이 곤란한 도심지에서 최소 면적만을 굴착하여 규정 접지저항을 확보하는 방법을 제시하고 접지의 설계 및 시공 둥 실무에 활용할 수 있도록 하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.93-102
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• 2018

This paper reports a Surge Protective Device (SPD) that is used to protect an automatic metering interface (AMI) power supplies of communication equipment on a low-voltage distribution system from a lightning current. The surge protective device (SPD) can be classified as one-port SPDs and two-port SPDs with decoupling elements depending on the connection type. The protection of internal systems against the lightning current may require a systematic approach consisting of coordinated SPDs. To deal with this, the definition of a lightning protection zone (LPZ) was studied and interpreted through a theoretical review. Because the lightning current resulting from a lightning surge is considerably high, there is limited protection from one SPD; therefore, coordinated cascaded MOV-based SPDs are installed to solve this problem. Regarding the power grid mentioned in this paper, a class II SPD for the low-voltage distribution system installed on the border of LPZ1 and LPZ2, which establish a protection coordination with the Arrester (LA, SA) that corresponds to the LPZO installed on the MOF stage connected to one system were designed to protect various communication (control) equipment, including the automatic meter reading system inside the branch-type electric supply panel of a building, not the incoming side of one system. In addition, performance-related tests were done by a comparison with the existing method through testing, and the optimal design was achieved for the 1-port SPD that uses a series connection and can bleed load current without any decoupling element.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.118-125
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• 2007

The lightning surge and switching surge could be injected to the underground distribution line through the riser pole in the mixed distribution line of overhead and underground. These surges travel along the cable and are reflected at the end of cable. It can be doubled and affecting underground distribution facilities. It was made a underground distribution model representing KEPCO's distribution system. It was measured propagation characteristics by applying lightning surges to this underground distribution model. Meanwhile, this system was simulated with ATP-EMTP and compared these real test results md tuned up the EMTP parameters. EMTP simulation results showed that accord with real test result by adjusting the cable insulation permitivity, arrester characteristics, surge wave shape.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07d
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• pp.1642-1644
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• 1999

This paper provides the results of dielectric properties for aged or controlled lightening arresters. The aged lightening arresters were used for five years in distribution line. The leakage current of lightening arresters and elements was measured to confirm whether the lightening arrester was deteriorated or not. The microstructure was also investigated to determine the size of grain and grain boundary. The dielectric properties of aged lightening arresters were compared to those of controlled lightening arresters. The dielectric constant and the tan${\delta}$ of aged lightening arrester were larger than those of controlled one, resulting from accelerated aging due to the thin grain boundary.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.4
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• pp.474-481
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• 2013

It is anticipated that AC distribution system can be replaced by DC distribution system in the near future because of the operation of various distributed source or microgrid system. However DC distribution system replacing 22.9kV AC distribution line is not sufficiently studied still. This paper describes lightning overvoltage analysis among many research fields should be studied to realize DC overhead distribution systems. DC distribution system is modeled using EMTP and overvoltage is analyzed according to interval of arrestor location, earth interval of overhead grounding wire and grounding resistance. It is evaluated that analysis results can be effectively used to design of future DC distribution system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.11b
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• pp.276-278
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• 2007

This paper describes the analysis to install an arrester for an underground distribution line effectively. Currently, the underground distribution cable is protected by the arrester connected with overhead distribution line. However, riser pole arrester can't protect all parts of cable like the end of the underground distribution cable. To solve this problem, we installed the arrester on each cable and have measured the overvoltage made by lightning surge in each situation. The location to get effective results has been decided from the measured voltage above.