• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.94-101
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• 2011

The proper installation of SPD and the evaluation of the SPD protection distance are basic steps for the effective protection measures of apparatus against surges within a structure. A novel method for installing SPD on the conventional distribution board without any modification was proposed and it's effectiveness was evaluated by experiments. Also, the transient overvoltage occurred across the power line from the SPD to the load was simulated with EMTP software to see how different the protection distances affecting the magnitude of the transient overvoltage. As evaluated, the effective protection method of apparatus against surges, coordinated SPD protection system is suggested as a proper measure to protect within the apartment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.66-71
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• 2003

Electronic equipments made from integrated circuits and small-sized semiconductors is protected by surge protective devices(SPDs) such as ZnO varistors, Zener diode and gas discharge tube from lightning overvoltages. However the clamping voltage of SPDs is greatly influenced by the method of installing the SPDs. In this paper, the protective effects of SPDs according to types of system groundings were experimentally investigated. The separate grounding is a particularly undesirable way to install SPDs. The effectiveness of the common grounding point for ZnO varistors is more pronounced than that for gas discharge tubes. The common grounding at the terminal of SPDs is recommended as a best method of installing SPDs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.298-302
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• 2005

This paper presents the protection effect of SPDs according to installation conditions. To develop the effective protection countermeasures of information and communication equipments against lightning surges, actual-sized experiments in relation to the protection effects on the installation positions of surge protective devices(SPDs), the length of branch circuit the materials and long of conduit were conducted. The best method for protecting the electronic equipments from surges is to install the SPD at the front point of the devices to be protected. The installation method of the metal conduit bonded with common ground conductor were more effective than that of the PVC conduit.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.78-85
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• 2012

Low-Voltage power lines should equip surge protection devices which protect electronic equipments and human lives against lightning and abnormal voltages. Data transmission capacity of the power line is determined by frequency characteristics of the surge protective devices. To analyze the effects of surge protective devices on the data transmission performance, various combinations of installation methods are tested which include ZnO varistor elements that is compatible with class I, class II and class III. The result claims that ZnO varistor for class III is found to be one of the main factors that deteriorates the transmission performance. To overcome this problem a serial connection methed between Gap type SPD and ZnO varistor is proposed. With the proposed scheme, laboratory experimental results show that the data transmission performance can be improved up to 91.9[%] with proper SPD combination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.355-358
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• 2008

고도의 정보화 사회로 대부분 반도체 소자로 이루어진 전기전자기기가 널리 보급되었다. 이러한 전자부품은 저전압에서 구동되고 있어 낮은 전압의 서지라도 오동작을 일으키거나 파괴될 수 있다. 이와 같이 정보통신기기는 물론 가전기기를 둘러싼 환경은 뇌 서지에 매우 취약하여 뇌 보호 대책의 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 뇌 보호 관련 규정이 KS C IEC 62305로 개정되면서 선택사항에 불과했던 내부 뇌보호 시스템인 서지보호기(SPD)가 필수사항이 되었다. 그런데 사용자들이 실제 현장에 설치하였을 때 많은 문제점이 발생되고 있다. SPD가 제대로 작동하는지의 동작상태와 경년에 따른 SPD의 특성 변화를 알 수 없다. 현재 SPD 기술은 단순한 LAMP에 의한 SPD의 소손 여부와 낙뢰 유입 횟수만 알 수 있을 뿐이다. 따라서 서지보호기에 유입되는 서지의 특성을 파악하여 대책 마련을 가능케 하여 규격에 적합한 서지보호 및 적용을 실현하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.60-67
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• 2006

This paper presents the protection effect of surge protective devices(SPDs) according to the conditions of installations. To propose the effective protection measures of information and communication equipments against lightning surges, actual-sized experiments in relation to the protection effects on the positions of installations of SPDs, the length of branch circuit, the wiring methods, and the materials of conduit, were conducted. The effective method of protecting information and communication equipments from lightning surges is to install SPDs in the vicinity of input terminals of each electronic equipments to be protected. The wiring method of connecting an SPD minimizing the length of leads is desirable when point-to-point wiring is to be used.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.339-341
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• 2009

Surge Protective Device(SPD) is installed by increasing information and communication equipments and home network equipments by individual home, and the amount of SPD used is increasing by revision industry regulations and strengthening equipotential grounding system. Parts of SPD installed in residential distribution board has ZnO varistor, voltage constraint type devices, but it is exposed to Temporary Overvoltage Characteristic. This thesis analyzes products through Thermal Stability test for SPD for general house and suggests the better method. As results of analysis, Gas Discharge Tube(GDT) to cut off from a leakage current and more than two kinds of safety devices to protect Thermal Runaway were needed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.2229-2231
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• 2005

Recently, damages of electronic equipments due to lightning surges coming from AC power lines are increasing. In this work, to propose the effective installation methods of surge protective devices(SPDs), the protective performances of SPDs in actual-sized test circuits were experimentally investigated. In order to obtain the lowest limiting voltage and best protection, long leads of SPDs in installation practices are significantly undesirable. An effective installation method of SPDs for AC mains was proposed. The way of installing SPDs at every branch circuits is more effective than that of installing a SPD near the point of entry.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.89-94
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• 2013

This paper presents a method of simulating the protection effects of surge protective devices(SPDs) depending on the protective distance and types of input impedance of load to be protected. In order to analyze the protective performances of voltage-limiting type SPDs associated with the reflection and oscillation phenomena, the terminal voltage across load being protected and the residual voltage of SPDs were simulated by using EMTP model as functions of the protective distance and types of input impedance of loads. As a consequence, SPDs should be installed by taking into account the protective distance and input impedance of loads to achieve reliable protection of electrical and electronic equipment from lightning and switching surges. It is expected that the simulation method proposed in this paper could be practically used in design for installing SPDs in low-voltage distribution systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11d
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• pp.40-42
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• 2004

Electronic equipments made from electrical circuits with small-sized semiconductor are very weak against lightning surge. So, electronic equipments is protected by SPD(surge protective devices) such as Zno varistor. The SPD protect electronic circuit in electronic equipments and AC power lines from the lightning surge. Therefore to achieve effective method of surge protection, there are needs for correlation between lightning surge protective effect and installation method of surge protective device. Therefore this paper describes as a result of experiments for correlation between lightning surge protective effect and installation method of surge protective device.