US-Mexico Collaborative Research: Lightning Effects on PowerDistribution Lines

该奖项将支持大学的马丁乌曼教授， 佛罗里达与弗朗西斯科德拉罗萨博士合作研究 位于库埃尔纳瓦卡的墨西哥电气研究所的研究员， 墨西哥 调查人员打算继续开发一种 无保护的建筑物雷电性能的评估程序 分配线，同时考虑到直接的影响， 和近距离闪电。 此外，调查人员计划实施一项 用于确定雷电改善的评估程序 使用不同的保护方案。 雷电是造成电力破坏的主要原因之一 分配系统 许多研究试图确定 直接中风对传输和分布的影响 电力线 最近的研究表明，对于 配电线路，即使是那些在地面上终止的中风， 该线的附近可以产生一个电压 振幅大到足以产生绝缘故障。 独立工作，这两个合作者获得了 重要的结果，如水平的意义 电场的组成部分，这显着改善了我们的 了解感应电压产生的机制。 利用一个特别建造的实验设施， 库埃尔纳瓦卡，两位研究人员现在计划共同努力， 了解雷击对配电的影响 线

This award will support Professor Martin Uman of the University of Florida in a research collaboration with Dr. Francisco de la Rosa of the Mexican Institute of Electrical Research in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The investigators intend to pursue the development of a procedure for estimating the lightning performance of unprotected distribution lines, taking into account the effect of both direct and close lightning. Also, the investigators plan to implement an evaluation program for determining the improvement of lightning performance by using different protection schemes. Lightning is one of the major causes of damage to electric power distribution systems. Many studies have attempted to determine the effects of direct strokes on both transmission and distribution power lines. Recent work has demonstrated that, for the case of distribution lines, even those strokes that terminate on ground in the close vicinity of the line can produce a voltage whose peak amplitude is large enough to produce an insulation failure. Working independently, the two collaborators have obtained important results, such as the significance of the horizontal component of the electric field, which have markedly improved our understanding of the mechanism of induced voltage generation. Using a specially constructed experimental facility near Cuernavaca, the two researchers now plan to join efforts to better understand the effect of lightning strokes on power distribution lines.