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    This document describes a new method called LFA-M for providing lightning protection to medium voltage overhead distribution lines. LFA-M uses long flashover arresters that capture high voltage sparks from lightning strikes. It consists of cable pieces arranged into three flashover modules. During a lightning strike, the modules allow a long flashover channel to develop, protecting the overhead lines from the high voltages. LFA-M has advantages like extending the life of circuit breakers and protecting electric networks from overvoltages. In the future, more flashover modules could be added to adapt LFA-M for protecting very high voltage lines.

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    This document describes a new method called LFA-M for providing lightning protection to medium voltage overhead distribution lines. LFA-M uses long flashover arresters that capture high voltage sparks from lightning strikes. It consists of cable pieces arranged into three flashover modules. During a lightning strike, the modules allow a long flashover channel to develop, protecting the overhead lines from the high voltages. LFA-M has advantages like extending the life of circuit breakers and protecting electric networks from overvoltages. In the future, more flashover modules could be added to adapt LFA-M for protecting very high voltage lines.

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    This document describes a new method called LFA-M for providing lightning protection to medium voltage overhead distribution lines. LFA-M uses long flashover arresters that capture high voltage sparks from lightning strikes. It consists of cable pieces arranged into three flashover modules. During a lightning strike, the modules allow a long flashover channel to develop, protecting the overhead lines from the high voltages. LFA-M has advantages like extending the life of circuit breakers and protecting electric networks from overvoltages. In the future, more flashover modules could be added to adapt LFA-M for protecting very high voltage lines.

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    Lightning Protection Using Lfa-M

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    This document describes a new method called LFA-M for providing lightning protection to medium voltage overhead distribution lines. LFA-M uses long flashover arresters that capture high voltage sparks from lightning strikes. It consists of cable pieces arranged into three flashover modules. During a lightning strike, the modules allow a long flashover channel to develop, protecting the overhead lines from the high voltages. LFA-M has advantages like extending the life of circuit breakers and protecting electric networks from overvoltages. In the future, more flashover modules could be added to adapt LFA-M for protecting very high voltage lines.

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    LIGHTNING PROTECTION USING LFA-M

    Submitted to Submitted by
    Mr. prem kant sir Rajat jain
    (HOD EE deptt.) (EE VIII sem)
    CONTENTS
     Introduction
     What is lightning stroke
     Types of lightning strokes
     What is LFA-M
     Design of LFA-M
     How does LFA-M protect the overhead lines.
     Advantages
     Future expention
    INTRODUCTION

    • A new simple ,effective and inexpensive method for lightning


    protection of medium voltage overhead distribution line is using
    long flashover arresters (LFA)

    •The important feature of LFA is that it can be applied for lightning


    protection of overhead distribution line against both induced
    overvoltage and direct lightning strokes.
    WHATT IS LIGHTNING STROKE ?
     Lightning is an electrical
    discharge between cloud and
    the earth, between clouds or
    between the charge centers
    of the same cloud.
     Lightning is a huge spark and
    that take place when clouds
    are charged to a high
    potential w.r.t earth object
    (e.g overhead lines) .
    TYPES OF LIGHTNING STROKES

     Direct stroke

     Indirect stroke
    DIRECT STROKE

     Lightning discharge is directly from cloud to


    overhead line.
     From the line , current path may be over the
    insulators down to the pole to the ground.
    INDIRECT STROKE

     Results from electro statically induced charges


    on the conductors.
     Positively charged cloud induces negative
    charge on the line.
     When cloud discharges to earth, negatively
    charge rushes along both directions in form of
    travelling wave.
    WHAT IS LFA-M?

     Long flashover arrestors are those devices


    which capture the high voltage sparks resulting
    out of lightening.
     “M” indicates that LFA-M is for the protection of
    medium overhead transmission line.
    DESIGN OF LFA-M
     An LFA-M arrester
    consists of two cables
    like pieces. Each cable
    piece has a semi
    conductive core of
    resistance R
     The cable pieces are
    arranged so as to form
    three flashover
    modules 1,2,3 as
    shown in figure.
    HOW DOES LFA-M PROTECT THE OVERHEAD
    LINES ?

     First a lightning impulse causes a spark over of the spark gaps.

     Next ,the semiconducting core of the upper cable piece ,whose


    resistance , carries the high potential to the surface of the lower
    piece at its middle . Similarly the semiconducting core of the
    lower piece of the same resistance applies the low potential 0 to
    the surface of the upper piece, also at its center.

     Thus the total voltage is applied to each flashover module at the


    same moment, and all the three flashover modules 1,2 and 3 are
    assured conditions for simultaneous initiation of creeping
    discharges which, with respective modules flashed over , develop
    a single long flashover channel.
    ADVANTAGES

     Extend the working life of high voltage circuit


    breakers.
     Protect electric network against arc
    overvoltage’s
     Not stressed by operational voltage and do not
    require maintenance.
    FUTURE EXPENTION
     The LFA-M described here consists of three
    flashover modules. We can increase the flashover
    modules. If the number of flashover modules
    increases by increasing the cable pieces this LFA-
    M can be used for lightning protection of very high
    voltage lines.

     When the modules increases the total arrester


    stressing is distributed these modules also. Then it
    can withstand very high over voltages.
    THANKS

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