Lightning Impulse Protection for Grid-connected Solid-state Transformers

Chunmeng Xu; Jia Wei; Liran Zheng; Xiangyu Han; Maryam Saeedifard; Rajendra Prasad Kandula; Karthik Kandasamy; Deepak Divan; Lukas Graber

doi:10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235738

Lightning Impulse Protection for Grid-connected Solid-state Transformers

Chunmeng Xu, Jia Wei, Liran Zheng, Xiangyu Han, Maryam Saeedifard, Rajendra Prasad Kandula, Karthik Kandasamy, Deepak Divan, Lukas Graber

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Abstract

A lightning protection scheme is designed and experimentally verified for protecting a 7.2 kV soft-switching solid-state transformer from lightning-induced overvoltage surges. The general design procedures of the lightning protection scheme as well as device selection guidelines are discussed in detail. A prototype has been constructed based on economical, off-the-shelf surge protective devices with unique choices of gapped metal-oxide varistors and air-core inductors. Lightning impulse tests have been performed to evaluate the lightning impulse protective level of the protection scheme, which also experimentally confirm a satisfactory protective ratio between the lightning protection scheme and the solid-state transformer according to the criteria of IEEE Std. C62.22. Working as an independent surge attenuator, the lightning protection scheme is able to protect various kinds of grid-connected converters and facilitate their field deployment in distribution systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	6057-6064
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728158266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235738
State	Published - Oct 11 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States Duration: Oct 11 2020 → Oct 15 2020

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Name	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

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Conference	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Detroit
Period	10/11/20 → 10/15/20

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The information, data, or work presented herein was funded in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-AR0000899 in the CIRCUITS program monitored by Dr. Isik Kizilyalli. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Keywords

Basic insulation level (BIL)
insulation coordination
lightning
metal-oxide varistor (MOV)
power electronic transformer (PET)
solid state transformer (SST)
surge protection

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Xu, C., Wei, J., Zheng, L., Han, X., Saeedifard, M., Kandula, R. P., Kandasamy, K., Divan, D., & Graber, L. (2020). Lightning Impulse Protection for Grid-connected Solid-state Transformers. In ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (pp. 6057-6064). Article 9235738 (ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235738

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