A methodology for quantifying the variability of transmission line lightning outage rates

C.S. Engelbrecht, G. Diendorfer, F.F. Bologna

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Abstract

In this paper a methodology is presented to quantify the year-to-year variability of the lightning outage rate of transmission lines based on the stochastic and climatological variations in lightning incidence. The stochastic variations can adequately be described by the Poisson distribution, and the year-to-year variation in the lightning ground flash density by a Log-Normal distribution function. Based on data from ALDIS and EUCLID it is suggested that the standard deviation of Ln(Ng) typically falls between 0.3 and 0.6 and a median of 0.423.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICLP 2022 - 36th International Conference on Lightning Protection
PublisherIEEE
Pages333-337
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-9024-5
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-9025-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event36th International Conference on Lightning Protection - Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 2 Oct 20227 Oct 2022
Conference number: 36

Publication series

NameICLP 2022 - 36th International Conference on Lightning Protection

Conference

Conference36th International Conference on Lightning Protection
Abbreviated titleICLP 2022
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Period2/10/227/10/22

Keywords

  • Lightning studies
  • Transmission Lines
  • Lightning Network

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