Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
Conference Name
IEEE PES
Conference Location
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Conference Date
Abstract
Proper insulation coordination is critical to
achieving expected life from wind plant equipment. The collector
systems of large wind plants require the application of surge
arresters to protect the equipment insulation from transient
overvoltages. The application of surge arresters is constrained by
maximum operating and temporary overvoltage levels. This
paper provides a tutorial description of the process of selecting
and applying surge arresters to wind plant medium voltage
collector systems, with emphasis on the peculiar properties of this
application.
