| Title |
Analysis of the Protective Distance of Low-Voltage Surge Protective Device(SPD) to Equipment |
| Authors |
Jung-Woo Lee ; Young-Taek Oh |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.4.028 |
| Keywords |
Surge ; Low-Voltage Power Supply ; Surge Protection Device(SPD) ; Voltage Protection Level |
| Abstract |
Installing surge protection devices for a low-voltage system is important to ensure the survival of electric or electronic devices and systems. If surge protection devices (SPD) are installed without consideration of the concept of lightning protection zones, the equipment to be protected might be damaged despite the correct energy coordination of SPDs. This damage is induced by the reflection phenomena on the cable connecting an external SPD and the load protected. These reflection phenomena depend on the characteristics of the output of the external SPD, the input of the loads, and the cables between the load and the external SPD. Therefore, the SPD has an effective protection distance under the condition of the specific load and the specific voltage protection level of SPD. In this paper, PSCAD/EMTDC software is used to simulate the residual voltage characteristics of SPD Entering the low-voltage device. And by applying a certain voltage level, the effective protection distances of SPD were analyzed according to the each load and length of connecting cable, and the effectiveness of SPD were verified. |