Calculation of voltages in electric power transmission lines during historic geomagnetic storms: An investigation using realistic earth impedances
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Abstract
Commonly, one-dimensional (1-D) Earth impedances have been used to calculate the voltages induced across electric power transmission lines during geomagnetic storms under the assumption that much of the three-dimensional structure of the Earth gets smoothed when integrating along power transmission lines. We calculate the voltage across power transmission lines in the mid-Atlantic region with both regional 1-D impedances and 64 empirical 3-D impedances obtained from a magnetotelluric survey. The use of 3-D impedances produces substantially more spatial variance in the calculated voltages, with the voltages being more than an order of magnitude different, both higher and lower, than the voltages calculated utilizing regional 1-D impedances. During the March 1989 geomagnetic storm 62 transmission lines exceed 100 V when utilizing empirical 3-D impedances, whereas 16 transmission lines exceed 100 V when utilizing regional 1-D impedances. This demonstrates the importance of using realistic impedances to understand and quantify the impact that a geomagnetic storm has on power grids.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Calculation of voltages in electric power transmission lines during historic geomagnetic storms: An investigation using realistic earth impedances |
| Series title | Space Weather |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017SW001779 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | AGU |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Science Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 185 |
| Last page | 195 |
| Country | United States |
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