Dear friends,
I am now working on an Insulation Coordination study for a 230/25 kV substation with 2 transformers and only one 230 kV line; I have to specify the arresters MCOV for the substation entrance and for the transformers.
I have seen that the MCOV takes in consideration the maximum operating voltage and a 5% factor to account for harmonic pollution, so it should be a rather straight forward calculation:
Vrms/1.73 x 1.05 = arrester MCOV
However, I've seen examples where the substation entrance MCOV is higher than the MCOV of the arresters that are placed in front of the transformers, it doesn't make much sense for me because the voltage is the same at the 3 locations (230 kV). Additionally, I've seen cases where people account for an additional 25% factor on the calculation, something like:
Vrms/1.73 x 1.05 x 1.25 = arrester MCOV
Please, does anyone know why the transformers arresters are rated differently and why some people use the 1.25 additional factor ?
Thank you very much,
Mongo
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