Publications related to Software tools for the lightning performance assessment

A review of the modeling approaches of the lightning M-component with special attention to their current and electric field characteristics

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Carlo Alberto Nucci, Qi Li

In this paper, we present the characteristics of current, electric fields and modeling approaches of lightning M-component mode of charge transfer. We consider both the classical M-components (occurring after return strokes) and M-component-type ICC (Initi ...

Elsevier2023

An Efficient Methodology for the Evaluation of the Lightning Performance of Overhead Lines

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri

This article proposes a method for the derivation of a formula that links the maximum lightning-induced-overvoltage occurring on an overhead distribution line with the variables that characterize the lightning return stroke, such as the peak current, front ...

2021

Three-Dimensional FDTD-Based Simulation of Induced Surges in Secondary Circuits Owing to Primary-Circuit Surges in Substations

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Akiyoshi Tatematsu

Currently, plenty of sensitive electronic devices are installed in secondary circuits in substations and power plants. Electronic devices may malfunction and become damaged owing to electromagnetic disturbances caused mainly by lightning surges. To protect ...

2021

Simulation of High-Frequency Transients in Overhead Lines Including Frequency-Dependent Soil Parameters: an FDTD Aproach

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Rafael Silva Alipio

This paper investigates the effect of frequency-dependent soil parameters on the simulation of electromagnetic transients on overhead lines, based on the application of the FDTD method to solve the telegrapher’s equations. The ground return impedance is ca ...

2021

Generalized Telegrapher's Equations for Buried Curved Wires

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Damir Cavka

The paper deals with the calculation of transient currents and voltages along curved wire structures buried in a lossy ground using the generalized Telegrapher's equations. The influence of a lossy half space is taken into account by the simplified reflect ...

IEEE2018

Load Flow in Multiphase Distribution Networks: Existence, Uniqueness, Non-Singularity and Linear Models

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Andrey Bernstein, Cong Wang

This paper considers unbalanced multiphase distribution systems with generic topology and different load models, and extends the Z-bus iterative load-flow algorithm based on a fixed-point interpretation of the AC load-flow equations. Explicit conditions fo ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018

Guideline for Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis Method

Mario Paolone, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Carlo Alberto Nucci

The aim of this document is to provide an extended description and application guide of methods belonging to the so-called Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis (NEA) applied to the calculation of electromagnetic transients in power systems. As known, the acc ...

2013

Time-Domain Implementation of Cooray-Rubinstein Formula via Convolution Integral and Rational Approximation

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri

One of the most popular techniques to take into account the finite ground conductivity in the evaluation of the radial component of the electric field generated by a lightning return stroke is the Cooray-Rubinstein (CR) formula. As this formula is derived ...

2011

Frequency-domain analysis of ground electrodes buried in an ionized soil when subjected to surge currents: A MoM–AOM approach

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Keyhan Sheshyekani

A frequency-domain method is proposed for the transient analysis of grounding systems with ionized soil. The method involves two stages. First, the grounding system is transformed into a nonlinear equivalent circuit, in which the frequency-domain circuit p ...

Elsevier2011

Analysis of Transmission Lines With Arrester Termination, Considering the Frequency-Dependence of Grounding Systems

Mario Paolone, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Keyhan Sheshyekani

The paper proposes a modeling technique to analyze the response of a transmission line terminated by a lightning arrester connected to a grounding system buried in a lossy ground. In this technique, the transmission line is modeled in the frequency domain ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2010