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Lightning Protection of the Underground Cable Line Connecting an Overhead Line to a 110 kV Substation
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of East Sarajevo, East Sarajevo 71123, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Mladen Banjanin,
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Volume 2, Issue 1
2026
Received: 03 February 2026
Accepted: 18 February 2026
Published: 01 March 2026
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Volume 2, Issue 1, 2026
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22-30
Abstract
This paper analyzes the lightning protection of a 110 kV underground cable line connecting two overhead transmission lines with a 110 kV substation. The transition from two overhead lines to two underground cable lines is implemented at a special double-circuit overhead line tower located approximately 2.4 km from the 110 kV substation. Lightning transients are calculated at: (i) both cable terminations, first at the transition tower and second at the substation, (ii) at the first (more critical) cable joint, (iii) at the cable sheath to the surrounding soil and objects. The latter analysis is performed to assess the risk of outer cable insulation breakdown between the sheath and the transition tower or its grounding system, as well as between the cable sheath and the substation grounding system at the opposite end of the cable. The applied surge arrester configuration is presented, and it can provide a high level of lightning protection for the analyzed system. In addition, the energy stress of the surge arresters is calculated to verify that they are not overstressed during the mitigation of lightning transients.
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Keywords
cable line
insulation breakdown
lightning protection
overhead line
surge arrester
transition tower
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Banjanin, M. (2026). Lightning Protection of the Underground Cable Line Connecting an Overhead Line to a 110 kV Substation. ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, 2(1), 22–30. https://doi.org/10.62762/TEPNS.2026.455083
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TY - JOUR AU - Banjanin, Mladen PY - 2026 DA - 2026/03/01 TI - Lightning Protection of the Underground Cable Line Connecting an Overhead Line to a 110 kV Substation JO - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems T2 - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems JF - ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 22 EP - 30 DO - 10.62762/TEPNS.2026.455083 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2026.455083 KW - cable line KW - insulation breakdown KW - lightning protection KW - overhead line KW - surge arrester KW - transition tower AB - This paper analyzes the lightning protection of a 110 kV underground cable line connecting two overhead transmission lines with a 110 kV substation. The transition from two overhead lines to two underground cable lines is implemented at a special double-circuit overhead line tower located approximately 2.4 km from the 110 kV substation. Lightning transients are calculated at: (i) both cable terminations, first at the transition tower and second at the substation, (ii) at the first (more critical) cable joint, (iii) at the cable sheath to the surrounding soil and objects. The latter analysis is performed to assess the risk of outer cable insulation breakdown between the sheath and the transition tower or its grounding system, as well as between the cable sheath and the substation grounding system at the opposite end of the cable. The applied surge arrester configuration is presented, and it can provide a high level of lightning protection for the analyzed system. In addition, the energy stress of the surge arresters is calculated to verify that they are not overstressed during the mitigation of lightning transients. SN - 3070-2607 PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
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@article{Banjanin2026Lightning,
author = {Mladen Banjanin},
title = {Lightning Protection of the Underground Cable Line Connecting an Overhead Line to a 110 kV Substation},
journal = {ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems},
year = {2026},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
pages = {22-30},
doi = {10.62762/TEPNS.2026.455083},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TEPNS.2026.455083},
abstract = {This paper analyzes the lightning protection of a 110 kV underground cable line connecting two overhead transmission lines with a 110 kV substation. The transition from two overhead lines to two underground cable lines is implemented at a special double-circuit overhead line tower located approximately 2.4 km from the 110 kV substation. Lightning transients are calculated at: (i) both cable terminations, first at the transition tower and second at the substation, (ii) at the first (more critical) cable joint, (iii) at the cable sheath to the surrounding soil and objects. The latter analysis is performed to assess the risk of outer cable insulation breakdown between the sheath and the transition tower or its grounding system, as well as between the cable sheath and the substation grounding system at the opposite end of the cable. The applied surge arrester configuration is presented, and it can provide a high level of lightning protection for the analyzed system. In addition, the energy stress of the surge arresters is calculated to verify that they are not overstressed during the mitigation of lightning transients.},
keywords = {cable line, insulation breakdown, lightning protection, overhead line, surge arrester, transition tower},
issn = {3070-2607},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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