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Transients on Overhead Lines
2.1 Introduction
There are various kinds of transients in a power system. In general, over-
voltages caused by transients are important in a power system because of
its insulation against overvoltages. Table 2.1 summarizes overvoltages in a
power system [1,2]. A temporary overvoltage is one caused by an abnormal
system condition such as a line fault, and is evaluated by the steady-state
solution of an abnormal system condition. Thus, temporary overvolt-
age is not considered a transient overvoltage. A typical example of tem-
porary overvoltage caused by a line-to-ground fault is shown in Figure
2.1. Immediately after ...