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Surge Arrester IV parameters file

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Last updated: Nov 13, 2024 by Fabien Ducat
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How to specify IV parameters file in the Schematic Editor ?

The Surge Arrester block has a "Current voltage characteristic" parameter which is a dropdown. When the "Current-voltage table" is selected, you can specify a file which should contain current voltage characteristics in the "Current voltage lookup table" field.

This file has to be in a specific format which is described below.

What is the format of the IV parameters file ?

The current voltage parameters are described in a JSON format. The following parameters must appear in the file.


Paremeter (JSON key)Value typeUnitDescriptionExample

currentBreakpoints

double[]A

Current breakpoints of the Surge Arrester

"currentBreakpoints":[
    0.0,
    1.0e-3,
    3.0e-3,
    1.0e-2,
    1.0e-1,
    10.0,
    200.0,
    600.0
  ],

voltageValues

double[]VVoltage values for each current breakpoint of the Surge Arrester"voltageValues": [
    0.0,
    426.4e3,
    450.18e3,
    455.92e3,
    467.4e3,
    501.84e3,
    519.88e3,
    527.26e3
  ]

All the examples above concatenated would give in a valid JSON format:

Parameter constraints

The following constraints applies the saturation characteristic:

where

 is the voltage, and
 is the current.

Additionally, the number of elements of the array “currentBreakpoints“ shall be the same of “voltageValues“ and the number of points shall be less than or equal to 17.

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