Regional Evaluation Study of VFTO Interference to Secondary Side Cables Based on Cloud Model and MARCOS

With the advent of the data era, most power secondary side equipment tends to be digitized. The power system needs more accurate numerical results to further improve its operating efficiency. Therefore, it is important to study the electromagnetic interferences of very fast transient overvoltage (VFTO) generated by gas-insulated switchgear (GIS). To protect the secondary side cable from interferences, the secondary side cable is wrapped with an outer shield and the shield is grounded. When the interference of VFTO comes, it will couple the interference current and interference voltage on the shield of the cable. By grounding, the interference is greatly discharged. However, due to the grounding resistance, there will be a potential difference between the grounding points at the two ends of the shield of the cable. This causes a corresponding interference current to flow through the shield, which will affect the transmission of signals inside the cable. In the actual substation, the resistivity of the soil, the ambient temperature and humidity of the area, and so on will have impacts on the grounding resistance. In addition, the irregularity of the cable arrangement and the time of the use of the cable will have impacts on the signal transmission of the cable. Based on the abovementioned issues, this article proposed a comprehensive assessment method based on the combination of the cloud model and measurement of alternatives and ranking according to compromise solution (MARCOS). The method brings the cloud model into MARCOS by the algorithm of the contribution of the cloud droplets. It overcomes the difficulty of cloud model quantification. By comparing the results of the proposed method with the actual conditions at the substation and the results of the common MARCOS assessment method, the validity of the method is verified, and a reference scheme is provided for substation optimization.