An Investigation of Induced Voltages to an Underground Gas Pipeline from an Overhead Transmission Line

Abstract

This paper has investigated induced voltages characteristics from an overhead transmission line to a buried gas pipeline by applying a modeling method of the induced voltages proposed by the authors. EMTP simulation results agree with analytical results obtained from a well-known formula. The induced voltages are significantly dependent on the configuration of an overhead line. A horizontal line induces the largest voltage to the gas pipeline, and an induced voltage by a vertical twin-circuit line is smaller by about 20% than that by a vertical single-circuit line.