Abstract
In recent years, extreme weather has occurred frequently in the world,
and the contradiction between medium-voltage lines and wildfires has
become more and more serious. In order to study the interaction between
medium-voltage lines and wildfires, this paper builds a real fault
simulation platform and carries out simulation experiments. The research
is carried out from two aspects: the contact discharge between trees and
wires to ignite trees to induce wildfires and the impact of smoke and
flames caused by wildfires below the lines on the lines. The research
results show that there is a high possibility that the medium-voltage
line and the tree contact discharge will induce a mountain fire, and the
accident must be discovered within at least 40 seconds to effectively
prevent the further occurrence of the fire, and the relevant mechanism
explanation is put forward. When smoke and flames are emitted from the
line, a “particle bridge” will be formed. Under the ionization of gas
and inorganic salts, conductive conditions will be formed together to
cause discharge or breakdown. The breakdown field strength is about
57kV/m.