Method for determining lightning hazard distribution of power network

1. A method for determining a lightning hazard distribution of a power network, wherein the method uses a processor for executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, and wherein when the instructions are executed, the method is performed as follows:

dividing, by the processor, a target region of the power network into geographical grids;

counting, by the processor, a number of ground lightnings in each geographical grid of the geographical grids, constructing a lightning faults database, and storing, by the processor, the number of ground lightnings in each geographical grid in the lightning faults database;

setting, by the processor, ranges of hazardous currents comprising a shielding failure hazardous current range and a back flashover hazardous current range;

deriving, by the processor, a shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network and a back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network from the number of ground lightnings in each geographical grid of the power network and the ranges of hazardous currents, and deriving a historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network from the lightning faults database of the power network and the geographical grids;

determining, by the processor, the lightning hazard distribution of the power network by integrating the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network, the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network;

obtaining a lightning hazard distribution map of the power network based on the lightning hazard distribution of the power network determined by the processor; and

determining appropriate lightning measure and protecting the power network from lightning hazard according to the lightning hazard distribution by reducing a lightning withstand level of transmission lines of the power network.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the deriving the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network from the number of ground lightnings of in each geographical grid of the power network and the ranges of hazardous currents comprises:

setting a maximum and a minimum of the shielding failure hazardous current range and a maximum and a minimum of the back flashover hazardous current range according to an insulation margin of the power network;

performing amplitude comparison between amplitudes of lightning current of each geographical grid of the geographical grids and the values of the shielding failure hazardous current range and the values of the back flashover hazardous current range, and removing data of part of the geographical grids with amplitudes of lightning current beyond the shielding failure hazardous current range and the back flashover hazardous current range which are set as above; and

dividing a number of remaining ground lightnings by geographical grid areas of the remaining geographical grids corresponding to the remaining ground lightnings to get the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the who power network and the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network respectively.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

deriving the historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network from the lightning faults database of the power network and the geographical grids comprises:

creating a lightning failure database of the power network;

comparing in position data from the lightning failure database of the power network and the geographical grids, and invoking shielding failure points and back flashover failure points into corresponding geographical grids by longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of geographical information; and

marking the geographical grids in connection with grids which serve as a center to get the historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the determining the lightning hazard distribution of the power network by integrating the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network, the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network comprises:

dividing the historical lightning hazard distribution of the power network into a region of back flashover failure points and a region of shielding failure points by terms of nature of failure points;

superposing the region of back flashover failure points and the region of shielding failure points respectively on the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network; and

rendering a historical failure region resulting from the superposing with an attribute upward adjacent to the region respectively,

wherein respective geographical grids are rendered with a rendering attribute which has a higher attribute level of a density value in corresponding locations of the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network when integrating the shielding failure lightning hazard distribution of the power network and the back flashover lightning hazard distribution of the power network, to form the lightning hazard distribution of the power network.