of the study of utility frequency overvoltages and
measures for its suppression in ultra-high voltage
transmission lines. Study (Shao, 2012) dealt with the
analysis of overvoltages arising during single-phase
automatic reclosing in long-distance UHV
transmission lines. The issues of overvoltage
limitation in long-distance 1,000 kV transmission line
were considered in article (Wang, 2018). The problem
of matching the insulation of a half-wavelength ultra-
high voltage transmission line was solved in (Zhang,
2020). In study (Golov, 2020) its authors described an
adjustable sequential compensation installation
proposed by them, which provided an increase in the
transmission capacity of long-distance transmission
lines. Works (Xue, 2011 a, Xue, 2011 b) were devoted
to the study of switching overvoltages in long-distance
UHV transmission lines. Based on the results
obtained, the authors proposed measures to reduce
them. The system of transmitting energy over long
distances from a solar power plant was discussed in
article (Rahul, 2020). Distance protection with a
traveling wave for an UHV line, implemented on the
basis of the wavelet transform, was proposed in (Long,
2018). Article (Dias, 2011) dealt with the issues of
transmitting bulk power over extra-long distances.
Flexible systems for transmitting electricity over long
distances were proposed in (Davydov, 2019)
Theoretical aspects of long-distance power
transmission were discussed in research monographs
(Aleksandrov, 2006, Ryzhov, 2007).
Our analysis of published research reveals that the
tasks of complex modeling of power flows and
determining the electromagnetic fields (EMF) of
long-distance UHV lines and their effects on adjacent
conductive facilities have not been solved to the
extent warranted by the problem. This is due to the
fact that in most cases the single-line approach is used
to model long-distance transmission lines
(Aleksandrov, 2006, Ryzhov, 2007, Zakaryukin,
2005), which makes it difficult to take into account
longitudinal and transverse imbalances in power
systems.
The methods for calculating power system power
flows and computer technologies proposed in
(Zakaryukin, 2005, Zakaryukin, 2020) allow
implementing a proper and comprehensive approach
to the modeling of electric networks with long-
distance transmission lines and ultra-high voltage.
Below we present the results of research aimed at
furthering the development of techniques for
modeling power flows, EMF of long-distance
transmission lines and their electromagnetic
interference effects (EMIE) on extended steel
structures.
2 METHODOLOGY
The study of power flows, EMF and EMIE was
carried out by simulating a transmission line with a
nominal voltage of 1,150 kV and a length of 900 km.
For simulation purposes we used the parameters of
the line "Itat - Barnaul - Ekibastuz - Kokshetau -
Kustanai - Chelyabinsk", built in 1980 - 1988, which
now operates at 500 kV. The design transmission
capacity of this line was 5,500 MW. The line used
split phases made with eight AC-330 wires.
The Fazonord software package (Zakaryukin,
2020) was used as the main tool for carrying out
computer-aided power flow analysis of the long-
distance UHV transmission line. In order to capture
the changes in currents and voltages along the length
of the transmission line, the line model was
partitioned into eleven elements. The first five of
them corresponded to sections that were each 10 km
long. The models of these sections included a
segment corresponding to the above-ground pipeline,
running parallel to the line at a distance of 50 m from
the axis of the transmission line. The diameter of the
pipe was assumed to be 250 mm. Stationary earth
electrodes with a 1 Ohm leakage resistance were
installed along the edges of the structure. In addition,
the distributed grounding of the pipe with a
conductivity of 0.05 S/km was taken into account.
The length of the sixth section was 100 km, and that
of the rest - 150 km. Provision was made for the
transposition of line phases.
To take into account the distributive nature of
parameters of the transmission line and the grounded
pipeline, ladder equivalence circuits of sections
consisting of series-connected multiport devices were
formed (Zakaryukin, 2005, Zakaryukin, 2020,
Kryukov, 2022).
The algorithm for forming a ladder diagram
included the following steps:
1) the maximum length of the short section was
taken equal to a quarter of the thickness of the skin
layer in the ground
0
1
μγμπ
=Δ
r
f
, (1)
where