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Case Study 4: An International Incident - Lightning Disturbance to AC Overhead Line Railways

Session
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
09:50
Duration: 31 mins
Publication date: 17 Aug 2022
Location: Kingston, Kingston Lecture Theatre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event Railway Earthing & Bonding

About the session

Perry Chow, ex-MTR Senior Engineer of Overhead Lines, MTR

Eric Man,Senior Design Management Engineer – OHL, MTR

• 25kV Overhead line protection from lightning

• 25kV Cable protection from lightning

• Application of Surge arrestors on 25kV

• 25kV Insulation Coordination

• Lightning periods in Hong Kong

• Lightning disturbances to stations

• Lightning protection for stations

• Lightning disturbances to signalling on 25kV lines

• Lightning protection for signalling

Keyword:: Railway Earthing and Bonding

Channels

Transport

Transport

Speakers

Eric Man

OHL, MTR, Senior Design Management Engineer

ERIC: is the senior design management engineer and has been working in MTR Corporation Limited (MTR) for seventeen years. He worked in The Hongkong Electric Company Limited for ten years in 1995. He joined in the KCR Corporation in 2005 and worked in the MTR in 2008.He earned the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in the University of Washington in the USA in 1994 and the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2002. He received the Chartered Engineer in The Institution of Engineering and Technology in 2021.
Perry Chow

MTR, ex-MTR Senior Engineer of Overhead Lines

PERRY: obtained a master's degree in electrical engineering in railway specialism engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He awarded the CEng (IET) qualification certificate from the Engineering Council of the United Kingdom, and he also served as the Chairman of the Railway and Transportation Section of The Institution of Engineering and Technology at the 2020 session. He has served in Railway Transportation Section of IET for more than 13 years and successfully held the International Conference on Railway Engineering 2020 (ICRE2020) and he also held the brand new symposium “Land Transportation-Aviation-Maritime Technology Symposium 2021” (LAMTS 2021). He has been appointed as a Mentor for students of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is also a committee member of the PolyU's EEAA committee. He was awarded the Vice-President of the Electrical & Mechanical Service Department Apprentice Association (EMSDAA). He has obtained the Grade C & H in Certificate of Registration of Electrical Worker from Hong Kong Government. He also participated in Hong Kong Government’s E&M Trade Promotion Group as a committee member. Mr. Perry Chow is a professional railway system engineer with more than 33 years of experience in projects and maintenance training in Hong Kong and overseas. He was responsible for the design and delivery of courses for the overhead lines and high voltage section staffs and Technical Apprenticeship in MTR Corporation, as well as technical internships for more than 14 years. The courses include the high voltage power distribution system & power protection system, the overhead line system & pump control circuit of the MTR Corporation and Auto People Mover Power System of Hong Kong Airport. Now he has retired from the MTR Corporation Limited.