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2008, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
2011 •
The external lightning protection systems used by engineers in different countries can be divided into two categories, namely, conventional and non-conventional lightning protection systems. The conventional systems use Franklin rods. Many decades of experience shows that by combining Franklin rods located at critical points on a structure with a proper down conductor and grounding system the damage due to lightning could be reduced significantly [1]. The Early Streamer Emission rods and Dissipation Arrays (sometimes called Charge Transfer Systems) belong to the category of non conventional lightning protection systems. The latter systems have been introduced into several lightning protection standards without testing them over the same long period of time in the field as done for conventional ones to assess and validate their performances. In this note we will summarize the results of studies pertinent to these systems as reported in the scientific literature.
Journal of Lightning Research
Proposal of New Zoning Concept Considering Lightning Protection of Wind Turbine Blades2012 •
Lightning injury: Occurrence and medical treatment. Chapter in Lightning: Science, Engineering, and Economic Implications for Developing Countries
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Volume 780 Series Editors2021 •
Lightning deaths and injuries have greatly been reduced in both number and population-weighted rate in more developed countries in the last few decades. However, this reduction has not taken place in many developing nations. The most important factor affecting lightning casualties is not an excessive occurrence of lightning, although this is often a contributor, but the vulnerability of people in developing nations. In these locations, people continue to rely on subsistence agriculture and have no lightning-safe buildings or vehicles nearby, a poor understanding of lightning, weak medical systems, and no access to lightning data in real time. Although direct strike is often considered the most common mechanism of injury, it is quite rare. Instead, ground current, side flash, upward leader, and direct contact are more common. Injuries are commonly related to cardiac issues and neurologic impacts rather than burns which are usually less consequential. Medical treatment at the time of a mass casualty event should concentrate on thosewho appear to be dead, and CPR can be lifesaving. Long-term sequelae are often ermanent and difficult to manage without substantial intervention which is usually not available in developing areas.
ELEKTRIKA- Journal of Electrical Engineering
Investigation on the Breakdown Characteristics of Different Types of Lightning RodsThis paper investigates the voltage breakdown characteristics of three types of lightning rods - blunt, sharp and flat. The objectives of this study are to determine the voltage breakdown characteristics of various types of lightning rods and to obtain the striking distance of each rod. A series of experiments were conducted in the high voltage laboratory consisting of individual testing rod, competitive testing rod and also horizontal distance changing. All three types of rods have been tested in each experiment in order to obtain a comprehensive result. The blunt rod has been proven as the best strike receptor in comparison to sharp and flat rod. This is because breakdown voltage for blunt rod is much lower (199 kV) than that of flat and sharp rod. Therefore, replacement of widely used sharp rod with the blunt one should be considered in order to provide better protection for buildings from lightning activities.
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2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP)
Lightning current and voltage distribution of large axially symmetric buddhist stupa in Sri Lanka2014 •
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IEEE Access
Modeling and Assessment of Lightning Hazards to Humans in Heritage Monuments in India and Sri Lanka2020 •
Electromagnetic Compatibility in Power Systems
A combined electrostatic-electrodynamic approach to lightning pre-stroke phenomena and related EMC problems2007 •
Journal of Electrostatics
Positioning of lightning rods using Monte Carlo technique2015 •
2003 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37491)
Experimental validation of conventional and nonconventional lightning protection systems2003 •
2012 •
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Laboratory experiments cannot be utilized to justify the action of early streamer emission terminals2008 •
Ain Shams Engineering Journal
A further look at dynamic electro-geometrical model: Its fundamentals and implementation2020 •
Journal of Electrostatics
3D simulation of the lightning path using a mixed physical-probabilistic model – The open source lightning model2009 •
Journal of Electrostatics
The mesh method’ in lightning protection standards – Revisited2010 •
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
On the Interaction of Lightning Upward Connecting Positive Leaders With Humans2000 •
2016 33rd International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP)
The mesh method in lightning protection analyzed from a lightning attachment model2016 •
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2008 •
Journal of Electrostatics
On the development of a lightning leader model for tortuous or branched channels – Part I: Model description2008 •
Pre - feasibility study on lighting protection systems
Study of Thunder protection systems2021 •
2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP)
On the interception of dart lightning leaders from wind turbine blades2014 •
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Leader Progression Analysis Model for Shielding Failure Computation by Using the Charge Simulation Method2000 •
Journal of Electrostatics - J ELECTROSTAT
Application of charge simulation method for investigation of effects of the trees on lightning protection of structures2008 •
Journal of Geophysical Research
Effect of the space charge layer created by corona at ground level on the inception of upward lightning leaders from tall towers2007 •
Journal of Lightning Research
On Attempts to Protect a Structure from Lightning Strikes by Enhanced Space Charge Generation2012 •
2006 •
Journal of Electrostatics - J ELECTROSTAT
Shielding failure rate calculation by means of downward and upward lightning leader movement models: Effect of environmental conditions2010 •
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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Safe zone analysis of lightning protection system in antenna using radome