Lightning protection of Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT)

Author

Peppas, Georgios D. ; Zacharakis, Dimosthenis A. ; Pyrgioti, Eleftheria C. ; Charalampakos, Vasilios P.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

11-18 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

468

Lastpage

473

Abstract

In this paper effort has been made for improvement of the design of Lightning Protection Systems (LPS) for Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT) in Greece. The improvement was limited to the effective placement of down-conductors and grounding systems in order to increase the level of protection against direct lighting strike. Technical parameters for implementation of external lightning protection have been analyzed and constructional instructions for the proper installation of a LPS is presented according to the international norms and patterns. Additionally a simplified P-spice simulation is presented that indicates performance improvements.

Keywords

air traffic control; airports; lightning protection; poles and towers; ATCT; Greece; LPS; airport traffic control towers; direct lighting strike protection; down-conductor placement; external lightning protection; grounding systems; lightning protection systems; Buildings; Electrodes; Geometry; Grounding; air traffic control tower (ATCT); electric field; lightning protection; lightning protection system (LPS);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2014 International Conference o

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973169

Filename

6973169