Installation schemes for downconductors at Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT)

Author

Carvajal, Loren ; Wibisono, Ben ; Tenicela, Enrique

Author_Institution

Fed. Aviation Adm., Power Services Group, ATO-W/ATC Facilities, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

2-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper focuses on design practices for the effective placement of downconductors to increase the level of direct lightning strike protection of Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT) in the United States. The adopted design practice is based on the use of the voltage gradient model as applied to tall towers. A scheme of balanced placement of downconductors for ATCTs is presented along with a simplified PSpice simulation that indicates related performance improvements.

Keywords

SPICE; air traffic control; airports; gradient methods; lightning protection; poles and towers; ATCT; United States; airport traffic control towers; direct lightning strike protection; downconductor balanced placement scheme; downconductor installation schemes; simplified PSPICE simulation; voltage gradient model; Buildings; Conductors; FAA; Geometry; Lightning protection; SPICE; balanced configuration; convex geometry; electric field; lightning protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1898-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1896-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344392

Filename

6344392