Title :
Lightning: safety and protection [wind power plants]
Author :
MelioPoulos, A. P Sakis
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Lightning to tall structures, such as wind turbine towers, power poles, etc., results in relatively high transient voltages. These lightning generated voltages can cause insulation failures and generate safety problems for humans and animals in the vicinity of the strike. This paper addresses the issues relative to these phenomena and describes a model for predicting lightning effects on a wind turbine/generator tower
Keywords :
wind power plants; lightning-generated voltages; power system lightning protection; prediction model; safety problems; transient voltages; wind power plant; wind turbine-generator tower;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection of Wind Turbines (Digest No: 1997/303), IEE Half-Day Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19971017
