Triggered lightning testing of an airport runway lighting system

Author

Bejleri, Mirela ; Rakov, Vladimir A. ; Uman, Martin A. ; Rambo, Keith J. ; Mata, Carlos T. ; Fernandez, Mark I.

Author_Institution

iDEN Subscriber Div., Motorola Inc., Plantation, FL, USA

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

101

Abstract

The interaction of rocket-triggered lightning with an airport runway lighting system has been studied. The lighting system included a buried counterpoise with attached vertical ground rods for protection of the series lighting cable from lightning. Experimental data for voltages and currents at various locations in the runway lighting system due to direct lightning strikes are presented along with the causative lightning current. The data include the first measurements of the responses of an underground bare conductor (counterpoise) to direct lightning strikes. These measurements can serve as ground truth for the testing of the validity of various counterpoise models.

Keywords

airports; lighting; lightning protection; power system protection; Camp Blanding; Florida; International Center for Lightning Research and Testing; USA; airport runway lighting system; buried counterpoise; causative lightning current; counterpoise models; direct lightning strikes; lightning protection; response measurement; rocket-triggered lightning; series lighting cable protection; underground bare conductor; vertical ground rods; Aerospace engineering; Airports; Conductors; Current measurement; Helium; Lightning protection; Regulators; System testing; Transportation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9375

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEMC.2004.823617

Filename

1273616