The effect of neutral earthing practices on lightning current dispersion in a low-voltage installation

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 783-790

  Mansoor, Arshad ^a,b   Martzloff, François ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Power Electronics Applications Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHTNING; SURGE PROTECTION;

LIGHTNING CURRENT DISPERSION;

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032121507     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.686975     Document Type: Article

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