An experimental study of lightning overvoltages in wind turbine generation systems using a reduced-size model

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Noda, Taku ^b   Yokoyama, Shigeru ^b   Ametani, Akihiro ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down conductor; Experimental study; Lightning protection; Reduced size model; Wind turbine generation systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER GENERATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DOWN CONDUCTORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; REDUCED SIZE MODELS; WIND TURBINE GENERATION SYSTEMS;

LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

EID: 33847199678     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: 15206416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eej.20466     Document Type: Article

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