Review of the lightning shielding against direct lightning strokes based on laboratory long air gap discharges

Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Chen, Weijiang ^a   He, Hengxin ^b   Qian, Guanjun ^c   Chen, Jiahong ^c   He, Junjia ^b   Gu, Shanqiang ^c   Xie, Shijun ^b   Xiang, Nianwen ^c  

^a STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c STATE GRID ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Lightning shielding; Lightning striking distance; Lightning upward leader; Long air gap discharge; Simulation test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC SPARKS; SHIELDING;

CONNECTING LEADERS; DIRECT LIGHTNING STROKE; DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; GAP LENGTH; GEOMETRIC MODELS; GROUNDED OBJECTS; LIGHTNING ATTACHMENT; LIGHTNING SHIELDING; LONG AIR GAP; PHYSICAL SIMULATION MODEL; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION TESTS; SMALL SCALE;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 84860557958     PISSN: 02588013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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