A practical method for optimised earth electrode designs at transmission towers exposed to lightning

• Main Authors: Abd Rahman, Nurul Azlina, Ahmad Marican, Aziz Marzuki, Davies, Anthony Mark, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Abdullah, Noradlina
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55679/1/A%20practical%20method%20for%20optimised%20earth%20electrode%20designs%20at%20transmission%20towers%20exposed%20to%20lightning.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55679/

A large percentage of transmission line outages in Malaysia are due to lightning activity with backflashover being the main cause. Previous investigations have indicated that tower footing earth resistance is one of the main factors in reducing the occurrence of backflashovers. The present studies r...