Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods

This paper investigates the voltage breakdown characteristics of three types of lightning rods - blunt, sharp and flat. The objectives of this study are to determine the voltage breakdown characteristics of various types of lightning rods and to obtain the striking distance of each rod. A series of...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Noor Azlinda, Adzis, Zuraimy, Zainal, Rosniza
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Published: Journal of Electrical Engineering 2018
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https://doi.org/10.11113/elektrika.v17n2.30
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spelling my.utm.821592019-11-06T03:42:53Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82159/ Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods Ahmad, Noor Azlinda Adzis, Zuraimy Zainal, Rosniza TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper investigates the voltage breakdown characteristics of three types of lightning rods - blunt, sharp and flat. The objectives of this study are to determine the voltage breakdown characteristics of various types of lightning rods and to obtain the striking distance of each rod. A series of experiments were conducted in the high voltage laboratory consisting of individual testing rod, competitive testing rod and also horizontal distance changing. All three types of rods have been tested in each experiment in order to obtain a comprehensive result. The blunt rod has been proven as the best strike receptor in comparison to sharp and flat rod. This is because breakdown voltage for blunt rod is much lower (199 kV) than that of flat and sharp rod. Therefore, replacement of widely used sharp rod with the blunt one should be considered in order to provide better protection for buildings from lightning activities. Journal of Electrical Engineering 2018 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Noor Azlinda and Adzis, Zuraimy and Zainal, Rosniza (2018) Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods. Elektrika: Journal of Electrical Engineering, 17 (2). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0128-4428 https://doi.org/10.11113/elektrika.v17n2.30 DOI: 10.11113/elektrika.v17n2.30
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Ahmad, Noor Azlinda
Adzis, Zuraimy
Zainal, Rosniza
Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
description This paper investigates the voltage breakdown characteristics of three types of lightning rods - blunt, sharp and flat. The objectives of this study are to determine the voltage breakdown characteristics of various types of lightning rods and to obtain the striking distance of each rod. A series of experiments were conducted in the high voltage laboratory consisting of individual testing rod, competitive testing rod and also horizontal distance changing. All three types of rods have been tested in each experiment in order to obtain a comprehensive result. The blunt rod has been proven as the best strike receptor in comparison to sharp and flat rod. This is because breakdown voltage for blunt rod is much lower (199 kV) than that of flat and sharp rod. Therefore, replacement of widely used sharp rod with the blunt one should be considered in order to provide better protection for buildings from lightning activities.
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author Ahmad, Noor Azlinda
Adzis, Zuraimy
Zainal, Rosniza
author_facet Ahmad, Noor Azlinda
Adzis, Zuraimy
Zainal, Rosniza
author_sort Ahmad, Noor Azlinda
title Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
title_short Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
title_full Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
title_fullStr Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
title_sort investigation on the breakdown characteristics of different types of lightning rods
publisher Journal of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/82159/
https://doi.org/10.11113/elektrika.v17n2.30
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