On estimation of the effective height of towers on mountaintops in lightning incidence studies

被引:25
作者
Zhou, Helin [1 ]
Theethayi, Nelson [2 ]
Diendorfer, Gerhard [3 ]
Thottappillil, Rajeev [1 ]
Rakov, Vladimir A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Sch Elect Engn, Div Electromagnet Engn, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Bombardier Transportat Sweden AB, SE-72173 Vasteras, Sweden
[3] Austrian Electrotech Assoc OVE, Dept ALDIS Austrian Lightning Detect & Informat S, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
[4] Univ Florida, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Gainesville, FL 32601 USA
基金
瑞典研究理事会; 奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
Effective height; Lightning incidence; Towers; MODEL; AIR;
D O I
10.1016/j.elstat.2010.05.014
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Towers on mountaintops have more incidence of lightning than towers on the flat ground. Therefore towers on mountaintops are ascribed an effective height that is often considerably larger than the physical height of the tower. In this paper, we review and evaluate the definitions and methods that could be used to estimate the effective height of a given tower on mountaintop and propose a new definition based on an engineering model of lightning attachment. The results can be useful in designing lightning protection of communication/transmission lines and masts on mountaintops. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:415 / 418
页数:4
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