A new look at lightning protection for the electric utility industry
- Lightning Eliminators and Consultants, Inc., Boulder, CO (United States)
The design of lightning protection systems for transmission and distribution lines, substations and for power plants has experienced very little change, and consequently very few improvements have been made over the past 50 years. The tools used for protection against lightning have been limited to such products and techniques as: Arrestors, Physical Spacing, Guard Wires (Static Lines or Ground Wires), Relay/Circuit Breaker Activity, Conventional Grounding Components, and Increased Basic Insulation Levels. Lightning Eliminators and Consultants (LEC) was formed by Mr. Roy Carpenter in order to provide a complete systems-engineered approach to lightning protection. Mr. Carpenter, a former Chief Engineer in the manned space program, investigated the problems caused by lightning and the various protection systems available. His research concluded that the predominant lightning protection option was to install air terminals (lightning rods), which was unsatisfactory. With further research and investigation Mr. Carpenter developed a lightning protection system known as the Dissipation Array System or DAS. This protection concept has been applied to transmission and distribution lines, substation, and power plant lightning protection systems. LEC has also developed products and protection systems for power and data line applications. The subject of this paper is the experience in providing lightning protection systems for the Electrical Utility Industry.
- OSTI ID:
- 389941
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960426-; TRN: IM9646%%226
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 58. annual meeting of the American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 9-11 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Power Conference. Volume 58-II; McBride, A.E. [ed.]; PB: 886 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Fault location using digital relay data
HEMP-induced transients in electric power substations