Natural Electric Field Measurements Applied as a Predictive System Against Lightning in Power Systems

J. Monta?á, J. Bergas, and B. Hermoso (Spain)

Keywords

Natural electric field, field mill, lightning detection and lightning protection.

Abstract

This paper presents a study of application the electric field measurement to power systems. The natural earth electric field is disturbed when a thundercloud is present, the evolution of the electrification before a lightning discharge gives enough time to do actions against possible lightning damages. The different orography and nearby objects disturb the natural electric field so that any place has a particular behaviour to evaluate the risk.

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