Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative Approach
Lightning strikes happens in a fraction of time, where they can transfer huge amounts of charge and high currents in a single strike. The chances for a structure to be struck by lightning increases as the height increases; thus, tall structures are more prone to lightning. Despite the existing light...
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doaj-c4a8e485b1b34483a476786ad431ec2f2020-11-25T03:10:15ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-03-01106213010.3390/app10062130app10062130Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative ApproachViktor Mucsi0Ahmad Syahrir Ayub1Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki2Muhammad Zulkipli3Mohd Nabil Muhtazaruddin4Ahmad Shakir Mohd Saudi5Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey6School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, The Sir Ian Wood Building, Riverside East, Garthdee Road, AB10 7GJ Aberdeen, UKSchool of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, The Sir Ian Wood Building, Riverside East, Garthdee Road, AB10 7GJ Aberdeen, UKSchool of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, The Sir Ian Wood Building, Riverside East, Garthdee Road, AB10 7GJ Aberdeen, UKFaculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Higher Education Hub, KM1, Jalan Panchor, Pagoh, Muar 84600 Johor, MalaysiaRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur 54100, MalaysiaUniversiti Kuala Lumpur-Institute of Medical Science Technology (UniKL MESTECH), A1-1, Jalan TKS 1, Taman Kajang Sentral, Kajang 43000, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Santiago de Chile 8940000, ChileLightning strikes happens in a fraction of time, where they can transfer huge amounts of charge and high currents in a single strike. The chances for a structure to be struck by lightning increases as the height increases; thus, tall structures are more prone to lightning. Despite the existing lightning protection systems available for wind turbine blades, there are still many cases reported due to the fact of damage caused by lightning strike. Owing to that, the present work introduces a new approach for a lightning protection system for wind turbine blades where preliminary investigations were done using Analysis Systems (ANSYS) Workbench. Two models were developed: one with a conventional type down conductor system and the other with a hybrid conductor system. The recorded findings have been compared and discussed, where it was found that the hybrid conductor system may provide alternative protection from lightning for wind turbine blades.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/6/2130lightninglightning protection systemwind turbine bladesansys workbench |
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Viktor Mucsi Ahmad Syahrir Ayub Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki Muhammad Zulkipli Mohd Nabil Muhtazaruddin Ahmad Shakir Mohd Saudi Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative Approach Applied Sciences lightning lightning protection system wind turbine blades ansys workbench |
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Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative Approach |
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Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative Approach |
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Lightning Protection Methods for Wind Turbine Blades: An Alternative Approach |
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lightning protection methods for wind turbine blades: an alternative approach |
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Lightning strikes happens in a fraction of time, where they can transfer huge amounts of charge and high currents in a single strike. The chances for a structure to be struck by lightning increases as the height increases; thus, tall structures are more prone to lightning. Despite the existing lightning protection systems available for wind turbine blades, there are still many cases reported due to the fact of damage caused by lightning strike. Owing to that, the present work introduces a new approach for a lightning protection system for wind turbine blades where preliminary investigations were done using Analysis Systems (ANSYS) Workbench. Two models were developed: one with a conventional type down conductor system and the other with a hybrid conductor system. The recorded findings have been compared and discussed, where it was found that the hybrid conductor system may provide alternative protection from lightning for wind turbine blades. |
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