Analysis of a Grounding System Under a Lightning Stroke

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industry applications Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 4907 - 4911
• Main Authors: Vilacha, C., Otero, Antonio F., Moreira, J. C., Miguez, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Earth; Electrodes; Graphics processing units; Grounding; Impedance; Lattices; Lightning; Parallel algorithms; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; lightning; poles and towers; power transmission lines; parallel algorithms; Grounding

This paper studies the electric response of a common lattice tower when it is hit by a lightning stroke. Although some studies have been already done about this subject, the novelty of this one lies in the usage of a highly accurate electric model of an actual lattice tower. This model allows to cal...