Protection provision for intercepting the lightning strikes

Lightning shows off as beautiful flash of light up in the sky, this at the same time is dangerous that can kill people and initiate fire. We rely on the lightning rod since many years for the protection from harmful lighting strikes and thunderstorm on the ground. This is simply discharge of high current on to the ground owing to opposing charge accumulating between the clouds or between the sky and the ground.The opposite charges accumulate same as the form of capacitor. Each one of us might have definitely come across or experienced one such lightning effect.

The high voltage discharging to the ground can surge into the facility and can lead to catastrophic effects. Some of the major catastrophe are – initiate fire, electrocution hazard to people and property, etc. This is the situation where a lightning protection system need to be installed. A lightning risk assessment is done on a location where the protection system is to be installed. On doing assessment, you might get a rough idea on the frequency of the number of lightning hitting your place. This must be done before these faults take a toll on your life and property. Effect of such unpredictable hazard can have adverse effect and threatening impact on the population. The over voltage induced on the power lines can disturb the normal functioning of the associated devices.

The protection system is custom designed in accordance with the area that is to be protected. Conventionally, we know system with spikes or prongs made of conducting material. They are effective system and has proven its reliability in capturing the voltage discharges and dissipating it to the ground. they are connected to the grounding and bonding system via a down conductor.

The advance early streamer emission based protectors are super powerful scheme guaranteeing a protection radius of 107 meters. This is designed as per NFC 17: 102 and are tested and confirmed to withstand up to 100ka at 10/350µs. ESE based lightning protection system can discharge high current; exhibiting excellent electrical performance. This is non electronic based robust system which is also equipped with a electromechanical lightning strike counter recording the number of strikes hitting on the conductor.