Keywords
surge current
measurements and simulations
Abstract
The first controlled experimental study of lightning continuous current distribution in the lightning protection system supplied with the electrical system was conducted in 2014 at the open site in Huta Poręby, Poland. The measurement results show that the surge current distribution depends on the individual grounding resistance, as well as, the length of the circuit. This relationship is clear in the case of large differences between the values of grounding resistance. For slight differences in these values, that is of the order of several percent, a stronger influence on the current distribution have a reactance of the lightning protection system. The obtained results were compared to those obtained during previous tests conducted in Florida and Huta Poręby regarding of the distribution of lightning return stroke currents. It turns out that the relationship of amplitudes of the currents in the individual parts of the lightning protection system with respect to the relationship between the grounding resistances are very similar. However, the continuous current components have the same shape in the different conductors of lightning protection system, differently than in the case of return stroke components. It means that the impact of frequency dependent grounding impedance on the shape of continuous current components is much smaller than in the case of much faster return stroke components. The effectiveness of lightning continuous current dissipation to the ground locally is a few percent larger than for return stroke currents. The obtained valuable measurements provide an incentive for further experimental and computational research in order to better know the most important conditions affecting the distribution of continuous current in the lightning protection system.
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