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Lightning Protection. General Principles and Standards

Authors: Sonia AIT-AMAR DJENNAD, Ahmed ZEDDAM

Publication date: February 10, 2015 | Lire en français

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    4. Lightning protection standards and regulations

    4.1 Plant protection standards

    Lightning is a major disruptive factor in the operation of ground installations. All installations are affected, from buildings to telecommunications, power transmission and distribution networks, for a number of reasons:

    • lightning can cause temporary disruptions that have an impact on service quality;

    • lightning can destroy equipment, resulting in lengthy downtime;

    • lightning is a danger to people (step voltage, potential rise on grounds and earth circuit).

    It is therefore easy to understand the importance of standardization work aimed at defining the principles and methods of lightning protection....

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