Title :
Causes of wind turbine blade damages due to lightning and future research target to get better protection measures
Author :
Yokoyama, Shiyoshi ; Yasuda, Y. ; Honjo, Nobuyuki ; Yamamoto, Koji
Author_Institution :
CRIEPI, Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors summarized the results of the previous research activities and assess the possible causes of wind turbine blade damages. Moreover, the authors propose future research projects which are thought to be necessary for better protection measures for blades of a wind turbine.
Keywords :
blades; lightning protection; power generation protection; wind power plants; wind turbines; lightning protection; protection measures; wind turbine blade damages; Blades; Cavity resonators; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Lightning protection; Wind turbines; lightning protection; receptor; wind turbine; winter lightning;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2014 International Conference o
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
DOI :
10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973237
