Title :
Total lightning observations to wind turbines
Author :
Montanyà, J. ; van der Velde, O. ; Romero, D. ; March, V. ; Solà, G. ; Pineda, Nicolau ; Hermoso, Blas ; Senosiain, Vicente
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
In summer 2011 a new VHF Lightning Mapping Array was installed at the northeast of Spain. In that area a VHF interferometer and a VLF/LF lightning detection networks are also operative. The close presence of wind farms in the area of the Lightning Mapping Array showed some lightning activity not reported before. This paper describes the observations and discusses the possible effects to the wind turbine lightning protection.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave interferometers; lightning protection; power generation protection; wind turbines; Spain; VHF interferometer; VHF lightning mapping array; VLF-LF lightning detection networks; lightning protection; total lightning observations; wind farms; wind turbines; Meteorology; LMA; VHF; lightning; wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1898-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1896-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344372
