Development of lightning electromagnetic impulse simulator on buildings

Author

Uchida, Hajime ; Mori, Yoshiaki ; Kobayashi, Nobusato ; Yanai, Shinji ; Endo, Tetsuo ; Takahashi, Yuichi ; Yonezawa, Kaname ; Idogawa, Teruo ; Sato, Masaaki ; Higashi, Shuji

Author_Institution

M&E Eng. Design Div., Taisei Corp., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 April 2010

Firstpage

1205

Lastpage

1208

Abstract

In this paper, we report the development of lightning electromagnetic impulse simulator on buildings. This simulator is linked with the counting code VSTL (Virtual Surge Test Lab.) based on the FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) method being developed by Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry. We can analyze the current, voltage and electromagnetic field intensity of buildings which were quantified on real time at the direct stroke on the building lightning rod. With this analysis, a proper layout plan of important rooms in buildings has successfully been performed, and the optimum lightning Surge Protection Device (SPD) can be selected. And we made experiments to validate this simulator using a building scale model. This model was built on 1/4 scale of a building.

Keywords

electrical engineering computing; electromagnetic interference; finite difference time-domain analysis; lightning protection; surge protection; FDTD; buildings; counting code VSTL; electromagnetic field intensity; finite difference time domain method; lightning electromagnetic impulse; lightning rod; lightning surge protection device; virtual surge test laboratory; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Finite difference methods; Lightning; Performance analysis; Surge protection; Surges; Testing; Time domain analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5621-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475784

Filename

5475784