Cloud-to-ground lightning occurrences in Peninsular Malaysia and its use in improvement of distribution line lightning performances

Author

Abdullah, Natrah ; Hatta, N.M.

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Group, TNB Res. Sdn. Bhd., Kajang, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

819

Lastpage

822

Abstract

This paper presents updates on the cloud-to-ground lightning occurrences observed by a lightning location system (LLS) network in Malaysia from 2008 to 2011. The current LLS consist of seven sensors, a central processor, a database management and real-time lightning activities display terminals. Analysis of lightning data provided by the LLS and the use of lightning data collected for distribution overhead lines network reliability improvement will be presented.

Keywords

data analysis; lightning protection; power distribution lines; power distribution reliability; power overhead lines; LLS network; Peninsular Malaysia; central processor; cloud-to-ground lightning; database management; distribution line lightning performances; distribution overhead line network reliability; lightning data analysis; lightning location system; real-time lightning activities display terminals; sensors; Arresters; Conductors; Flashover; Insulators; Lightning; Object oriented modeling; Sensors; Cloud-to-ground lightning; lightning detection network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy (PECon), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kota Kinabalu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5017-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PECon.2012.6450330

Filename

6450330