DocumentCode :
753650
Title :
Lightning strikers [alternative energy]
Author :
Pool, Rebecca
Volume :
19
Issue :
5
fYear :
2005
Firstpage :
18
Abstract :
This paper describes UK´s new and renewable energy center, called NaREC. Part of NaREC is the Clothier Laboratory, which is a commercial high voltage testing house and one of a few facilities in the world that can test electrical equipment performance under extreme conditions. Clothier Laboratory features the lightning generator, which simulates impulses of up to four million volts, and a massive two million volt AC transformer to test electrical equipment for optimum grid operation. It also contains a second medium voltage laboratory used to test distribution equipment under AC and DC conditions, and for a range of phenomena.
Keywords :
high-voltage engineering; machine testing; renewable energy sources; Clothier laboratory; NaREC; commercial high voltage testing house; electrical equipments performance testing; generator; insulators; lightning generator; renewable power; transformers; wind farm surges;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Power Engineer
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
1479-8344
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/pe:20050502
Filename :
1550082
Link To Document :
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