Lightning Protection of High-performance Photovoltaic Power Plants: Issues of Parts to Be Covered by the Lightning Protection System

Authors

  • Zoltán Tóth ORCID
    Affiliation

    Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Egry József utca 18., Hungary

  • István Kiss
    Affiliation

    Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Egry József utca 18., Hungary

  • Bálint Németh
    Affiliation

    Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Egry József utca 18., Hungary

  • István Berta
    Affiliation

    Department of Electric Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Egry József utca 18., Hungary

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPee.17392

Abstract

This paper aims to represent when the primary lightning protection is not necessary for a photovoltaic power plant with a special dimension if the different security objects are not negligible during the probability and risk calculations. The calculations were made using the Probability Modulated Attractive Volume theory which is capable of special, complicated, or huge structures and objects like a high-performance photovoltaic park.

Keywords:

lightning protection, photovoltaic, PV power plants, renewable energy sources

Published Online

2021-02-02

How to Cite

Tóth, Z., Kiss, I., Németh, B., Berta, I. “Lightning Protection of High-performance Photovoltaic Power Plants: Issues of Parts to Be Covered by the Lightning Protection System”, Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 65(1), pp. 20–28, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPee.17392

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