Lehrinhalte
• Introduction
• Thunderstorms and Cloadclassification, formation and electrification
• Lightning, terminology, types, charge transfer, typical parameters
• Streamer- leader process, inception and development in large gaps
• Electric and magnetic fields in vicinity of lightning discharge
• Return stroke models, charge distributions and neutralization
• The Finite-Difference Time Domain Method for solving Maxwell’s equations
• Lightning location, the technical use of field information
• Lightning effects in the middle and upper atmosphere
• Lightning hazard and deleterious effects
• Lightning protection and related threats, historical overview, standards and present lightning protection concepts
• Outer lightning protection, Lightning rods, down conductors, grounding systems, potential bonding and separation distances
• Inner lightning protection, surge protection devices, installation, test standards
• Lightning protection on transmission lines, faults and effects, calculation of outage rates and opportunities of improvement
• Lightning and surge protection for wind turbines

Literature
Lecture slides and other information material supporting the lecture can be downloaded from the HST-Homepage: http://www.hst.tu-darmstadt.de. IEC test standards can be leant out for use during the lecturer time.
Blitz und Blitzschutz, F. Heidler, K. Stimper,
ISBN 978-3-8007-2974-6
Handbuch für Blitzschutz und Erdung, P. Hasse, J. Wiesinger, W. Zischank,
ISBN 978-3-7905-0657-0
Blitzschutzanlagen: Erlauterungen zu DIN 57 185/VDE 0185, VDE-Verlag,
ISBN 978-3-8007-1303-9
Lightning, Physics and Effects, V.A. Rakov, M.A. Uman,
ISBN 978-0-521-03541-5
Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection, E.M. Bazelyan, Y.P. Raizer,
ISBN 978-0-750-30477-1
Electromagnetic Computation Methods for Lightning Surge Protection Studies, Y. Baba, V.A. Rakov,
ISBN 978-1-118-27563-4
Lightning Electromagentics, V. Cooray,
ISBN 978-1-84919-215-6
Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Application, H.D. Betz, U. Schumann, P. Laroche,
ISBN 978-1-4020-9078-3

Voraussetzungen
Empfohlen wird: BSc ETiT, BSc Wi-ETiT

Further Grading Information
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Semester: ST 2022