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Course Contents
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[*]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
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Literature
Lecture slides and other information material supporting the lecture will be provided and can be downloaded in moodle.
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[*]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
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Preconditions
Empfohlen wird: BSc ETiT, BSc Wi-ETiT

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