Experimental study on interception failure of lightning protection system of wind turbine blade

Waqas Arif; Qingmin Li; Zixin Guo; Muhammad Ali Aizaz; Yufei Ma; Wah Hoon Siew

doi:10.1109/ICET.2017.8281723

Experimental study on interception failure of lightning protection system of wind turbine blade

Waqas Arif, Qingmin Li, Zixin Guo, Muhammad Ali Aizaz, Yufei Ma, Wah Hoon Siew

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Wind turbine (WT) blades are equipped with lightning protection system (LPS) consisting of receptors and down conductor in order to intercept lightning strikes. However, severe damages caused by lightning strikes still happen frequently, which costs huge losses. In this paper, experiments were conducted to study the lightning interception failure of WT blade LPS, and the results can be useful to improve the optimal design of LPS. Experiments using 5m blade specimen with tip receptor from 1.5MW wind turbine under 3m air gap are conducted to investigate the lightning interception failure of LPS in different orientations and lateral distances (LDs). Factors such as the polarity of lightning strikes, the blade orientation of wind turbine and lateral distance between wind turbine and lightning downward leader were investigated. The lateral distance between downward leader (DL) and wind turbine blade is a key factor which influences the interception efficiency. Three patterns of receptor interception failure are discovered. The protection area shows asymmetry under different lateral distance. Multi-upward leaders (UL) from WT blade have been observed in the experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-2260-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICET.2017.8281723
Publication status	Published - 8 Feb 2018
Event	13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies - Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan Duration: 27 Dec 2017 → 28 Dec 2017

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies
Country	Pakistan
City	Islamabad
Period	27/12/17 → 28/12/17

Keywords

blades
wind turbines
surface dischages
failure analysis
lightning protection system

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Arif, W, Li, Q, Guo, Z, Aizaz, MA, Ma, Y & Siew, WH 2018, Experimental study on interception failure of lightning protection system of wind turbine blade. in 2017 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET). IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 27/12/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICET.2017.8281723

Experimental study on interception failure of lightning protection system of wind turbine blade. / Arif, Waqas; Li, Qingmin; Guo, Zixin; Aizaz, Muhammad Ali; Ma, Yufei; Siew, Wah Hoon.

2017 13th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET). Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE, 2018.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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