Lightning Protection Standards

Lightning is a natural phenomenon that has always fascinated humans. It is also a destructive force, and the science of protecting humans and their belongings on earth is called lightning protection. This book provides the reader with a thorough background in almost every...

This Standard sets out guidelines for the protection of persons and property from hazards arising from exposure to lightning. The recommendations specifically cover the following applications: (a) The protection of persons, both outdoors, where they may be at risk from the...

Purpose and Scope This Engineering Practice is intended as a guide for specifying farm lightning protection systems, and to check existing, new or proposed lightning protection systems against accepted standards of design, materials, and installation. This Engineering...

This standard defines graphical symbols to be used for graphical presentations of lightning protection systems

This guideline sets forth recommended design criteria, components, and the specifications for traditional "Franklin Rod" type lightning protection systems installed on field erected water cooling towers. Prefabricated metal "package units" or temporary units are not included as part...

Identifies the generic problems involved in lightning protection of wind turbines; describes appropriate methods for evaluating the risk of lightning damage to wind turbines; describes and outlines suitable methods for lightning protection of wind turbine...

00096a-000000-000000 1 Scope 1.1 These requirements cover the installation of lightning protection systems on all types of structures other than structures used for the production, handling, or storage of ammunition, explosives, flammable liquids or gases, and other explosive...

This Recommendation provides the rationale and formulas for calculating the shielding factors used in series K Recommendations dealing with lightning protection of telecommunication lines and structures. The shielding factors considered are related to: - the use of a metallic tower to...

This International Standard applies to lightning protection of wind turbine generators and wind power systems. Normative references are made to generic standards for lightning protection, low-voltage systems and high-voltage systems for machinery and installations and...

This standard shall be used by project managers, system designers (both tower and earth designers), implementation engineers and others involved in the design and implementation of radio tower lightning protection and earthing systems. This standard does not cover installation,...

This Standard covers the protection from lightning of a) recreational, residential, institutional, medical, agricultural, industrial, commercial, military, and telecommunications buildings and structures; b) tall, slender structures such as smokestacks, silos, tanks, towers, masts,...

Il presente Rapporto Tecnico riporta i segni grafici da utilizzare negli schemi relativi alla progettazione degli impianti di protezione contro i fulmini. Questa Norma viene pubblicata dal CEI nella sola lingua inglese in quanto particolarmente mirata a settori specialistici.