Power Systems, 3rd Edition

6

Characteristics of Lightning Strokes

Francisco De la Rosa

Electric Power Systems

6.1    Introduction

6.2    Lightning Generation Mechanism

First Strokes • Subsequent Strokes

6.3    Parameters of Importance for Electric Power Engineering

Ground Flash Density • Current Peak Value • Correlation between Current and Other Parameters of Lightning

6.4    Incidence of Lightning to Power Lines

6.5    Conclusions

References

6.1    Introduction

Lightning, one of the most spectacular events of Mother Nature, started to appear significantly demystified after Franklin showed its electric nature with his famous electrical kite experiment in 1752. Although a great deal of research on lightning followed Franklin’s observation, lightning continues to be a topic ...