GL BAJAJ Group of Institutions

Mathura
“Fundamentals of lightning protection”

Faculty:
Dr. Mandhir K Verma
Presented By:
Associate Professor
1. Student Name- UMESH CHAUDHARY
Head of Department,
2. Student Name- VANSHIKA KAUSHIK
B. Tech. 1st Year
GL BAJAJ Group of Institutions, Mathura
 1. What is lightning?
2. Types of lightning?
INTRA CLOUD LIGHTNING

CLOUD TO CLOUD LIGHTNING

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING

3. Lightning protection
4. Components of lightning protection
AIR TERMINALS
BONDING CONDUCTORS
GROUND TERMINALS

Fundamentals of lightning
protection
 WHAT IS LIGHTNING

Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the

ground, or within the clouds themselves. Most lightning occurs within the clouds. It cause to
produce heat and this heat causes surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate , which
create the pealing thunder and we hear a short time after seeing a lightning flash.
 1. Intra-cloud lightning

Intra-cloud lightning is an electrical discharge between oppositely charged

areas within the thunderstorm cloud
Cloud-to-cloud lightning is the discharge between areas of cloud without the discharge channel
reaching the ground.
A cloud to ground lightning strike begins as an invisible channel of electrically charged air moving
from the cloud toward the ground. When one channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful
surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the clouds and produces the visible lightning
strike.
 LIGHTNING PROTECTION

A lightning strike can average 300 millions volts of electricity

Lightning has current up to 30,000 amperes current.

A lightning protection system is designed to protect a structure from damage due

to intensely high voltage current of lightning strike by intercepting such strikes
and safely passing their extremely high voltage current to ‘ground’.
 COMPONENT OF LIGHTNING PROTECTION

THERE ARE MAINLY THREE COMPONENTS OF LIGHTNING

PROTECTION

AIR TERMINALS(lightning rod or strike termination device)

BONDING CONDUCTORS(down conductors)

GROUND TERMINALS(GROUND OR EARTHING RODS , PLATES)

1. AIR TERMINALS(lightning rod or strike termination device)

Simple Lightning Rod ESE LIGHTNING ROD

(Early Streamer Emmision)
 1. Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1749  Active lightning rod
 2. Low cost
1. High level protection
 3. Easy Installation
 2. Low cost
 3. Easy Installation
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