The grounding concept plays a very important role in the whole implementation of lightning protection systems in the building so that all the adverse effects of the concept of lightning can be dealt with accordingly. The lighting protection is very much important to make sure that there is proper protection from direct as well as indirect surges of lightning. In the cases of direct strikes, the low impedance pass from the lightning protection conducted to the ground will always help in making sure that voltage rise is always within safe limits and the currents of large magnitude are conducted by the systems. The impedance in this term refers here to be resistance.
On the other hand under the normal power systems, the ground can be designed with the motive of providing a low resistance path to the ground which is of immense relevance. The surge will always give rise to the voltage set a very extremely fast rate. So, the grounding circuit will always obstruct the flow of surge currents and will produce a voltage drop. The drop will be the function of the rate of the price of the current. Hence, the grounding conductors present in the lightning protection system is very much important because it will always help in making sure that everything is in perfect condition and ground conditions and connections are very well implemented.
The availability of good and low resistance electrode systems is also a matter of immense importance and the voltage rises by the facility have to be computed to the reference to the ground with the help of electrode resistance so that everything is perfectly under best possible condition. Protection systems most commonly include the required materials for low growth existence so that operations can be facilitated at the best possible levels and protective systems can be very well insured.
Another important issue throughout the sensitive electrical equipment can be because of lightning-induced surges and the potential differences between the lightning discharges through the protection systems. Hence, elimination of minimized potential differences is very much important to bowl together the things to make sure that metallic surface lines are in proper facilities. Many of the failures of the sensitive electronic and communication equipment are because of the oversight of the designers and ultimately they do not pay proper attention to the grounding and bonding concept. But on the other hand to make sure that there is a level of integration of such systems and all the destructive potentials are converted from the whole concept.
One of the major effects of a lightning strike on the electrical equipment is the high-voltage surge which can be because of the associated current path to the ground. The surge need not be because of the direct strike but it can happen because of the nearby structures. These kinds of protection will be provided at different points the electrical systems and will always be based upon the surge and current values which the equipment is likely to be subjected to. The highest exposure of surgeries will always happen in the equipment connected with the external power systems and the surge current pulse will reduce in magnitude with the low energy levels as the people move from power inlet to the main distribution circuits. Hence, this is because the inductance of the conductors will affect the surge poles. These kinds of components are most commonly referred to as lightning arrestors for the surge protection devices. These kinds of concepts are most commonly utilized in the context of sensitive equipment and help to provide the low impedance ground path so that such currents can safely get diverted towards the ground and away from the sensitive equipment to enhance the protection levels. The characteristics of these kinds of devices are that they do not commit to the action throughout the normal system conditions and only come when the voltage of system exceeds beyond the threshold levels.
In some of the cases, the lightning protection systems operate under very difficult conditions and are most commonly exposed to harsh weather conditions as well. Hence, the grounding opponents are normally buried in soil and are subjected to high levels of corrosion as well as the action of a chemical substance in the soil. So, these kinds of components must be paid proper attention in terms of periodic inspections and dealing with all the defects in case any of them occurs.
The lighting can strike anywhere and can cause several kinds of issues to the people as well as structures present on the ground. Hence, this is the main reason proper safety precautions must be taken so that there are no issues throughout the process and life of people, livestock and other equipment can be saved very easily. The most common effects of a lightning strike can be electrical, mechanical and thermal. The effect will always be determined with the magnitude and the shape of the current as well as the energy which has been discharged into the object. It is very much important to have a complete assessment of the risks involved throughout the process and these kinds of assessments can be done of the structure whenever it gets struck in terms of consequences of this rate.
The utilization of the structure and the nature of its construction along with the value of content present in it will always have to be considered at the time of making the assessment. Everything should be in proper regard to the standards and guidelines by both national as well as international authorities to make sure that everything is in perfect condition. Assessment should consider the things such as loss because of lightning, ways in which lightning and cause loss, types of damages, probability of risk, loss of human life, loss of cultural heritage for loss of economic value and several other things.
Hence, lightning protection system is of immense relevance which is the main reason it must be implemented after being proper consideration to all the aspects which have been mentioned above so that safety and security of everybody can be significantly enhanced.
