5 Steps To Engineer The Most Reliable Lightning Protection Design System

5 Steps To Engineer The Most Reliable Lightning Protection

Design System

Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity from thunder that occurs during thunderstorms. The atmospheric discharge lightning can travel at the speed of light, and its temperature can reach up to 30,000 degrees Celsius. The effect of lightning strikes may cause thousands of death every year. It’s a natural phenomenon occurring on any day, and this discharge produces a wide range of electromagnetic radiation.

It’s essential, therefore, that an effective lightning protection system be appropriately designed and installed specifically to the unique requirement of the structures to be protected.

Engineering Lightning Protection Design Systems:

1. Determining the risk of lightning events occurring – The lightning risk assessment is based on evaluating the risk of damage that may be caused to property and the public due to a lightning strike. Our lightning protection expert will analyse your risk and vulnerability ratios to help you understand your site risk and how it compares to similar facilities in your area.

2. Technical review – We offer a range of technical advice on the lightning protection design and use of lightning protection from our lightning technical study, allowing the precise design of protection concepts and solutions in compliance with current standards and guides.

Engineering Lightning Protection Design Systems:

3. Site evaluation – the study of the properties and characteristics of lightning is a must in designing a lightning protection system. Every application has different criteria to be fulfilled. The type of lightning protection design system is categorized based on the location and user – public area, transportation system, power system transmission and generation system which include renewable energy sources; each area can conclude different levels of protection.

4. Lightning protection design study – This specifies the level of protection for each zone specified in accordance with industry-standard guidelines and requirements. This includes providing general diagrams for the Surge Protection Devices (SPD) in different lightning protection zones.

5. System recertification – Ensure the conformity of a lightning protection installation by verification, "visual" or "complete,” regarding the verification and maintenance manual defined by our Company.

LEC prides itself on offering the highest level of support all customers and running a professional, customer-focused team. Nothing compromises on creating the safest, most practical, least expensive lightning protection design system with maximum protection.