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Operating Principles and Construction of Lighting Arrester Khrezia Mhee Tan BSEE 4C

Lightning arresters are devices used to protect electrical equipment from lightning strikes. They consist of a spark gap in series with a nonlinear resistor, which provides high resistance under normal voltage but low resistance for surge voltages. During a lightning strike, the surge voltage breaks down the air insulation in the spark gap, forming an arc that allows the current to discharge to ground through the nonlinear resistor. This protects equipment by diverting the surge current away from components. Lightning arresters reduce equipment damage and protect outdoor substation equipment, but require more space and have higher installation costs than alternatives.

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Operating Principles and Construction of Lighting Arrester Khrezia Mhee Tan BSEE 4C

Lightning arresters are devices used to protect electrical equipment from lightning strikes. They consist of a spark gap in series with a nonlinear resistor, which provides high resistance under normal voltage but low resistance for surge voltages. During a lightning strike, the surge voltage breaks down the air insulation in the spark gap, forming an arc that allows the current to discharge to ground through the nonlinear resistor. This protects equipment by diverting the surge current away from components. Lightning arresters reduce equipment damage and protect outdoor substation equipment, but require more space and have higher installation costs than alternatives.

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Operating Principles

and Construction of
Lighting Arrester
Prepared by Khrezia Mhee Tan
BSEE-4C
What are Lightning
Arresters?

Lightning Arresters are a device used to


protect from lightning strikes. These are known
as Lightning Arresters. An electric shock is
nothing but a temporary increase in voltage, arc,
spark, and surge current caused by electricity.
Advantages Disadvantages
The advantages of lightning arrester are The disadvantages of lightning arrester
• Equipment damage can be reduced are
from lighting stroke • Required more space
• Outdoor equipment of the substation • The installation cost is high.
can be protected
• Provide protection to transmission
lines against lightning strike
• Simple to use
Construction of Lighting Arrester
This arrester consists of a spark gap in series
with a nonlinear resistor which provides high
resistance to normal voltage and low resistance for
surge voltage.

The length of the gap is set that the normal line


voltage is not sufficient to cause the break down
of air between the gap and to form an arc. But
high surge voltage will break down the air
insulation and form an arc between the gap and
series-connected nonlinear resistor offer low
resistance to high surge voltage.
Operating Principle of
Lighting Arrester
The principle is that once the voltage
surge travels across the conductor and
reaches the place where it is to be installed.
So it will break the insulation of the
conductor for a moment so that the voltage
surge can be discharged towards the
ground.
Once the system is less than the
voltage, the insulation will be re-
established between the ground and the
conductor. The current flowing towards the
ground is turned off.
References
• ElectricFact. (2020, June 23). What is Lightning Arrester-Working
Principle Diagram. Retrieved from Electric Portal: t.ly/Yhxo
• Patil, V. (2021, October 1). What Is Lightning Arresters? | Working
Principle of Lightning Arresters | Types of Lightning Arresters.
Retrieved from Electrical Gang: t.ly/Shqj

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