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Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris

This study presents the design of external lightning protection system (LPS) on selected building in University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). LPS is complete system used to reduce physical damage due to lightning flashes to a structure. The selected building is Green Energy Research Centre (GERC). The stru...

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Main Author: Mohd Idris, Muhd Jafni
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85291/1/85291.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85291/
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spelling my.uitm.ir.852912024-02-14T04:29:36Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85291/ Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris Mohd Idris, Muhd Jafni This study presents the design of external lightning protection system (LPS) on selected building in University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). LPS is complete system used to reduce physical damage due to lightning flashes to a structure. The selected building is Green Energy Research Centre (GERC). The structure is a research centre that has external metal roof which has photovoltaic panel as research equipment. This has a potential to be exposed to lightning strike, so that it is require protection to protect the structure and the equipment. Based on user experience in GERC, the structure struck by lightning several times before. Effect of the lightning strike can damage the equipment on the structure or around affected area. The design of the LPS must have high protection beside the consideration of the economically and technically to optimized the LPS of structure. Most of this design used protection angle method and rolling sphere method as addition method to get better design. Based on the Malaysian Standard (MS) which published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the design should follow the standards set in Malaysia with approval method. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85291/1/85291.pdf Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris. (2013) Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
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description This study presents the design of external lightning protection system (LPS) on selected building in University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). LPS is complete system used to reduce physical damage due to lightning flashes to a structure. The selected building is Green Energy Research Centre (GERC). The structure is a research centre that has external metal roof which has photovoltaic panel as research equipment. This has a potential to be exposed to lightning strike, so that it is require protection to protect the structure and the equipment. Based on user experience in GERC, the structure struck by lightning several times before. Effect of the lightning strike can damage the equipment on the structure or around affected area. The design of the LPS must have high protection beside the consideration of the economically and technically to optimized the LPS of structure. Most of this design used protection angle method and rolling sphere method as addition method to get better design. Based on the Malaysian Standard (MS) which published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the design should follow the standards set in Malaysia with approval method.
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title Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris
title_short Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris
title_full Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris
title_fullStr Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris
title_full_unstemmed Design of external lightning protection system from Green Energy Research Center (GERC) structure / Muhd Jafni Mohd Idris
title_sort design of external lightning protection system from green energy research center (gerc) structure / muhd jafni mohd idris
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url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/85291/1/85291.pdf
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