Research on lightning protection metal mesh for wind turbine blades

Xiaobo Yi

doi:10.1117/12.2688340

24 October 2023 Research on lightning protection metal mesh for wind turbine blades

Xiaobo Yi

Proceedings Volume 12804, Second International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Management (ICSTM 2023); 128040V (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688340
Event: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Management (ICSTM2023), 2023, Dongguan, China

Abstract

Lightning seriously threatens the safe and stable operation of wind turbine blades. This paper studies the lightning protection ability of different kinds of metal mesh. Lightning currents are applied on wind turbine blades equipped with metal mesh, the max lightning withstand ability of different metal meshes are obtained. From the test results, it can be confirmed that, the copper mesh can withstand 158kA lightning current and the metal mesh itself is not damaged. Under 201kA lightning current, it can protect test pieces from damage but the metal mesh itself was injured. For aluminum mesh, can withstand 101kA lightning current to protect the fiberglass board from damage while the aluminum mesh itself is damaged.

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Xiaobo Yi "Research on lightning protection metal mesh for wind turbine blades", Proc. SPIE 12804, Second International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Management (ICSTM 2023), 128040V (24 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688340

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