• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.321-326
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• 2008

Light weight of vehicles by composite materials makes possible high speed, energy saving, and low repair cost. As Bimodal Tram and Tilting Train eXpress(TTX) use carbon composite material for their bodies, safety for passengers and electrical devices against unexpected failures has been issued more than ever. Lightning strike which generates high voltages and large currents is the worst case for the safety of passengers and devices. With this background, we experimentally investigated the insulation breakdown phenomena on carbon composite materials by the application of lightning surge voltage and current. From the experimental results, we could estimate whether the composite body is safe or not for the inside passengers and devices against lightning strikes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.500-503
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• 2006

This paper gives a Wireless lightning detecting and warning system. This system composed of transmitter and receiver. It promptly senses lightning strikes on the power lines and transmission towers by using the lightning current detection circuit in a small transmitter situated on the top of power tower, and it sends the number of lightning strikes and the ID. of the tower to patrols through the receivers. This system will be used to discover the exact location of a lightning strike.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.2
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• pp.247-252
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• 2016

The latest offshore wind turbines are easily exposed to lightning strikes because they are designed with longer blades and taller height to satisfy the growing capacity demands. The generation facilities and elements of the offshore wind farm are more vulnerable to lightning damage because of more severe, unpredictable weather conditions. Therefore, this paper presents the analysis of measure for lightning overvoltage mitigation in offshore wind farm planned in South Korea southwest seashore. The sensitivity analysis includes the steady state and transient state characteristics of offshore wind farm and proposes the countermeasure for mitigation of transient overvoltage by considering earth resistivity of the offshore environment.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• v.53 no.8
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• pp.578-579
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• 2023

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2019

Recently, due to global warming, the trend shows an increase in number of lightning strikes which increase risk regarding industry infrastructures. Especially in case where the lightning strikes infrastructures including refinery, petorchemical plant facilities or storage tanks, it can cause power failures, electrical machine malfunction and damage which can lead to fire explosion and multiple calamities. Therefore, detailed case studies must be conducted through a systematic research regarding lightning strike accidents in order to understand its mechanism and devise preventive measures. This paper aims to study cases of explosion regarding waste water storage tanks in refineries and petrochemical plants in order to analyze its root cause and provide preventive measures for avoiding lightning related incidents.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.62-67
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• 2011

Nanoparticles-coated and impact-damaged carbon-fiber reinforced plastics(CFRP) laminates were tested under compression-after-impact(CAI) mode and the propagation of damage due to compressive loading has been monitored by acoustic emission(AE). The impact damage was induced not by mechanical loading but by a simulated lightning strike. CFRP laminates were made of carbon prepregs prepared by coating of conductive nano-particles directly on the fibers and the coupons were subjected to simulated lightning strikes with a high voltage/current impulse of 10~40 kA within a few microseconds. The effects of nano-particles coating and the degree of damage induced by the simulated lightning strikes on the AE activities were examined, and the relationship between the compressive residual strength and AE behavior has been evaluated in terms of AE event counts and the onset of AE activity with the compressive loading. The degree of impact damage was also measured in terms of damage area by using ultrasonic C-scan images. From the results assessed during the CAI tests of damaged CFRP showed that AE monitoring appeared to be very useful to differentiate the degree of damage hence the mechanical integrity of composite structures damaged by lightning strikes.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.664-668
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• 2018

Free-standing structures that are especially high are more likely to receive brain attacks caused by lightning. Since special structures are generally part of national industrial structures, lightning strikes mostly cause socio-economic damage. Lightning protection facilities are installed to prevent such lightning damage, but in 2015, support cables on West Sea bridges were hit by lightning, causing a lot of economic damage. Accordingly, the design of a lightning protection system shall establish protective measures after analyzing the risk of debris falling onto the structure. In this thesis, lightning strikes are analyzed directly in relation to the modeling system that operates the actual information collection system for lightning strikes, depending on the location of the tall, free-standing structures, and practical lightning hazard information is provided by a meteorological station. In addition, we propose monitoring and applying a probability correction rate to the calculation of the lightning risk based on the number of lightning strikes directly reaching the ground in order to obtain an effective lightning risk assessment.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.2219-2220
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• 2006

This paper aims to analyze the overvoltage in underground distribution systems when lightning surge strikes to overhead line. The model is established by EMTP/ATPDraw for actual distribution systems. Simulation is carried out considering variation of parameters such as length and lightning current.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.587-588
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• 2006

This paper aims to analyze the overvoltage in underground distribution systems when lightning surge strikes to overhead line. The model is established by EMTP/ATPDraw for actual distribution systems. Simulation is carried out considering variation of parameters such as length and lightning current.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.1253-1254
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• 2006

This paper aims to analyze the overvoltage in underground distribution systems when lightning surge strikes to overhead line. The model is established by EMTP/ATPDraw for actual distribution systems. Simulation is carried out considering variation of parameters such as length and lightning current.