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Physical mechanisms for reduction of the breakdown voltage in the circuit of a rod lightning protector with an opening microswitch

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The effect of air gap breakdown voltage reduction in the circuit with an opening microswitch is substantiated from the physical point of view. This effect can be used to increase the efficiency of lightning protection system with a rod lightning protector. The processes which take place in the electric circuit of a lightning protector with a microswitch during a voltage breakdown are investigated. Openings of the microswitch are shown to lead to resonance overvoltages in the dc circuit and, as a result, efficient reduction in the breakdown voltage in a lightning protector-thundercloud air gap.

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  1. All-Russia Electrotechnical Institute, ul. Krasnokazarmennaya 12, Moscow, 111250, Russia

    Yu. K. Bobrov, I. V. Zhuravkov, E. I. Ostapenko & V. V. Starikov

  2. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Yu. V. Yurgelenas

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Original Russian Text © Yu.K. Bobrov, I.V. Zhuravkov, E.I. Ostapenko, V.V. Starikov, Yu.V. Yurgelenas, 2009, published in Prikladnaya Fizika, 2009, No. 3, pp. 82–92.

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Bobrov, Y.K., Zhuravkov, I.V., Ostapenko, E.I. et al. Physical mechanisms for reduction of the breakdown voltage in the circuit of a rod lightning protector with an opening microswitch. Plasma Phys. Rep. 36, 1291–1300 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X10130337

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