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LightningprotectionofPVsystems
Energy Systems
August 2016, Volume 7, Issue3, pp 469482
Authors

Authors and ailiations

ChristosA.Christodoulou,LambrosEkonomou

,IoannisF.Gonos,

NickP.Papanikolaou

Original Paper
First Online: 23 December 2015
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1007/s12667-015-0176-2

Cite this article as:

Christodoulou, C.A., Ekonomou, L., Gonos, I.F. et al. Energy Syst (2016) 7: 469.
doi:10.1007/s12667-015-0176-2
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Abstract
Thelightningprotectionofphotovoltaicinstallationsisofgreatimportance,in
ordertowarranttheuninterruptedoperationofthesystemandavoidfaultsand
damagesoftheequipment.Atmosphericdischargesinfluencetheproperoperation
ofthephotovoltaicgeneratorsandtheirinstallation,involvingalsosensitive
electronicequipment.Thedeterminationoftheneedforlightningprotectionand
theevaluationoftheperformanceofariskmanagementanalysisarethefirststeps,
inordertoadopttheappropriateprotectivemeasuresagainstlightning.Scopeof
thecurrentworkistosummarizethebasiclightningprotectiontechniques,taking
intoconsiderationtheStandards,theinternationalliteratureandthecommon
practice.Theriskmanagement,theexternalandinternallightningprotection
system,theselectionofthecharacteristicsoftheequipmentandthegrounding
systemarediscussedinthecurrentpaper.

Keywords
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Photovoltaic Lightning Surgeprotectivedevices Induced

overvoltages Grounding

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