著者

山本 和男 高見 潤 岡部 成光

出版者

The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

雑誌

電気学会論文誌. B, 電力・エネルギー部門誌 = The transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. B, A publication of Power and Energy Society (ISSN:03854213)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.132, no.11, pp.903-913, 2012-11-01

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

1 5

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Photovoltaic power plants and wind turbines are eco-friendly power generators that utilize solar energy and wind energy, respectively. Many large-scale photovoltaic power plants have been constructed using government subsidies. Large-scale photovoltaic power plants are usually constructed in large open spaces that contain some tall structures. Therefore, such large-scale photovoltaic power plants are likely to attract lightning, which may result in the malfunction or breakdown of the electrical and electronic equipment. In this study, overvoltages generated when a lightning strikes a structure anchoring photovoltaic panels are measured using a 1 : 10 scale model. Additionally, the measurements have been verified using the FDTD (finite-difference time-domain) method. The mechanisms of the overvoltage generations on an actual-scale photovoltaic power plant have also been clarified.