Protection against direct lightning strokes by Charge Transfer System

Implementation of the Charge Transfer System (CTS) offers a wide range of protection against direct lightning strokes; from the enhancement of the strike collection ability to the total prevention of strokes into the protected premise. Design of such a system requires engineering specifics about the site to be protected and the data related to the lightning activity and weather conditions in that particular location. The engineering data for the premise to be protected is usually readily available, but lightning data, statistical and probabilistic by nature, varies from region to region. Some times this data is only partially available, and that creates some complexity for the design process of CTS. The paper discusses the major steps of the engineering approach to the design of CTS.