Modeling and simulations of lightning protection photovoltaic modules

This article describe procedure of modeling and simulations of lightning protection photovoltaic modules. To do this task has been chosen Ansys Electronic Desktop environment. At the beginning in article is present idea of investigations electric and magnetic field distribution between lightning protection system and PV modules. Then two modeling configurations are proposed: one with PV modules separated to LPS and the other with PV modules connected to LPS. The last configuration having a connection between photovoltaic system and LPS is practically used in case when the lightning separation distance cannot be achieved. Next are present results of simulations for various distances in each configuration. Finally conclusions based on obtained results are present.