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Lightning Strike on Overhead Telephone Line: A Case Study of Tanzanian Telecommunications Company (TTCL)

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dc.creator Damas, Jacqueline
dc.creator Mvungi, Nerey H.
dc.creator Manyahi, Mighanda J.
dc.date 2016-03-04T12:23:29Z
dc.date 2016-03-04T12:23:29Z
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:54Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:54Z
dc.identifier J Damas, NH MVUNGI, MJ Manyahi, “Lightning Strike on Overhead Telephone Line: A Case Study of Tanzanian Telecommunications Company (TTCL)”, Proceedings of IEEE Africon 2007 International Conference, 26-28 Sept. 2007, Windhoek, Namibia, paper 687, 6 pgs
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/607
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10308
dc.description Conference proceedings
dc.description Recently there have been a growing concern over the lightning caused damages, and disturbances on the consumer operated equipments utilizing a telephone line. This concern has been attributed by the fact that most of today’s consumers’ equipments comprise of electronic devices or microprocessor controls that operate at low voltages, which can be superceded by even distant lightning strike. Lightning strike can be either direct or indirect, which causes induced voltage along the telephone lines when it strikes on to the line or at a distance from the line. In this paper the induced voltages on a conductor of 7m height above the ground are calculated as a function of distance from the strike point using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, as it could be a necessary data for deciding the possible future protection scheme. It has been shown that finitely conducting ground (lossy case) has pronounced effects for lightning surge propagation and induced amplitude overvoltages along the telephone line above the ground and can not be neglected in the calculations of the induced overvoltages along the line due to lightning strike compared to an infinitely conducting ground (lossless case).
dc.description Sida-SAREC
dc.language en
dc.publisher IEEE
dc.subject Direct and Indirect lightning strikes,
dc.subject Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD),
dc.subject Telegrapher’s equations,
dc.subject Transient ground impedance
dc.title Lightning Strike on Overhead Telephone Line: A Case Study of Tanzanian Telecommunications Company (TTCL)
dc.type Conference Proceedings


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