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Advances in lightning protection that satisfies contemporary standardsDescribed here are the LEC, Inc. Spline Ball Ionizer (trademark) (SBI) and the Spline Ball Terminal (trademark) (SBT) families and how their use in a conventional lightning protection system can achieve strike prevention in a conventional setting. A properly completed standards based system which is composed of the SBI and SBT in a hybrid system will provide two modes of lightning protection: (1) a stroke prevention mode that reduces the risk of a strike to the protected facility in proportion to the size of that facility and the size and number of SBI/SBT's used; and (2) a Stroke Collector-Diverter System that is far superior to any system now in use because it collects strokes entering the protected area from any direction and angle.
Document ID
19910023417
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Carpenter, Roy B., Jr.
(Lightning Eliminators Co., Inc. Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Kennedy Space Center, The 1991 International Aerospace and Ground Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity, Volume 2
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Accession Number
91N32731
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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