Ultimate Lightning Protection Design for Electrical Engineer
Empower Your Expertise: Designing Lightning Protection Systems from Scratch for Electrical Engineering Students
Electrical Engineering,Electricity,Electrical Design
Lectures -51
Resources -15
Duration -10.5 hours
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Course Description
Welcome to the comprehensive course, "Ultimate Lightning Protection Design for Electrical Engineers," where you will delve into the intricacies of safeguarding electrical systems against the formidable force of lightning. This course has been meticulously crafted to empower electrical engineers with the knowledge and skills necessary to design robust lightning protection systems.
Section 1: Introduction to Lightning Protection System
Explore the fundamentals of lightning phenomena.
Understand the effects and potential damages caused by lightning.
Dive into the intricacies of lightning waveforms.
Section 2: Risk Assessment Calculation
Identify key components of a lightning protection system.
Learn risk assessment calculations using NFPA 780 standards.
Explore practical methods, including online tools and Excel, for risk assessment.
Section 3: Design of Air Termination System
Master various methods of air termination design.
Explore the Rolling Sphere Method for effective design.
Understand the Mesh Method for robust protection.
Learn about the Protective Angle Method for optimization.
Apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios with design examples.
Explore the innovative Early Streamer System in lightning protection design.
Section 4: Down Conductors and System Accessories
Master the design principles of down conductors.
Understand the significance of cross-sectional areas in conductor and accessory design.
Section 5: Basics of Autocad for Electrical Design
Learn how to grasp the basics of Autocad for Electrical Design.
Discover how to initiate Autocad, change backgrounds, and take note of important considerations.
Master various techniques for drawing lines, rectangles, circles, polygons, polylines, arcs, ellipses, points, and construction lines.
Explore advanced commands for hatching, rotating, trimming, extending, copying, erasing, blocking, exploding, inserting, scaling, mirroring, moving, aligning, joining, offsetting, breaking, dividing, filleting, and chamfering.
Understand the process of managing drawing properties and dimensions, using match commands, and incorporating styles.
Get a grip on layers in Autocad, understanding their concept and application.
Unlock the potential of advanced commands such as multi-spiral lines, leaders, and the purge command.
Perfect the art of drawing techniques like changing drawing axes, creating fluorescent symbols, and executing the replace block command.
Explore the intricacies of printing options for electrical drawings, navigating the Autocad menu bar, and leveraging the autosave feature.
Discover effective strategies for organizing and preparing architectural drawings for electrical design.
Section 6: Design of the Lightning Protection System Using Autocad Software
Complete lightning protection system design including the mesh grid, air terminals, down conductors, and accessories.
Embark on this educational journey, equipping yourself with the expertise needed to design lightning protection systems. This course provides the knowledge and practical insights essential for safeguarding against the unpredictable forces of lightning.
Goals
Fundamentals of lightning phenomena
Effects and potential damages caused by lightning
Intricacies of lightning waveforms
Key components of a lightning protection system
Risk assessment calculations using NFPA 780 standards
Practical methods for risk assessment using online tools and Excel
Various methods of air termination design
Rolling Sphere Method for effective design
Mesh Method for robust protection
Protective Angle Method for optimization
Application of theoretical knowledge with design examples
Innovative Early Streamer System in lightning protection design
Design principles of down conductors
Significance of cross-sectional areas in conductor and accessory design
Complete lightning protection system design with Autocad
Inclusion of mesh grid, air terminals, down conductors, and accessories
Prerequisites
No requirements needed
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction to Lightning Protection System
4 Lectures
- Introduction to Lightning Phenomena 17:05 17:05
- Lightning Effects and Damages 16:50 16:50
- Lightning Waveforms 11:30 11:30
- Course Files
Risk Assessment Calculation
3 Lectures
Design of Air Temination System
6 Lectures
Down Conductors and System Accessories
2 Lectures
Basics of Autocad for Electrical Design
29 Lectures
Design of the Lightning Protection System Using Autocad Software
7 Lectures
Instructor Details
Ahmed Mahdy
About me
I am Ahmed Mahdy an electrical power engineer, researcher, and the founder of Khadija Academy. I am also an electrical bestselling instructor at more than 30 platforms, teaching electrical engineering. I have helped over 80,000 students from 196 countries achieve career success with simple and easy courses in the last 8 years. In addition, I have a YouTube educational engineering channel called" Khadija Academy", where I regularly post videos related to electrical engineering. In 2018, I was nominated among the top 10% of instructors on Tutorialspoint, besides currently ranking among the top instructors in the engineering sector of Tutorialspoin.
I have received the award for the best master's thesis in the Faculty of Engineering - Ain Shams University for 2022/2023.
Some of my published research works in the top electrical engineering journals worldwide:
1- Transient stability improvement of wave energy conversion systems connected to power grid using anti-windup-coot optimization strategy - Energy Journal - Impact Factor of 9.0.
2- Nonlinear Modeling and Real-Time Simulation of a Grid-Connected AWS Wave Energy Conversion System - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy - Impact Factor of 8.8.
3- Modeling and optimal operation of hybrid wave energy and PV system feeding supercharging stations based on golden jackal optimal control strategy - Energy Journal - Impact Factor of 9.0.
4- State-of-the-Art of the most commonly adopted wave energy conversion systems - Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Impact Factor of 6.0.
5- Optimal Design of Fractional-Order PID Controllers for a Nonlinear AWS Wave Energy Converter Using Hybrid Jellyfish Search and Particle Swarm Optimization - Fractal and Fractional - Impact Factor of 5.4
6- Dynamic performance enhancement of nonlinear AWS wave energy systems based on optimal super-twisting control strategy - Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Impact Factor of 6.0.
In every one of my Tutorialspoincourses, you'll see that I am always available and always offer you support through each course. I will join your success and help you through any obstacles.
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