Description
LPI CAT Lightning Protection System in Bangladesh
Lightning Protection International Pty Ltd (LPI) was established by its principals in 2002 on the back of decades of experience in the lightning protection industry worldwide.
Recognizing the need for reliable air terminals and having innovation as a core value of the company, LPI CAT Lightning Protection System in Bangladesh released its first range of air terminals based on a “blunt” configuration with an overall geometric design for reducing corona formation during the pre-stroke phase of a thunderstorm.
The detrimental effect of excessive pre-stroke corona space charge was first postulated by Prof. C. Moore et in the USA in the 1990s. The theory was backed by the world’s most extensive field experiment of its kind on a high mountain in New Mexico. His experiment has been running for more than 20 years and has proven conclusively that blunt air terminals are more effective at lightning capture than the original sharp rods proposed by Benjamin Franklin in the mid-1700s.
LPI CAT Lightning Protection System in Bangladesh
LPI has received numerous export awards over the last 15 years for the air terminal design, including a “High Commendation” at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards night in 2016. LPI’s air terminals have had more than 15 years of proven experience in regions of the world with the highest lightning activity. More than 50,000 air terminals have now been installed. They protect a wide range of structures and facilities across all types of industries in more than 35 countries around the world.
Pre-stroke corona reduction, corona-streamer initiation, and the launch of an upward leader that continuously propagates to intercept the lightning downward leader have been the major theme behind all LPI’s research and development initiatives in air terminal technology. LPI air terminals also have other unique features. Such as four independent panels comprising the main body around the blunt central rod and the use of materials that can withstand the harsh electrical and atmospheric environments to which the air terminals are subjected year after year.
LPI is one of very few companies in the world to offer different direct-strike placement methodologies for air terminals in compliance with various international standards.
The calculation of the protection radius of Guardian CAT terminals and the attractive radii of features on the structure that are most likely to be struck depends on many factors, including the geometry of the structure itself, environmental parameters, and the statistics of lightning discharges.
