EE4033: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION

ASSIGNMENT

NAME:
INDEX NO:

DATE OF SUB:

2016/ 07/ 05

Textile engineering Department Building was selected to install a Lightning protection

System.
Building is L shaped and Hip roofed.
It is a two story building with about 10 m height with roof.
Four main views as Front View, Side View 1, Side View 2, and Rear View are used to present
the Lightning risk areas according to the Rolling Sphere Method.
Level I protection is assumed as the Rolling Sphere Radius is taken as 20m
Surfaces with Direct Lightning risk are marked in Red in following Layout Drawings.
Less vulnerable areas are shaded in grey.

Building Top View with Lightning Protection System

Air Termination Rods with lengths 3m

and 1.5 m are used in the design.
Design is done considering the
penetration depth of sphere for a
distance between air-termination
conductors.
Distance
between airtermination
rods (m)

Due to the building

covered from a 16m

10
12
14
16
18
20

Sag of
Rolling
Sphere
Level I
(20m)
0.64
0.92
1.27
1.67
2.14
2.68

L shape there is a protected area

radius circle.

11 no of 1.5m Rods and 7 no of 3m rods are used in this LPS Design.

*at the
edge of the
roof

*at the middle of the roof

*at the edge of the roof

*at the middle of the roof

*at the edge of the roof

*at the edge of the roof