Lightning Protection

*Where does cutting edge protection leave the protection options in buildings? George McDowell and Tony Maddocks, ERA Technology Ltd *The probable impact of IEC and CENELEC lightning protection standards on BS 6651 Geoffrey Stephen Finlay, Consultant Electrical Engineer *Direct lightning protection, the difference between BS 6651 and IEC standards and the practical realisation with the new generation of lightning current arresters Dr. Eng Peter Hasse, Dehn and Sohne GmbH and Co KG, Germany and Ian Johnson, Dehn (UK) Ltd *The impact of lightning on information technology systems John Whiting, IES Consultancy, Joe Sumners and Chris Hewitt, ARUP *MOVs - Now obsolete or do they have a new measure of vitality? Graham Clarke, Zymax International Ltd *The operational limits of metal oxide varistors and other semiconductor transient arrestor's Peter Gomez, Em-Empathy Ltd *Overvoltage protection in networks of the electrical power supply Bernhard Richter and Jutta Barlage, ABB Switzerland Ltd, Switzerland *Recent developments in the use of high voltage towers to support cellular antennas Stephen Williams, Vodafone Ltd *Lightning risk analysis for mobile phone base stations (MPBS) on grid towers, earthing, and rise of earth potential calculations Brian Burrows, Lightning Consultancies *The economics of lightning protection for covered conductor lines Dr Brian Wareing, EA Technology *IEC 61400-24 lightning protection for wind turbines Dr Ian Cotton, UMIST *Earthing systems under lightning impulse conditions Huw Griffiths and Dr Manu Haddad, Cardiff University *Status of charge transfer technology (CTT) Roy B Carpenter Jr and Dr Mark Drabkin, Lightning Eliminators and Consultants Inc., USA, Dr Edward Bazelyan, Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute, Russia