A Distributed Measurement System for Correlating Faults to Lightning in Distribution Networks

The paper describes a distributed measurement system developed for the monitoring of lightning-originated transients in distribution networks. The data obtained by means of the proposed system are intended to be integrated with those provided by the Italian lightning location system and with those recorded by a monitoring system of relay operations. The paper briefly illustrates the philosophy of the measurement system, its develop as well as its set-up in a distribution network, located in a high keraunic area, in the northern region of Italy.

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