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System, device, and method for detecting electrical discharges on a structure

US8239150B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

17Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Thorsten Frank Baumheinrich · Altdorf, DE
Marko Klaus Baller · Saarburg, DE
Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 16, 2011
Grant date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lightning detection and damage estimation system for a structure is disclosed herein. The system includes a lightning receptor coupled to a lightning conductor configured to receive multiple lightning strikes and induce lightning current in a pick-up coil coupled to the lightning conductor. An integrated circuit coupled to the lightning conductor via the pick-up coil includes a non-volatile memory for successively storing one or more samples of the lightning induced current for the multiple lightning strikes. A damage estimation unit is configured to estimate a condition of the structure based on analyzing a history of stored samples of the lightning induced current of the multiple lightning strikes from the non-volatile memory.

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