Special Session SS08

Lightning Overvoltage Mechanisms and Protection Technologies for Wind Power Systems

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Introduction:

With the accelerated global energy transition, wind power is rapidly evolving towards larger-scale, deeper offshore deployments, and higher reliability. However, this trend also exposes the ultra-long composite blades and densely packed electrical control systems of wind turbines to increasingly severe lightning threats. Lightning-induced structural damage to blades, control system failures, and even turbine fires have become bottleneck issues affecting the safety and economic performance of wind farms throughout their lifecycle. This session focuses on the physical nature of the interaction between wind power systems and lightning, cutting-edge protection technologies, and system-level reliability strategies. It highlights innovative research in areas such as lightning phenomenology, multi-physics coupling mechanisms, advanced testing and simulation methods, new protective materials and structures, and intelligent monitoring and health management. The session aims to effectively advance experimental techniques, high-precision simulation models, and novel design approaches, providing a more solid theoretical foundation and technical solutions for future wind power systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Lightning leader development in wind farms and interception characteristics of wind turbine blades;
2. Numerical modeling and simulation of lightning transient processes in complete wind turbines and electrical systems;
3. Experimental techniques for direct and indirect lightning effects on full-scale blades and components;
4. Optimal design and performance evaluation of lightning protection systems for wind turbine blades;
5. Application of new lightning protection materials, structures, and devices in wind power systems;
6. Online monitoring, fault diagnosis, and early warning technologies for lightning strikes on wind turbines;
7. Structural health assessment and repair techniques for wind turbines after lightning strikes

SS08's Session Chair:

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Prof. Xueling Yao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

SS08's Session Co-chair:

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Assoc. Prof. Jinru Sun, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Dr. Shangshi Huang, Tsinghua University, China

Dr. Hanyang Wu, Zhejiang Normal University, China

Mr. Wei Yao, Xi’an Airborne Electromagnetic Technology Co., Ltd., China

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