Prevention and protection 4.0 against lightning storms at photovoltaic plants
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SMART LIGHTNING Prevention and protection 4.0 against lightning storms at photovoltaic plants

Cost reduction and lifetime extension for photovoltaic plants: prevention and protection against lightning Photovoltaic power plants are sited in wide, open and isolated locations and therefore they are highly exposed to suffer important damages due to direct strikes to the assets or to people working at the plant. A smart design and a 4.0 monitoring of the lightning protection systems achieve cost reduction in reparations and maintenance along the plant lifetime. It is therefore constituted as an essential element to ensure the expected Returns on Investment within the foreseen period,...

SMART LIGHTNING Solutions for prevention and protection 4.0 against lightning storms at photovoltaic plants. Results of our approach: FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY Ă Reduction of costs in repairs and replacement of equipment (invertors, photovoltaic panels, etc.). Ă Centralized monitoring of multiple geographically dispersed protection systems. Ă Reduction of costs by reducing periodic verification processes. Ă Configurable system, adaptable to particular needs. Ă Optimization of corrective and preventive maintenance. Ă Continuous and unattended verification of the status of the protection system. Ă...

SMART LIGHTNING Cost reduction and life-time extension of assets for plants under development Objective determination of the risk level of the photovoltaic plant against direct strike (lightning) and indirect effects (overvoltages) using our advanced CDRISK software. Complete design of the integral lightning protection project based on the relevant standards. Real-time alert and registration of discharges to the lightning protection system using our SMART LIGHTNING LOGGER. Full transitory overvoltages protection with ATPV range. Protection of sensitive and exposed elements, such as...

SMART LIGHTNING Service for the diagnosis and existing lightning protection system improvement for plants in operation Phase 1: Initial meeting to learn about the problems and areas for improvement identified by the client. Phase 2: Analysis of the existing lightning protection system using our advanced CDRISK software. Phase 3: Diagnosis and proposals for improvement to achieve the objectives of reducing costs and increasing the longevity of the plant’s assets.

SMART LIGHTNING ATSTORM® Smart early alarm for the risk of lightning storm Local risk evaluation based on the continuous monitoring of the environmental electrostatic field, the only direct indicator of the risk of lightning strike. Start of preventive actions to reduce or eliminate risks to personnel in the open areas of the plants. Start of processes to reduce damages to the plant assets: horizontal trackers possitioning or invertors disconnection. Objective and safe determination of normal activity reestablishment.

SMART LIGHTNING DAT CONTROLER® REMOTE air terminal with IoT technology Elimination of the projection of shadows on the photovoltaic panels. Optimized and isolated location with respect to the assets to be protected (panels and invertors). Reduction of induced overvoltages to the assets. Costs optimization, eliminating on-site inspections based on time periods.

SMART LIGHTNING SMART LIGHTNING LOGGER Intelligent discharge recorder Real-time alerts of lightning strike, that allows to warn just at the impact moment in order to optimize the verification operations, as well as the preventive and corrective maintenances. Discharge characterization. Precise information on the main parameters of the intercepted lightning strike (amplitude, polarity, duration, charge, specific energy, date and time). Control of multiple installations. Permanent monitoring with centralized information of facilities distributed in different locations.

SMART LIGHTNING ATPV Protection against overvoltages Individualized analysis of the need for surge protection. Protectors type I, II and III. Reinforcement of the protections installed by default by the manufacturer. Protection of the existing data lines in the plants.

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