The Rolling Sphere Method is a direct application of the Electrogeometric Model (EGM) for lightning protection. It provides a practical method for engineers and architects to design lightning protection systems to shield their high priority assets from direct strikes. This presentation will go over the need for this method and will teach engineers how to apply the method to substations per IEEE Std. 998 and NFPA 780. While the presentation focuses on protecting substations, the concepts can be universally applied to any asset since lightning does not discriminate.

Co-sponsored by: Sharan Kalwani

Speaker(s): Biren Patel,

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/275447