Comparison of various receivers in wind turbines for the Lightning Protection system

High structures are frequently hit by lightning and one of them is a wind turbine. The receiver has a major role to play in ensuring the lightning strike protection performance on wind turbine blades. To study how the differences in size and shape of the receptors affect the lightning protection systems LPS, we apply five configured receptors to the blade. The intensity of the electric field at the surface of the blades resulting from lightning strikes can be forecast by developing a computing model using the finite element method (FEM). The efficiency of the lightning interception is determined based on a comparison of the predicted maximum electrical field strength around the receptors. Furthermore, Experimental measurements are used to confirm the location of lightning strikes along the surface of the blade.