Evening Talk on “The Collection Surface Method (CSM): A Highly Effective Lightning Protection Air Terminals Placement Method”
Venue:
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Wisma IEM, 03- CSETD Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, 04- TUSTD Lecture Room, 2nd Floor
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Date & Time:
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25 May 2015 (5:35 PM - 7:30 PM)
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CPD: |
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Closing Date Before: |
22-May-2015 (Subject to change based on availability of seat) |
Organised By |
Technical Division - Electrical Engineering (EETD) |
SYNOPSIS
The Collection Surface Method (CSM) of lightning protection air terminals placement was developed 20 years ago and it is based on data collected and analysed from more than a hundred lightning damaged buildings in Malaysia and Singapore. This CSM method has undergone close scrutiny by lightning protection experts in Australia and by the IEC TC81 expert group. The method has since been incorporated as an improved air terminals placement method in the Australian (AS1768:2003) and IEC (IEC62305:2006) lightning protection standards. Recent studies by lightning protection experts in Europe suggest that air terminals placement according to this CSM method can provide up to 98 percent efficiency in lightning interception.
BIODATA OF SPEAKER
Mr Hartono Zainal Abidin graduated with BSc. (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1979 from Loughborough University, UK. He has been actively involved in lightning protection as an engineer in the telecommunication industry since 1980. He has been conducting forensic analysis and studies on lightning damaged low voltage electrical and electronic systems in various industries and also in buildings. Mr Hartono has been selected as a member of CIGRE C4.410, the study group on the protection of very tall structures against lightning hazard and is a Senior Member of IEEE (USA)
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