Latest Trends of Technologies concerning Lightning, Thermal Plasma and Arc Discharge

Abstract

Technologies concerning lightning, thermal plasma, and arc discharge are required to properly protect systems and equipment used in the power and energy field. In the industrial application field and the environmental field and so on, these technologies are also used for building a more comfortable society through an active utilization of the high energy state. Moreover, these technologies are hoped to take on an important role in a next-generation society. In this review paper, we introduce the latest trends of these technologies about a protection of the electrical power system, an evaluation of the electrical installation performance for fault arcs, and the arc plasma applications.