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Meteorological Aspects of Self-Initiated Upward Lightning at the Santis Tower (Switzerland)

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Antonio Sunjerga, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jacopo Grazioli, Nikola Besic

Interest in exploring the meteorological conditions favoring upward lightning from tall man-made structures has grown in recent years, largely due to the worldwide expansion of wind energy. To this end, instrumented towers existing around the world are the ...

2019

Polarimetric radar characteristics of lightning initiation and propagating channels

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Antonio Sunjerga, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Jacopo Grazioli, Nikola Besic

In this paper we present an analysis of a large dataset of lightning and polarimetric weather radar data collected in the course of a lightning measurement campaign that took place in the summer of 2017 in the area surrounding Säntis, in the northeastern p ...

2019

Laser-guided lightning

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Antonio Sunjerga, Amirhossein Mostajabi

Lightning discharges between charged clouds and the Earth’s surface are responsible for considerable damages and casualties. It is therefore important to develop better protection methods in addition to the traditional Franklin rod. Here we present the fir ...

Nature Publishing Group2023

Formulation of the Field-to-Transmission Line Coupling Equations in Terms of Scalar and Vector Potentials

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

More than 60 years ago, Prof. S. Rusck introduced a coupling model to take into account the interaction of lightning-generated electromagnetic fields with overhead power transmission and distribution lines. The model which assumes that the ground is perfec ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

An Efficient Machine Learning Model for Lightning Localization via Lightning-Induced Voltages on Transmission Lines

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Hamidreza Karami

In this paper, three machine learning (ML)-based approaches—XGBoost, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and Random Forest algorithms—are compared for the localization of lightning through the analysis of lightninginduced voltages on power transmission lines. ...

URSI – International Union of Radio Science2024

Assessment of the Feasibility of Applying the Electromagnetic Time Reversal Theory to Locate Defects in Grounding Electrodes

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Hamidreza Karami, Rafael Silva Alipio

In recent years, the electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR) theory has been successfully applied for locating various sources of disturbances, such as short-circuit faults, in power systems. In this paper, a theoretical analysis of the feasibility of applyin ...

2023

An experimental validation of partial discharge localization using electromagnetic time reversal

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Hamidreza Karami

The localization of partial discharge (PD) sources is of importance for the monitoring and maintenance of power transformers. Time difference of arrival (TDoA) based methods are widely adopted in the literature for the localization of PDs. Recently, time r ...

Nature Research2021

Secondary Fast Breakdown in Narrow Bipolar Events

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

The physical mechanism of Narrow bipolar events (NBEs) has been studied for decades but it still holds many mysteries. Recent observations indicate that the fast breakdown discharges that produce NBEs sometimes contain a secondary fast breakdown that propa ...

2022

FDTD Modeling of Lightning Electromagnetic Field Propagation Over Mountainous Terrain

Marcos Rubinstein

The Full-Wave Finite-Difference-Time-Domain (FDTD) electromagnetic (EM) simulation method can simulate large domains and produce time-marching solutions for arbitrary time-domain sources, making it ideal for many lightning applications. In this paper, a tw ...

IEEE2019

Exploring the Cooray-Diendorfer Return Stroke Model: Unraveling the Mechanism Behind the Diminished Propagation Speed of Electromagnetic Waves in Dielectric Media

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

Electromagnetic fields are comprised of photons, which invariably travel at the speed of light in free space. However, an intriguing question arises: why do electromagnetic waves in dielectric media seem to propagate at a speed less than that of light? A r ...

2024

The Propagation Effects of Lightning Electromagnetic Fields Over Mountainous Terrain in the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar

In this paper, a full-wave two-dimensional Finite-Difference-Time-Domain model is developed to evaluate the propagation effects of lightning electromagnetic fields over mountainous terrain in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. In the model, we investigate the ...

2019

Partial Discharge Localization Using Electromagnetic Time Reversal: A Performance Analysis

Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Hamidreza Karami, Zhaoyang Wang, Ali Ghasemi

In this study, first, a comparison on the application of electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR) and time difference of arrival (TDoA) in partial discharge localization in power transformers is presented. A two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simula ...

2020

On the Current Peak Estimates Provided by Lightning Detection Networks for Lightning Return Strokes to Tall Towers

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Davide Pavanello

The peak current estimation of lightning detection networks for strikes to tall towers is discussed in this paper. Such systems are sometimes calibrated using return-stroke current data obtained by means of rocket-triggered lightning or instrumented towers ...

2009

On the mechanisms of differential-mode to common-mode conversion in the broadband over power line (BPL) frequency band

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, José-Luis Bermudez, Ana Vukicevic

The conversion between the common and the differential modes is of great importance in the transmission of data over poorly balanced cables such as electrical wiring. In this paper, we have studied some of the mechanisms involved in this conversion, both e ...

2006

On the accuracy of approximate techniques for the evaluation of lightning electromagnetic fields along a mixed propagation path

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Abdolhamid Shoory, Abdenabi Mimouni

In this paper we review simplified analytical expressions derived by Wait using the concept of attenuation function for the analysis of the propagation of lightning-radiated electromagnetic fields over a mixed propagation path (vertically stratified ground ...

2011

The application of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique to lightning studies

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

We have seen in this chapter that the FDTD method for solving Maxwell's equations is accurate and versatile in a very wide variety of applications related to lightning. One can analyze the lightning electromagnetic field propagation over distances ranging ...

IET2022

Nonlinear electrical conductivity through the thickness of multidirectional carbon fiber composites

Marcos Rubinstein, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Xi Chen

Lightning strikes pose a serious natural threat to carbon fiber-reinforced poly- mers (CFRPs). Knowledge of the electrical current distribution is essential for modeling the interaction between CFRP with lightning. In most applications, the anisotropy of C ...

2019

LMA Observation of Upward Flashes at Santis Tower: Preliminary Results

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Amirhossein Mostajabi

Lightning striking tall towers is mainly of the upward lightning type, which is characterized by the absence of a first return stroke and the presence of an initial continuous current (ICC) with or without superimposed pulses. The Santis Tower is 124 m tal ...

IEEE2018

Application of the time reversal of electromagnetic fields to locate lightning discharges

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Nicolas Mora Parra

In this paper, we propose a new method for locating lightning discharges. The proposed method is based on the time reversal technique introduced for acoustics in the early 1990s. By analogy to the derivations in acoustics, equations for the focusing of ele ...

Elsevier2012

The laser lightning rod project

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Antonio Sunjerga, Amirhossein Mostajabi

Lightning is highly destructive due to its high power density and unpredictable character. Directing lightning away would allow to protect sensitive sites from its direct and indirect impacts (electromagnetic perturbations). Up to now, lasers have been una ...

EDP Sciences2021