Ricerc@Sapienza

Large-scale ground-mounted PV plants, because of their large extend and localization, can be subject to lightning strikes. When a lightning strike falls into the area of the PV plant, the earthing system is affected by the current flowing in the lightning channel and potentially dangerous overvoltages may occur. Thus, the investigation on the performance of the grounding system is of paramount interest for the prediction of the potential threats either for people working in (or animals passing through) the solar farm area and for the installed electric and electronic equipments.

The analysis of the transmission and reflection spectra of stacked slot-based 2D periodic structures of arbitrary geometry and the ability to devise and control their electromagnetic responses have been a matter of extensive research for many decades. The purpose of this paper is to develop an equivalent Π circuit model based on the transmission-line theory and Floquet harmonic interactions, for broadband and short longitudinal period analysis.