{"id":23082,"date":"2023-10-27T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axion.es\/?p=23082"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:33:03","slug":"the-axion-groups-mijas-center-a-pioneer-in-research-on-innovative-lightning-protection-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axion.es\/en\/the-axion-groups-mijas-center-a-pioneer-in-research-on-innovative-lightning-protection-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AXI\u00d3N GROUP\u2019S MIJAS CENTER, A PIONEER IN RESEARCH ON INNOVATIVE LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located at an altitude of more than 930 meters, with a 124-meter-tall tower and surrounded by other telecommunications centers, the Axi\u00f3n Group\u2019s Mijas center<\/strong> can be struck by lightning more than 100 times a year, causing transmission outages, malfunctions, and other damage that shortens the facilities\u2019 useful life.<\/p>\n

These large-scale infrastructures<\/strong>, with their metal parts and components, are conductive elements<\/strong> that require protection against potential electrical discharges. Clouds, wind, and the structure\u2019s own surface electrification all generate such electrical discharges.<\/p>\n

This makes the center an ideal location<\/strong> for testing the new infrastructure protection equipment against lightning strikes developed<\/strong> by DINNTECO.<\/p>\n

In January 2020, DINNTECO installed its DDCE device\u2014an electrical charge compensator that captures and diverts electrical currents to ground\u2014at Axi\u00f3n\u2019s Mijas facility as part of a pilot test, along with three DINEOLes, a system similar to the DDCE, designed for moving structures.<\/p>\n

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These devices, DDCE and DINEOL, originally developed to protect wind turbines, are equally effective in other critical infrastructure, such as telecommunications towers.<\/p>\n

Their operation, based on balancing the variable electric field around the structure they protect, prevents electrical discharges from occurring by absorbing electrostatic and radio-frequency electromagnetic energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By preventing damage, savings on maintenance and repair costs<\/strong> increase compared to other traditional systems.<\/p>\n

Over time, it has been demonstrated that the benefits of this system extend beyond preventing lightning strikes and saving on maintenance; there has also been a verified reduction in electrical energy losses (corona effect) and a decrease in interference (noise), thereby improving the quality and efficiency<\/strong> of the service provided.<\/p>\n

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To validate and quantify these results, Axi\u00f3n and Dinnteco are collaborating with the Complutense University of Madrid<\/strong>, which\u2014through Prof. Dr. Eusebio Bernab\u00e9u, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Physical Sciences\u2014is investigating, at this facility, the aforementioned positive effects of using this technology in telecommunications centers, high-voltage networks, and electrical distribution and transformation facilities.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank everyone involved in this project who is making beneficial progress in this field of research<\/strong>. Among them are our colleague Jes\u00fas Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez Torres, Anabel Rib\u00f3 from DINNTECO, and Eusebio Bernab\u00e9u from the UCM.<\/p>\n

Para ampliar informaci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n

Protecci\u00f3n y Eficiencia de Aerogeneradores de Energ\u00eda dotados con Compensador de Carga El\u00e9ctrica. J. Maldonado, M.A. S\u00e1enz-Nu\u00f1o, P. Weidinger, E. Bernabeu. Energ\u00e9tica, 21<\/strong>, 207.Junio\u2013Julio 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Enabling a Physical Model on Electronic Charge Compensation Device ECCD- as a Quantum Dissipative System in The book: New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 7. E. Bernabeu, J. Maldonado, M.A. S\u00e1enz October 2021, Page 58-76. B.P. Publishers, London-Dehli.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9734\/bpi\/nvst\/v7\/10077D<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A -ECCD- Electronic Charge Compensation Device as a Quantum. Dissipative System.\u00a0 E. Bernabeu, J. Maldonado, M.A. S\u00e1enz. 2019, Appl. Sciences Journal.9, 4879-4895. Invited Paper.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Located at an altitude of more than 930 meters, with a 124-meter-tall tower and surrounded by other telecommunications centers, the Axi\u00f3n Group\u2019s Mijas center can be struck by lightning more than 100 times a year, causing transmission outages, malfunctions, and other damage that shortens the facilities\u2019 useful life. 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