PHY098 LOD 2, C4 Assignment: Mitigating Damage to Electrical Appliances from Lightning Strikes

Table of Contents

1. Problem identification:

Problem: Damage of electrical appliances due to lightning
strikes.
Implications of problem: Leads to financial losses and
potential safety hazards

Include previous incidents (if any) / related statistics / articles

2. Analysis: Stating all the physics law, theories, facts.

– Organize the information: external factors/ contributions.

– Analyse the root cause and potential vulnerabilities
contributing to the damage. Key factors – power surges, electromagnetic interference, voltage fluctuations.

– Analyse existing protective measures

3. Application: Build new ideas on how the problem can be
solved. Come out with new solution. No right or wrong on the
new idea/solution.
E.g.

– Idea 1: Enhanced surge protection

– Idea 2: Lightning rods and robust grounding system

– Idea 3: Smart sensors and automation

4. Synthesis / evaluation: Need to have evidence to support the new idea (at least 5 references/citations)

5. Decision making: Able to make excellent comparison/contrast between the information obtained, identify problem and available solution.

Example of situations: Defibrillator, motional emf, electric vehicle,
electromagnetic interference, MRI, fibre optic cable, nuclear reactor, electrostatic precipitator etc. (anything related to PHY098 syllabus)

Suggested Marks: 50 marks
Weightage: 10%