How do you protect electrical systems from high energy electromagnetic pulses? This book is designed for researchers who wish to design toughned systems against EMPs from high altitude sources. It discusses numerous factors affectíng the strength of EMPs as well as their impact on electronic components, devices and power electrical equipment. This book includes practical protection methods and means for evaluating their effectiveness.

• About the Author 6
• Annotation 8
• Introduction 10
• Contents 14
• 1. Electromagnetic pulse – a parcel from the past 20
• 2. A contemporary view of HEMP for electrical engineers 79
• 3. HEMP simulators 98
• 4. The vulnerability of electronic equipment to HEMP 114
• 5. Electronic components for HEMP protection system 129
• 6. External protection of power systems’ electronic equipment from HEMP 147
• 7. The issues of electronic equipment grounding at the power facilities 168
• 8. The issue of control cables selection for HEMP-protected electric facilities 190
• 9. Grounding of control-cable shields 198
• 10. HEMP filters 208
• 11. High-voltage insulation interfaces 231