TY - JOUR N2 - In this paper, a study of the lightning phenomenon and its harmful effect on Aqaba Thermal Power Station (ATPS), located in the south-western border of Jordan, is presented using the Electromagnetic Transients Program – Alternative Transients Program (EMTP- ATP). This study has been arisen due to an installation need of appropriate lightning arresters (LAs) for the 15/410 kV step-up transformers of the ATPS to eliminate the destructive effect of lightning. The simulation is carried out for two cases, once without using LAs and once more with using them. Two scenarios are applied for each of these cases, once when lightning strikes the primary side of the transformer and once more when it strikes the secondary side. The results obtained by the simulation indicate the necessity of LAs installation. This study, with using the EMTP-ATP program, is done for the first time with additional details that help researchers, designers, and engineers to get a broad overview of the ATPS in order to protect it against lightning. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117020/PDF/art10.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117020 PY - 2020 IS - No 3 EP - 660 DO - 10.24425/aee.2020.133923 KW - basic insulation level BIL KW - EMTP-ATP program KW - lightning KW - lightning arrester LA KW - metal oxide varistor MOV A1 - Shehab, Wael Fawzi Abu A1 - Ali, Shehab Abdulwadood A1 - Alsharari, Mohammad Ibrahim PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 69 DA - 2020.09.15 T1 - Lightning protection for power transformers of Aqaba Thermal Power Station SP - 645 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117020 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -