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GPR
(redirected from Ground Potential Rise)

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GPRGround Penetrating Radar
GPRGeneral Purpose Register (IBM S/360/370/390)
GPRGround Probing Radar
GPRGround Potential Rise (electrical engineering)
GPRGrade Point Ratio
GPRGoogle Page Rank
GPRGeneral Purpose Reloadable (debit cards)
GPRGovernment Purpose Rights
GPRGlobal Posture Review (US DoD)
GPRGesellschaft für Pädiatrische Radiologie
GPRGram positive rod
GPRGreen Point Rater (training certification)
GPRGross Profit Ratio
GPRGlucose Production Rate (biology)
GPRGroupe Permanent Chargé des Réacteurs (French: Standing Group in Charge of Reactors)
GPRGunpowder Residue
GPRGraphical Patient Record
GPRGlobal Position Receiver
GPRGallatin Paranormal Research (Tennessee)
GPRGovernment Plant Representative
GPRGroup Property Representative
GPRGrading Plan Review
GPRGraphical Process Representation
GPRGlobalPathRegistry
GPRGeek Public Radio (Internet radio station)
GPRGeneral Practice Residency (medical training)
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This defeats the purpose of keeping the ground potential rise as low as possible.
Letters by Anonymous / Electrical Apparatus
Electrical damage from ground potential rise (GPR) has an estimated cost in the millions of dollars a year, but few field engineers or service managers in the industry are even aware of the phenomenon [4].
Lightning protection of structures and electronic equipment: a case ... by Okyere, P.Y.; Eduful, George / International Journal of Applied Engineering Research
When the uphill tower was impacted by a lightning strike, the energy wave, or ground potential rise (GPR), would pass through the downhill site with multiple grounds, causing equipment to rise and fall at various times and inducing damage.
Carolina West Wireless: a study in rural site protection by Henry, Anna / Rural Telecommunications
 
 
 
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