Title :
Electrocution Danger Evaluation for Broken and Grounded Conductor
Author :
Toader, Dumitru ; Blaj, Constantin ; Haragus, Stefan
Author_Institution :
"Politehnica" Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara
Abstract :
The touch voltage and the step voltage in the case of a broken conductor from a medium voltage network is analyzed in this paper. The distribution of the electric field in the area of the broken and grounded conductor is studied using a FEM program.
Keywords :
conductors (electric); electric fields; finite element analysis; FEM; broken conductor; electric field distribution; electrocution danger evaluation; grounded conductor; step voltage; touch voltage; Circuit faults; Computer networks; Conductors; Grounding; Immune system; Impedance; Medium voltage; Power engineering computing; Resistors; Symmetric matrices; FEM; electric field; medium voltage network; step voltage;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON, 2007. The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool"
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0813-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0813-9
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400418
