• DocumentCode
    3224052
  • Title

    How to design an effective earthing system to ensure the safety of the people

  • Author

    Nassereddine, M. ; Rizk, J. ; Hellany, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    416
  • Lastpage
    421
  • Abstract
    Performing High Voltage (HV) maintenance with a multicraft work force creates a special set of safety circumstances. The safety of people including workers will be discussed in this paper. In addition, this paper will present an effective approach to design an earthing system. This approach explains the theoretical background necessary to perform the calculation of the required safety voltages. Finally, this paper provides a verification of the proposed approach via simulation with current distribution, electromagnetic fields, grounding and soil structure analysis CDEGS software.
  • Keywords
    earthing; current distribution; effective earthing system; electromagnetic fields; high voltage maintenance; multicraft work force; safety voltages; soil structure analysis CDEGS software; Conductivity; Electrodes; Grounding; Impedance; Power system faults; Probes; Safety; Soil; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, 2009. ACTEA '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Zouk Mosbeh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3833-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3834-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACTEA.2009.5227944
  • Filename
    5227944