• DocumentCode
    933196
  • Title

    An innovative analysis of earthing grids for power substations

  • Author

    Yung, Edward Kai-Ning

  • Author_Institution
    City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Volume
    132
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    9/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    251
  • Lastpage
    256
  • Abstract
    An innovative method for the determination of the earthing resistance and the touch potential of an earth grid for power substations has been developed in the paper. In the new scheme, each conductor of a given earthing grid is treated as a lossy transmission line. Input resistances of representative earthing grids have been evaluated, and good agreement between the data determined by the new method and the latest results published in literature has been observed. By plotting the potential variation on the earth surface three-dimensionally, the potential dips at the centre of each conductor mesh can be depicted, and with which the touch potential of the entire grid can then be enumerated.
  • Keywords
    earthing; power system protection; substations; conductor; conductor mesh; earthing grids; earthing resistance; power substations; touch potential;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE Proceedings C
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-7046
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-c.1985.0042
  • Filename
    4646569