DocumentCode
998309
Title
A PC based ground impedance measurement instrument
Author
MelioPoulos, A. P Sakis ; Cokkinides, George ; Abdallah, Hanna ; Duong, Steven ; Patel, Shashi
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
8
Issue
3
fYear
1993
fDate
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1095
Lastpage
1106
Abstract
A PC-based instrument for ground impedance measurements is presented. The instrument injects a transient electric current between the ground under measurement and an auxiliary ground, and it measures ground potential differences (GPDs) around the ground under measurement. The GPD measurements are processed with software which rejects external noise by the use of correlation methods. Estimation methods are used to extract the ground potential rise and ground impedance. The final result is the ground impedance versus frequency in a user-selected frequency range. The instrument has been constructed and field tested by three electric utilities.<>
Keywords
computerised instrumentation; earthing; electric impedance measurement; microcomputer applications; power system measurement; PC; computerised instrumentation; correlation methods; earthing; electric utilities; external noise; ground impedance measurement; ground potential differences; instrument; power system measurement; software;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-8977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/61.252636
Filename
252636
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