Title
Alternative Methods to Calculate Electromagnetic Transients in Grounding Systems
Date Issued
01 September 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
De Araujo A.R.J.
Kurokawa S.
Seixas C.M.
Saõ Paulo State University
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
Grounding electrodes are essential in electrical power system to maintain a reliable operation, and to guarantee the safety of personnel and equipment. When a lightning strikes at a transmission tower, surge current waves travel to the foundations of the structure which are partially absorbed by the grounding impedance. As a consequence, the electrical potential increases in relation to a remote reference, which is named Grounding Potential Rising (GPR). These curves are very important to verify if the step voltages are in accordance with specific standards to guarantee a safety conditions during the transient state. In this paper, impedance of some grounding systems are calculated by classic models for a large frequency range, varying in different lengths and buried in homogeneous soils. Then, the GPR curves are by two recursive methods directly in time domain. These methods applies Vector Fitting technique on each grounding impedance response, where the poles and residues are obtained. Then, employing the recursive convolution and trapezoidal method, the GPR are computed directly in time domain. These curves are compared with the classic Numerical Laplace Transform (NLT) which have shown a good agreement with the recursive methods.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079051215
ISBN
9781728118918
ISBN of the container
978-172811891-8
DOI of the container
10.1109/SIPDA47030.2019.8951540
Conference
2019 15th International Symposium on Lightning Protection, SIPDA 2019
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