Title
Transient Analysis of Grounding Electrodes in Multilayer Soils Using Method of Moments
Date Issued
01 February 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sao Paulo State University
Publisher(s)
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract
Grounding electrodes are expected to provide a low-impedance path for faults and lightning transient currents and protect the safety of electrical equipment and nearby people against dangerous induced potentials. In this context, a precise model of the grounding electrodes is needed to represent a certain electrode arrangement buried in stratified soil. This paper computes the grounding impedances of different grounding systems buried in three different soil configurations (homogeneous, 2-layer and 3-layer soil) modeled by its frequency-dependent electrical parameters. A simulation model using a commercial full-wave electromagnetic software FEKO to compute the grounding impedances is presented. Method of Moments(MoM), a frequency-domain numerical method, is employed to compute the grounding impedance in a frequency range of100 Hz to 5 MHz. Next, the developed ground potential rise(GPR) generated by two types of lightning currents (first and subsequent return strokes) injected into these grounding systems is computed. Time-domain GPR of each grounding system is also determined using the Vector Fitting (VF) technique combined with the ATP-software. Results show that GPR waveform is reduced when frequency-dependent soils are employed. This reduction is more pronounced in homogeneous and in 2-layersoils of high and moderated resistivity whereas the 3-layer soil has a minor impact due to the lower soil resistivity
Start page
269
End page
275
Volume
20
Issue
2
Language
(Other)
OCDE Knowledge area
Química analítica Geoquímica, Geofísica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122632433
Source
IEEE Latin America Transactions
ISSN of the container
15480992
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