• DocumentCode
    1116519
  • Title

    A simplified method for calculating the substation grounding grid resistance

  • Author

    Chow, Y.L. ; Salama, M.M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    736
  • Lastpage
    742
  • Abstract
    A simple and accurate formula for calculating the grounding grid resistance is proposed in this paper. This method is based on a theoretical manipulation of the numerical moment method and of the current image. The formula is dependent on the substation grounding grid design, such as grid depth, grid size, number of meshes, grid-conductor diameter, etc. A comparison study is performed to check the accuracy of the proposed formula with respect to six different formulas and methods in the literature. An excellent agreement was found between the results of this formula and the results of a sophisticated computerized method
  • Keywords
    earth electrodes; electric resistance; substations; computerized method; current image; grid depth; grid size; grid-conductor diameter; grounding grid resistance calculation; meshes; numerical moment method; substation grounding grid; Capacitance; Conductors; Electric resistance; Equations; Grid computing; Grounding; Moment methods; Power engineering computing; Soil; Substations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/61.296251
  • Filename
    296251