Designing and testing low-resistance grounding systems

Author

Simonds, P.

Author_Institution

Altec Corp., Cohasset, MA, USA

Volume

20

Issue

10

fYear

2000

fDate

10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

21

Abstract

A properly designed ground system is an integral part of a site and should be regarded as highly as all of the other equipment-critical components. Such a system will play a major role in obtaining and maintaining a well-protected and efficient facility. This may be achieved with traditional methods and/or an enhanced system with electrolytic electrodes with carbon backfill. The article briefly discusses design and testing of a system including soil resistivity measurement.

Keywords

earthing; electric resistance; electrical conductivity measurement; soil; testing; carbon backfill; design; efficiency-optimization; electrolytic electrodes; fuzzy efficient-optimization controller; fuzzy logic; good dynamic response; induction motor drives; low-resistance grounding systems; magnetizing current component; minimum total copper losses; minimum total iron losses; soil resistivity measurement; testing; torque current component; Conducting materials; Conductivity; Conductors; Earth; Electrodes; Grounding; Moisture; Probes; Soil; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Review, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/39.876880

Filename

876880