• DocumentCode
    675130
  • Title

    Portable and compact grounding system

  • Author

    Hassan, Waqar ; Akmal, Muhammad ; Kamran, Muhammad

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Eng. & Technol. Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    2-5 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper recommends improving the traditional grounding practice by focusing on the design and implementation of a portable grounding system used for different electrical equipment and portable machines. It involves experimental work to find earth resistance of portable and compact grounding system. The experimental results obtained have been used to develop a desired grounding system. The main contribution is based on a practical designing of portable grounding system to make it transportable, reusable, cost efficient, compact, semi prepared and easy to install. A number of grounding blocks have been prepared and attached together to obtain the desired value of earth resistance. Experiments have been performed for different combination of blocks having different sizes and results have been obtained. Variations in resistance with volume of water for this portable grounding system is also calculated from a series of experiments conducted in three days.
  • Keywords
    earthing; compact grounding system; earth resistance; electrical equipment; portable grounding system; portable machines; Conductivity; Copper; Earth; Electrical resistance measurement; Grounding; Resistance; Soil; Portable grounding system; grounding blocks; grounding resistance; power system protection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2013 48th International Universities'
  • Conference_Location
    Dublin
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/UPEC.2013.6715006
  • Filename
    6715006