Title :
Effects of deteriorated and contaminated substation surface covering layers on foot resistance calculations
Author :
Dawalibi, F.P. ; Xiong, W. ; Ma, J.
Author_Institution :
Safe Engineering Services & Technol. Ltd., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that significant inaccuracies can occur when the ANSI/IEEE Std 80 method for calculating foot resistances is applied in substations covered by a thin layer of crushed rock or similar covering layers. In particular, the errors obtained by using the infinite series expression of the foot resistance are consistently larger than those produced by the simplified expression for clean and contaminated surface layers
Keywords :
electric resistance; substations; ANSI/IEEE Std 80 method; contaminated surface layers; crushed rock; deteriorated surface layers; errors; foot resistance calculations; human foot; infinite series expression; substations; surface covering layers; ANSI standards; Electric resistance; Electric shock; Foot; Immune system; Stress; Substations; Surface contamination; Surface resistance; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
