| Title |
Evaluations of Dangerous Voltages around Grounding Electrode using Small-sized Model |
| Authors |
Young-Hwan Baek ; Bok-Hee Lee |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2010.24.6.083 |
| Keywords |
Ground rod ; Touch voltage ; Step voltage ; Ground surface potential rise ; Real-sized model ; Small-sized model test |
| Abstract |
In this paper, to propose a valid method solving a problem relevant to grounding from actual field data, the experimental results relevant to touch and step voltages and surface potential profiles measured around the real-sized and small-sized grounding electrode models were described. The ground surface potential profiles and dangerous voltages around the concrete pedestals employed in street facilities such as street lamps, traffic signal lamp and controllers as a case study were measured and discussed. The hemispherical cell with a diameter of 1,160[mm] was employed to simulate uniform soil. As a result, the results measured with the small-sized model were in reasonably agreement with the data obtained from the real-sized installation. It was found that the small-sized model test could be employed as a useful means evaluating the dangerous voltages around grounding electrodes installed at the inaccessible areas such as mountains, underground, underwater, and so on. |