| Title |
The Variations of Grounding Resistance of the Vertical Electrodes by Soil Models |
| Authors |
Keon-Bo Shim ; Won-Bae Kim ; Gil-Mo Seo ; Guem-Bae Cho |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.9.057 |
| Keywords |
Grounding Resistance ; Grounding Design ; Soil Models ; Grounding Electrodes |
| Abstract |
The basic purpose of grounding is for human safety and normal operation of system related to electrical shock hazard by faults of electrical equipments. A grounding electrode is defined as a conducting element that connects electrical systems and/or equipment to the earth. The lowest possible resistance connection to the earth is sought from the grounding electrode. The grounding electrode is the foundation of the electrical safety system. The resistance to ground of vertical electrodes buried in the two deference soil structures has been analyzed for a length of electrodes and soil parameters. The equation of ground resistance of vertical electrodes are Tagg’s equation for uniform soil models, and modified equation of Dwight equation for two-layer soil model. In this paper, compared with results of two equations are calculated values of vertical electrode in uniform and two-layer soil models. |