| Title |
Numerical Calculation for Grounding Impedance of a Horizontal Ground Electrode Based on the Electromagnetic Field Theory |
| Authors |
Bok-Hee Lee ; Sung-Chul Cho |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2014.28.2.076 |
| Keywords |
Grounding Impedance ; Method of Moment ; Pocklington's Equation ; Galerkin' Method ; Modified Image Method |
| Abstract |
This paper deals with the numerical method of calculating the frequency-dependent impedances of grounding electrodes. The proposed electromagnetic field approach is based on the solutions to Maxwell's equations obtained from the method of moment in the frequency domain. In order to evaluate the quality of the proposed simulation method, the frequency-dependent impedances of horizontally-buried ground electrodes were presented. The program for calculating the current distributions and impedances of grounding electrodes was implemented in MATLAB. The grounding impedances of two 10m and 50m long horizontal ground electrodes were measured and simulated in the frequency range from 100Hz to 10MHz for easy analysis and comparison. Also the simulated results were compared with those calculated from a sophisticated computer program CDEGS (HIFREQ module). As a result, the resultant results of frequency-dependent impedances obtained by using the numerical simulation method proposed in this work are in good agreement with experimental data. The validity of the approach techniques was confirmed. |