| Title |
A Fundamental Study on the Impulse Responses of Ground Rod Attendant upon Soil Discharges |
| Authors |
Yang-Woo Yoo ; Sung-Chul Cho ; Bok-Hee Lee |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2014.28.4.062 |
| Keywords |
Soil Discharge ; Ground Potential Rise ; Ground Rod ; Lightning Impulse Voltage ; Transient Ground Impedance ; Conventional Ground Impedance |
| Abstract |
This paper deals with the fundamental characteristics of transient and conventional ground impedances associated with soil discharges when the lightning impulse voltage was applied to a small-sized ground rod. The potential rise responses of the test ground rod to impulse currents were observed. The current-voltage (I-V)curves, transient and conventional ground impedance curves were examined.. To analyze the transient behaviors of ground rod attendant upon soil discharges, the impulse responses of ground rod were compared with those of non-inductive resistor. As a consequence, the potential rise and impedance of ground rod were reduced and the currents dispersed into the earth were increased due to soil discharges near the ground rod. Soil discharges are classified into two regimes; ionization and breakdown phenomena. The potential rise and impulse impedance of ground rod are significantly decreased by breakdown processes in soil. |