| Title |
Soil Discharge Characteristics in Inhomogeneous Field Caused by Lightning Impulse Voltages |
| Authors |
Yang-Woo Yoo ; Seung-Min Kim ; You-Ha Kim ; Bok-Hee Lee |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2015.29.4.095 |
| Keywords |
Soil Discharge ; Lightning Impulse Voltage ; Discharge Voltage ; Ionization Growth, |
| Abstract |
This paper presents experimental results about characteristics of soil discharge as a function of moisture content when the 1.2/50㎲ lightning impulse voltage is applied. The laboratory experiments, for this study, were carried out based on factors affecting the transient behavior in soils. The electrical breakdown in soils was measured over a 0-6% range of moisture content for sands and a 0-4% range of moisture content for gravels. Needle-plane electrode systems was used As a result, the conduction current prior to ionization growth in dry soil is a little, but it in wet soil is increased with the applied voltage because the wet soil particles act as conductors. The soil impedance curves show an abrupt reduction just after breakdown. The general tendency measured in different soils is that the higher the water content, the lower the breakdown voltage and the shorter the time-lag to breakdown. |