Preliminary communication
DETERMINATION OF THE MUTUAL GROUND RESISTANCE OF ADJACENT GROUNDING GRIDS
Ivan Sarajčev
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brdogradnje, Split, Hrvatska
Petar Sarajčev
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brdogradnje, Split, Hrvatska
Slavko Vujević
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brdogradnje, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
The article discusses the determination of the mutual ground resistance of two adjacent metallically connected grounding grids. For this purpose, an original analytical expression for calculating the corresponding mutual ground resistance of two adjacent grounding grids has been developed. There is a complex electromagnetic coupling between adjacent grounding grids. The conductive component of this coupling is particularly evident. During a ground fault, this component markedly increases the ground resistance of the corresponding grounding system. It is essential to establish the aforementioned mutual ground resistance correctly in order to determine the distribution of the partial ground fault currents in a system of adjacent grounding grids. The determination of mutual ground resistance is presented using two specific grounding grids buried in poorly conductive soil.
Keywords
adjacent grounding grid; mutual ground resistance; conductive coupling
Hrčak ID:
35143
URI
Publication date:
31.8.2008.
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