Lightning current performance of conventional and enhanced rod ground electrodes

Clark, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-2361, Mousa, Salah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-6221, Harid, Noureddine, Griffiths, Huw and Haddad, Abderrahmane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4153-6146 2021. Lightning current performance of conventional and enhanced rod ground electrodes. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 63 (4) , pp. 1179-1188. 10.1109/TEMC.2021.3059277

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Abstract

The correct operation of surge arresters under lightning and switching transient conditions requires that grounding be effective at high frequencies as well as at power system frequency. Effective high frequency grounding also limits the electrocution risk to substation personnel due to transient ground potential rise. This article assesses the performance of high frequency electrodes at typical lightning impulse current magnitudes. The enhancement of such electrodes by addition of bonded horizontal arms in cross and star arrangement is also investigated. The effective impulse resistances for electrodes having lengths up to 4.8 m are calculated over a range of impulse current magnitudes at the same location. The results obtained indicate that, for low impulse current magnitudes, the preionization electrode's resistance (R 1 ) falls with increasing rod length, a behavior reflected in the measured dc resistance. The presence of horizontal enhancement was found to reduce R 1 in all cases. The occurrence of soil ionization in the immediate vicinity of the electrode resulted in a reduced postionization resistance (R 2 ) at higher currents, tending toward a common asymptotic value independent of both the length of the rod and the presence of electrode enhancements. The observed behavior is supported by numerical simulation of electric field and current density distributions, indicating that the high current performance of a grounding rod is heavily influenced by soil ionization and breakdown in high-field regions at the electrode extremities.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISSN:	0018-9375
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 May 2021
Date of Acceptance:	5 February 2021
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2024 06:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140388

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