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389IEEE
Transactionson
PowerApparatus
andSystems,
Vol.PAS-102,
No.2,
February1983
TRANSIENTANALYSIS
OFGROUNDING
SYSTEMS
A.P.
MeliopoulosIEEE,
MemberM.
G.Moharam
IEEE,Member
Schoolof
ElectricalEngineering
GeorgiaInstitute
ofTechnology
Atlanta,Georgia
30332
Abstract
Thispaper
addressesthe
problemof
computingthe
groundpotential
riseof
groundingsystems
duringtransients.
Finiteelement
analysis
isemployed
tomodel
theconstituent
partsof
agrounding
system.Short
lengthsof
earth
embedded
electrodesare
charac-terized
astransmission
lineswith
distributedinduc-
tance,capacitance
andleakage
resistanceto
earth.
Leakageresistance
toearth
isaccurately
computed
withthe
method
ofmoments.
Theother
parametersof
thefinite
element,namely
inductanceand
capacitance,
are
computed
fromthe
resistanceutilizing
Maxwell'sequa-
tions.This
modelingenables
thecomputation
ofthe
transientresponse
ofsubstation
groundingsystems
tofast
orslow
waves
strikingthe
substation.The
result
isobtained
interms
ofa
convolution
ofthe
stepre-
sponseof
thesystem
andthe
strikingwave.
Inthis
way
theimpedance
ofsubstation
systemsto
60cycles
isaccurately
computed.Results
demonstratethe
depen-dence
ofthe
60cycle
impedanceon
systemparameters.
Themethodology
allowsto
interfacethis
model
ofa
substationground
mat
withthe
ElectromagneticTrans-
ientAnalysis
Programthus,
allowingexplicit
represen-
tationof
earth
effectsin
electromagmatictransients
computations.
1.INTRODUCTION
Thetransient
response
characteristicsof
ground-ing
systemsplay
an
importantrole
inthe
protectionof
electricalinstallations.
Forexample,
thevoltage
dropalong
aground
rodconnecting
asurge
arrester
and
thetransformer
itis
protectingcan
obtaina
value
whichis
asubstantial
percentageof
thebasic
impulselevel
ofthe
transformerinsulation.
Dependingon
theconfiguration,
thesurge
arrester
experiencesan
over-
voltagewhich
isless
thanthe
one
reachingthe
trans-former.
Thussystem
protectionis
reduced.
Theintro-
ductionof
solidstate
arresters
and
theevery
shrink-ing
safetymargins
demandmore
accurate
analysis
proce-dures
forsubstation
designand
protection.In
thiscontext,
analysisprocedures
predictingthe
transientresponse
ofsubstation
groundingsystems
are
very
im-portant.
Thetransient
response
ofgrounding
structureshas
beenstudied
many
yearsago
byRudenberg
[1],Bewley
[2],Sunde
[3]and
others.The
classicalexperiments
performedby
Bewley[21
on
counterpoisesprovide
much
informationabout
thetransient
characteristicof
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369-7A
paperrecommended
and
approvedby
theIEEE
SubstationsCommittee
ofthe
IEEEPower
Engineer-ing
Societyfor
presentationat
theIEEE
PES1982
SummerMeeting,
SanFrancisco,
California,July
18-23,1982.
Manuscriptsubmitted
February4,
1982;made
avail-
ablefor
prinftingApril
19,1982.
groundingsystems.
Vermaand
Mukhedkar[51
showedthat
distributedresistance
and
inductancemodels
ofburied
groundwires
predicttransient
response
ofsuch
systemsin
agreementwith
theexperiments
ofBewley.
However,they
donot
provideany
models
forpractical
substationgrounding
systems.Kostaluk,
Lobodaand
Mukhedkar[15]
provideexperimental
datafor
transientground
impe-dances.
Similarly,Rogers
[6]reports
on
actualsystem
transientresponse
ofa
largetower
footing.Bellashi
etal.
[8],[91,
[10],have
givena
completetreatment
ofdriven
rods
characteristics.Gupta
andThapar
[7]provide
empiricalformulae
forthe
impulseimpedance
ofsubstation
groundgrids,
definedas
theratio
ofthe
peakvalue
ofthe
voltage
developedat
thefeeding
pointto
thepeak
value
ofthe
current.
Thisdefini-
tionof
impulseimpedance
leadsto
uncertainty
becausethe
peakvalues
ofvoltage
and
current
donot
necessar-
ilyoccur
atthe
same
time.The
sodefined
impulseimpedance
stronglydepends
on
therise
timeof
thewave
considered,the
mesh
sizeof
thegrid,
soilresistivity
and
permittivity,the
feedingpoint,
etc.This
paperpresents
datawhich
furtherillustrate
thepoint.
Thus,the
definitionof
impulseimpedance
ofreference
[71is
atbest
ambiguous.
Thework
reportedin
thispaper
addressesthe
problemof
transientanalysis
ofpractical
groundingsystems
consistingof
groundmats,
groundrods,
etc.The
developedmodels
are
ingood
agreementwith
experi-mental
results.
Thepaper
isorganized
as
follows.First,
thesimple
case
ofan
earth
embedded
conductor
istreated.
Thiscase
isextended
tothe
case
ofa
substationground
mat.
Thesetwo
cases
clearlyillustrate
themethodology.
Sampletest
cases
are
presentedand
com-
paredto
knownexperimental
data.The
comparison
isfavorable.
Finally,amethodology
isoutlined
forthe
interfaceof
thegrounding
systemmodels
ofthis
paperwith
theEMTP
computer
programwhich
enables
thestudy
ofthe
impactof
groundingsystems
on
electromagnetictransients.
2.TRANSIENT
RESPONSEOF
ANEARTH
EMBEDDEDCONDUCTOR
2.1Problem
Formulation
Developmentof
models
ofgrounding
structuressuitable
forthe
computationof
theirtransient
re-
sponsecan
bedemonstrated
withthe
simplesystem
ofa
singleburied
conductor.
Sucha
systemis
illustratedin
Figure1.
Asmall
segment
oflength
Qof
theconductor
ofFigure
1,is
characterizedwith
aseries
resistanceAr,
aseries
inductanceAL,
conductance
Agto
remote
earth
and
capacitanceAC.
Thisrepresenta-
tionis
illustratedin
Figure2.
Theseparameters
are
distributedalong
thelength
Qof
thesegment.
Thethick
solidline
signifiesthe
tact.
Thenumerical
values
ofthe
quantitiesAg,
AL,AC
can
bedirectly
computedfrom
twoquantities,
namelythe
conductance
Agand
thespeed
ofelectromagnetic
waves
inthe
soilV
,as
follows.The
speedV
is
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