Mesh Potentials in High-Voltage Grounding Grids

1 February 1967

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Vol. PAS-86 (2) , 249-254
https://doi.org/10.1109/tpas.1967.291843

Abstract

In most high-voltage switchyards, basic grounding systems are formed by a grid of horizontally buried conductors. A series of scale model tests in an electrolytic tank have been performed and charts are developed with the use of which percentage mesh potential in a high-voltage grounding grid, formed of square meshes, can be determined. The ranges of parameters are those usually encountered in practice. The results are compared with those obtained with the use of the approximate formula suggested by the AIEE Committee. The experimental results are quite close to those obtained with the use of the approximate formula.

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IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1963
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Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Part III: Power Apparatus and Systems, 1953