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Influence of Soil Conductivity and Rod-to-Earth Gaps on Lightning Breakdown Voltage and Peak Current of Rod-to-Plane Air Gaps
Abdulrahman Abanmi, Salman Alissa, Usama Khaled, Abderrahmane Beroual and Omar Aldraimli
Page: 8362-8367 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022
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Abstract
This study deals with the influence of soil conductivity and a rod-to-earth electrode gap on lightning impulse voltages. Two types of soils are considered: homogeneous and non-homogeneous/heterogeneous. The heterogeneous soil consists of a metallic plate in contact with a parallelepiped tank filled with water or wetted sand of different conductivities. It is shown that, for homogeneous Earth, the U50 decreases when 50% increasing the soil conductivity and the electrodes gap decreases. For heterogeneous soil configuration and a given distance from the HV electrode to the metallic electrode, the U50 is higher for lower conductivities of 50% homogeneous soil.
How to cite this article:
Abdulrahman Abanmi, Salman Alissa, Usama Khaled, Abderrahmane Beroual and Omar Aldraimli. Influence of Soil Conductivity and Rod-to-Earth Gaps on Lightning Breakdown
Voltage and Peak Current of Rod-to-Plane Air Gaps.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/jeasci.2019.8362.8367
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