Modeling soil electrical conductivity under impulse discharge for electrical ground system

Fajingbesi, Fawwaz Eniola and Midi, Nur Shahida and Yusoff, Siti Hajar and Elsheikh, Elsheikh Mohamed Ahmed (2018) Modeling soil electrical conductivity under impulse discharge for electrical ground system. In: Eighth International Conference On Advances in Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technology - CEET 2018, 3rd-4th February 2018, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

Soil electrical conductivity play an essential role in proper grounding system design for dissipation of static and dynamic electric charge. However, soil properties such as pH, moisture and nutrients causes’ non-linear variation in the soil electrical conductivity. This non-linear soil impedance phenomena directly affect electrical modeling of soil characteristics for efficient grounding system design. In this paper, the electrical dependency of soil properties on overall impedance have been investigated and used to formulate a soil impedance electrical circuit equation model through simulation and empirical methods. Electrical conductivity for samples of 30kg of soil with varying properties within at a moisture range of 14%-26% where injected with impulse discharge and the corresponding plot where fitted with electrical circuit simulation until a proper fit was achieved. The result shows that soil electrical impedance can be modeled with a complex circuit having both capacitive, resistive and inductive elements.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	7394/71964
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Equivalent circuit model, Grounding system, Impulse discharge, Soil conductivity, Soil Ionization.
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering
Depositing User:	Nur Shahida Midi
Date Deposited:	03 May 2019 16:58
Last Modified:	03 May 2019 16:58
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/71964

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