Power Network Application Trainer
–Earthing / Grounding network impedance measurement
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2.2
Specific earth resistance measurements [ρ]
The measurement is carried out in order to assure more accurate calculation of earthing
systems e.g. for high-voltage distribution towers, large industrial plants, lightning
systems etc.
AC test voltage is used for the measurement, since DC test voltage is not suitable due
to possible electro-chemical processes in the measured ground material. Specific earth
resistance value is expressed in Ωm or Ωft, its absolute value depends on structure of
the ground material.
Specific earth resistance is resistance of ground material shaped as a cube 1 m × 1 m ×
1 m, where the measurement electrodes are placed at the opposite sides of the cube.
Figure 24-2: Presentation of specific earth resistance
Conduction of current in the soil is mostly electrolytic, so the amount of moisture and
salt content in soil radically affects to its resistivity. Since the amount of water in the soil
varies related to the weather conditions, groundwater level, seasons, different layer soil
structure as well as temperature (increase of temperature leads to decrease of
resistance) the earth resista
nce vary a lot during the year’s seasons.
Indicative values of specific earth resistances for a few typical ground materials are
presented in the table below:
Type of ground material
Specific earth resistance
in
Ω
m
Specific earth resistance
in
Ω
ft
sea water
0,5
1,6
lake or river water
10
– 100
32,8
– 328
ploughed earth
90
– 150
295
– 492
concrete
150
– 500
492
– 1640
wet gravel
200
– 400
656
– 1312
fine dry sand
500
1640
lime
500
– 1000
1640
– 3280
dry gravel
1000
– 2000
3280
– 6562
stony ground
100
– 3000
328
– 9842
Table 9-2: Specific earth resistance
For soil structure analyse it is recommended to perform more measurement with
different distance between test probes. Higher distance between probes means, that
deeply depth of soil is analysed. Example bellow shows relation between probe
distance and measured soil depth.
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