• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2012

The fall-of-potential method is commonly used in measuring the ground resistance of large-scaled grounding system and the current and potential auxiliary electrodes are horizontally arranged. Because the distances between the ground grid to be tested and auxiliary electrodes are limited in downtown areas, it is very difficult to measure accurately the ground resistance of large-scaled grounding system. In this paper, the fall-of-potential method of measuring the ground resistance with the vertically-placed current and potential auxiliary electrodes was examined and discussed. The validity and good accuracy of the proposed method of measuring the ground resistance were confirmed through various simulations and actual tests carried out in uniform and two-layer soil structures.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2001

This paper describes an advanced measuring method and precise evaluation of the ground resistance for the grounding system of energized substations and power equipments. A grounding system of substations consists of all interconnected grounding connections of grounded conductors, neutral ground wires, underground conductors of distribution lines, cable shields, grounding terminals of equipments, and etc. It is very difficult to measure the accurate ground resistance of the grounding terminals of equipments, and etc. It is very difficult to measure the accurate ground resistance of the grounding system of high voltage energized substations because of harmonic components caused by switched power supplies or overloads. The conventional fall-of-potential method may be subject to big error if stray ground currents and potentials are present. In this work, to improve the precision in measurements of the ground resistance by eliminating the effects of harmonic components and stray currents and potentials, the investigations of the ground resistance measurement by using a low pass filter in a model energized grounding system were conducted. The accuracy of ground resistance mesurements was evaluated as a function of the ratio of the test signal to noise (S/N). The errors due to the proposed ground resistance measurement method were decreased with increasing S/N and were less than 5[%] as S/N is 10. The proposed ground resistance measurement method appears to be considerably more accurate than the conventional fall-of -potential method. It is allows cancellation of the parasitic resistance of energized grounding systems, to employ the measurement method that allows cancellation of the parasitic effects due to other circulating ground currents and ground potential rises in practical situations.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제51권8호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2002

This paper presents an accurate method for measuring the ground resistance in powered grounding system. Most of substations and electric power equipments are interconnected to an extensive grounding network of overhead ground wires, neutral conductors of transmission lines, cable shields, and etc. The parasitic effects due to circulating ground currents and ground potential rise make a significant error in measuring the ground resistance. The test current transition method was proposed to reduce the effects of stray ground currents, ground potential rise and harmonic components in measurements of the ground resistance for powered grounding systems. The instrumental error of the test current transition method is decreased as the ratio of the test current signal to noise(S/N) increases. It was found from the test results that the proposed measuring method of the ground resistance is more accurate than the conventional fall-of-potential method or low-pass filter method, and the measuring error was less than 3[%]when S/N is 10.

• International Journal of Safety
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

In this paper, the effects of the position and the angle of the potential probes on the measurements of the ground resistance using the fall-of-potential method are described and the testing techniques for minimizing the measuring errors are proposed. The fall-of-potential method is theoretically based on the potential and current measuring principle and the measuring error is primarily caused by the position and angle of auxiliary probes. In order to analyze the relative error in the measured value of the ground resistance due to the position of the potential probe, the ground resistance was measured for the case in which the distance of the current probe was fixed at 50[m] and the distance of the potential probe was located from 10[m] to 50[m]. Also, the potential probe was located in turn at $30[^{\circ}]$, $45[^{\circ}]$, $60[^{\circ}]$, $90[^{\circ}]$, and $180[^{\circ}]$. As a consequence, relative error decreased with increasing distance of the potential probe and decreasing angle between the current probe and potential probe. The results could help to determine the position of the potential probe during the ground resistance measurement.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1874-1876
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• 2000

In this paper, the effects of the positions of the current probe on the measurements of the ground resistanc, and potential gradients with fall-of-potential method are described, and the testing techniques to minimize the measuring errors are proposed. The fall-of-potential method is theoretically based on the potential and current measuring principle and the measuring error is primarily caused by the position of the measuring auxiliary probes. The ground resistance is calculated by applying the 61.8% lute using fall-of-potential method.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.222-231
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• 2010

This paper presents numerical analysis of measurement errors of ground electrode using the fall-of-potential method. In order to analyze ground resistance error according to the positions of auxiliary probes, firstly, national and international standards were researched. Secondly, numerical ground resistance error of hemispheric electrode was analyzed according to the locations of auxiliary probes and the angle between probes. Then, error-reduced positions of auxiliary probes were shown according to the distance to auxiliary current probe versus ground electrode size. Finally, error compensation method was presented. The results presented in this paper provide useful information regarding ground resistance error of alternative positions of auxiliary probes in case that the auxiliary probes could not be located at the proper position in such cases as there are buildings, roadblock or underground metallic pipe at that position.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.313-316
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• 2008

This paper presents the error factors of Fall-of-potential test method used in measurements of the grounding-system impedance. This test methods inherently can introduce two possible errors in the measurements of grounding-system impedance: (1) ground mutual resistance due to current flow through ground from the ground electrode to the current probe, (2) ac mutual coupling between the current test lead and the potential test lead. The errors of ground mutual resistances and ac mutual coupling are expressed by the equation in calculating grounding impedance. These equations were calculated by Matlab that is commercial tool using mathematical calculation. The results of calculation were applied to correct grounding impedance.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권9호
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• pp.1778-1783
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• 2009

Ground impedance for the large grounding system is measured according to the IEEE Standard 81.2 which is based on the revised fall-of-potential method of installing auxiliary electrode at a right angle. When the auxiliary electrodes are located at an angle of $90^{\circ}$, the ground impedance inevitably includes the error due to earth mutual resistance. In this paper, in order to accurately measure the ground impedance of vertically-driven ground electrodes, error rates due to earth mutual resistance are evaluated by ground resistance and ground impedance measuring devices and compared with calculated values. As a result, the measured results are in good agreement with the computed results considering soil layer with different resistivity. The error rates due to earth mutual resistance decrease with increasing the length of ground electrode in the case that the ratio of the distance between the ground rod to be measured and the auxiliary electrodes to the length of ground electrode(D/L) is same. The ground impedance should be measured at the minimum distance between the auxiliary electrodes that will have an estimated measurement accuracy due to earth mutual resistance.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 전위강하법을 이용한 접지저항 측정시 전위보조전극의 위치 및 각도의 영향에 대하여 기술하였으며, 측정시 오차를 최소화하는 기법을 제안하였다. 전위강하법은 이론적으로 전위와 전류의 측정원리에 근간을 두고 있으며 측정오차는 주로 보조전극의 위치와 각도에 기인한다. 전위보조전각의 위치에 의한 접지저항 측정값의 상대오차를 분석하기 위해 전류보조전극의 거리를 50[m]로 고정시키고 전위보조전극의 거리를 10[m]에서 50[m]까지 변화시키며 접지저항을 측정하였고 또한 전위보조전극과 전류보조전극 사이의 각도를 30[$^{\circ}$], 45[$^{\circ}$], 60[$^{\circ}$], 90[$^{\circ}$], 180[$^{\circ}$]로 변화시키며 측정하였다. 결과적으로 전위보조전극의 거리 증가 및 전류보조전극과 전위보조전극 사이의 각도가 감소할수록 상대오차가 작게 나타났다. 본 실험결과는 접지시스템의 접지저항을 측정할 때 전위보조전극의 위치를 결정하는데 활용될 수 있다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 찬우$\mid$강하법에 의한 접지저항 및 대지첸위 분표의 측캠시 전휴보조전극의 영향에 대하여 기술하였으며, 측정시 오치를 최소화하는 기법을 제안하였다. 전위강해법은 전위와 천류의 측정에 이론적인 비1깅을 두고 있으며, 측정오차는 주로 측정시 설치하는 보조전극의 위치와 자체저항에 기인한다. 피측정 접지전극의 접지저항은 전위강하법에서 전위보조전극을 피측정 접지전극과 전류보조전극이 이루는 일직선상에 위치시킬 때 61.8[%]법칙을 적용하여 측정한다. 하지만 건물이나 포장도로, 구조물 등이 산재해 있는 도심의 경우에는 현장에서 피측정 접지전극과 전류보조전극 사이에 적결한 이격거리 확보가 불가능하거냐 전류보조전극의 접지저행값이 피측정 챔 지전극에 비하여 큰 값을 가지는 경우가 있다. 파측정 접지천극과 전류보조전극을 충분히 이격시키지 않거나 전류류보조전극의 접지저항값이 피측청 접지전극의 접지저항보다 비정상척으로 큰 경우 접지저항의 측정은 오차를 수반하게 되며, 측정된 접지저항값은 오차즐 보정해 주어야 한다. 본 연구애서 측정대상 전극은 길이 2.4[m]의 봉형 접지전극으호 하였으며, 전류보조전극의 영향을 고려할 때 피측정 접지전극과 전류보조전극의 적정한 이격거리는 피측정 접치전극 길이의 5배 이상으로 하여야 전위보조전극을 사설하기가 용이하며 측정정확도의 확보에 유리하다. 또한 전류보존전극의 접지저항값이 피측정 접지전극의 접지저항값 약 36.5배 이하에서는 거의 오차를 발생시키지 않는다.