An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems

This paper presents a hybrid method based on the transmission line modeling method (TLM) aiming to represent the soil ionization effect for grounding systems simulation. This natural phenomenon can be better represented by taking into account the variation of the conductive components present in the...

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Main Authors: Gazzana, Daniel S., Tronchoni, Alex B., Leborgne, Roberto C., Bretas, Arturo S., Thomas, Dave W. P., Christopoulos, Christos
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50642/
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author Gazzana, Daniel S.
Tronchoni, Alex B.
Leborgne, Roberto C.
Bretas, Arturo S.
Thomas, Dave W. P.
Christopoulos, Christos
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Tronchoni, Alex B.
Leborgne, Roberto C.
Bretas, Arturo S.
Thomas, Dave W. P.
Christopoulos, Christos
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description This paper presents a hybrid method based on the transmission line modeling method (TLM) aiming to represent the soil ionization effect for grounding systems simulation. This natural phenomenon can be better represented by taking into account the variation of the conductive components present in the TLM circuit and considering the residual resistivity remaining in the soil. The proposed analytical formulation is developed with a focus on the computational implementation of the method. The model is validated by comparing synthetized test results with measured data and other numerical models (residual resistivity, TLM, and analytical model). High precision together with an easy to implement formulation indicates that the methodology presents potential for real-life applications.
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spelling nottingham-506422020-05-04T19:33:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50642/ An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems Gazzana, Daniel S. Tronchoni, Alex B. Leborgne, Roberto C. Bretas, Arturo S. Thomas, Dave W. P. Christopoulos, Christos This paper presents a hybrid method based on the transmission line modeling method (TLM) aiming to represent the soil ionization effect for grounding systems simulation. This natural phenomenon can be better represented by taking into account the variation of the conductive components present in the TLM circuit and considering the residual resistivity remaining in the soil. The proposed analytical formulation is developed with a focus on the computational implementation of the method. The model is validated by comparing synthetized test results with measured data and other numerical models (residual resistivity, TLM, and analytical model). High precision together with an easy to implement formulation indicates that the methodology presents potential for real-life applications. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018-02-21 Article PeerReviewed Gazzana, Daniel S., Tronchoni, Alex B., Leborgne, Roberto C., Bretas, Arturo S., Thomas, Dave W. P. and Christopoulos, Christos (2018) An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 54 (3). p. 7200204. ISSN 0018-9464 Grounding lightning numerical modeling soil ionization transmission line modeling method (TLM). https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2017.2750019 doi:10.1109/TMAG.2017.2750019 doi:10.1109/TMAG.2017.2750019
spellingShingle Grounding
lightning
numerical modeling
soil ionization
transmission line modeling method (TLM).
Gazzana, Daniel S.
Tronchoni, Alex B.
Leborgne, Roberto C.
Bretas, Arturo S.
Thomas, Dave W. P.
Christopoulos, Christos
An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title_full An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title_fullStr An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title_full_unstemmed An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title_short An improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
title_sort improved soil ionization representation to numerical simulation of impulsive grounding systems
topic Grounding
lightning
numerical modeling
soil ionization
transmission line modeling method (TLM).
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