Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems

This paper presents the frequency dependent permittivity of a selected type of soil, bentonite and four of their mixes by weight. The permittivity at a low frequencies, vary significantly with moisture content in the cases of both sand and bentonite. For dry sand, bentonite and all bentonite mixes,...

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Main Authors: Sabry, Riyadh Z., Gomes, Ashen, Gomes, Chandima, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Misron, Norhisam
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78099/
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author Sabry, Riyadh Z.
Gomes, Ashen
Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Misron, Norhisam
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Gomes, Ashen
Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Misron, Norhisam
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description This paper presents the frequency dependent permittivity of a selected type of soil, bentonite and four of their mixes by weight. The permittivity at a low frequencies, vary significantly with moisture content in the cases of both sand and bentonite. For dry sand, bentonite and all bentonite mixes, the permittivity shows a rapid drop with the increment of frequency from near 0 Hz to 0.6 kHz, followed by a moderate decrement up to about 10-20 kHz. All parameters have rather insignificant variation after about 50 kHz and level of around 1 MHz. These outcomes provide some key information to analyze the behavior of bentonite based backfill materials that are widely used in electrical earthing networks, especially in the case of high frequency earthing and lightning protection systems.
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spelling upm-780992020-06-03T06:31:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78099/ Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems Sabry, Riyadh Z. Gomes, Ashen Gomes, Chandima Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Misron, Norhisam This paper presents the frequency dependent permittivity of a selected type of soil, bentonite and four of their mixes by weight. The permittivity at a low frequencies, vary significantly with moisture content in the cases of both sand and bentonite. For dry sand, bentonite and all bentonite mixes, the permittivity shows a rapid drop with the increment of frequency from near 0 Hz to 0.6 kHz, followed by a moderate decrement up to about 10-20 kHz. All parameters have rather insignificant variation after about 50 kHz and level of around 1 MHz. These outcomes provide some key information to analyze the behavior of bentonite based backfill materials that are widely used in electrical earthing networks, especially in the case of high frequency earthing and lightning protection systems. IEEE 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78099/1/Frequency%20dependent%20permittivity%20of%20soil%20and%20bentonite%20for%20lightning%20protection%20and%20high%20frequency%20earthing%20systems.pdf Sabry, Riyadh Z. and Gomes, Ashen and Gomes, Chandima and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Misron, Norhisam (2019) Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems. In: 15th International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA 2019), 30 Sept.-4 Oct. 2019, Sao Paulo, Brazil. . 10.1109/SIPDA47030.2019.8951732
spellingShingle Sabry, Riyadh Z.
Gomes, Ashen
Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Misron, Norhisam
Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title_full Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title_fullStr Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title_full_unstemmed Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title_short Frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
title_sort frequency dependent permittivity of soil and bentonite: for lightning protection and high frequency earthing systems
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78099/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78099/1/Frequency%20dependent%20permittivity%20of%20soil%20and%20bentonite%20for%20lightning%20protection%20and%20high%20frequency%20earthing%20systems.pdf