Impulse efficiency of ground electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 441-451

  Grcev, Leonid ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Electric potential; Electrodes; Frequency response; Grounding; Grounding electrodes; Impedance; Lightning; Modeling; Power system lightning effects; Transient analysis; Transient response; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; MECHANISMS; POWER TRANSMISSION; SOILS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GROUNDING; IMPEDANCE; MODELING; POWER SYSTEM LIGHTNING EFFECTS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

GROUNDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 58249125911     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2008.923396     Document Type: Article

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