Importance of Soil Resistivity Testing for Electrical Earthing Design
What is Soil Resistivity? Soil resistivity is a measure of how much the soil resists the flow of electricity. Soil Resistivity Testing is determining that measure. Therefore, is a critical factor in the design of systems that rely on passing current through the Earth’s surface. An understanding of the soil resistivity and how it varies […]
5 Reasons Why Hot-Sites Aren’t Dangerous: Myth Busted
What is ‘HOT-ZONE’ or ‘Hot-Site’? There are so many misconceptions surrounding the whole concept of a‘Hot-Site’ and ‘Hot-Zoning’ for Electrical Earthing Designs. In this article, I attempt to simplify what ‘Hot Zone’ (or Hot Site) means in Power System terms AND crucially, explain what a ‘Hot Zone’ is not. By the end of this article, […]
Electrical Earthing System Design Separation
During a recent training event held by SES Technologies for CDEGS (Current Distribution, Electromagnetic Fields, Grounding and Soil Structure Analysis). A finite element analysis software suite for Electrical Earthing System Design, a number of issues were discussed. But one that crops up time and time again in the UK was that old chestnut in Electrical Earthing […]
7 Deadly Sins … of Electrical Earthing … Part 3
In our previous post, 7 Deadly Sins of Electrical Earthing… Part 2, we continued the 7 deadly sins of earthing/grounding, including Sin # 5. We now conclude with sins 6 – 7.
Revolutionary CDEGS Earthing Software Shifting the Energy Industry
Code of practice changes for earthing above 1kV for developing energy facilities have identified its best to model energy using specialised CDEGS software.