Transcript DET4TC2
DET4TC2
Measurement of Earth electrode resistance and soil resistivity……….
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Introduction
Unique solution to the measurement of earth or ground electrode resistance and soil resistivity Range of resistance 0.01 Ωto 200 K 2
Features
IP54 rated 2,3 and 4 point testing Attached rod technique Stake less measurement User selectable test frequency (94,105,111 and128 Hz) Dry cell or non-rechargeable battery User selectable output voltage 3
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i)Potential probe resistance Resistance between the potential stakes and it should be within range for accurate measurement Rp limit: 100 K voltage) Ω (50 V output voltage) and 50 KΩ (25 V output ii)Current probe resistance Resistance between the current stakes and it should be within range for accurate measurement Rc limit: 100 K voltage) Ω (50 V output voltage) and 5 KΩ (25 V output iii)Ground noise voltage The disturbance or interference caused by the formation of unwanted ground loop due to external device and system Can be rejected upto 40 v peak to peak Calculated by following procedure a) Connect the circuit as shown in fig b) set the rotary switch to the V position 6
c) Then, ground noise voltage will be displayed by pressing TEST button FIG: Instrument connection for measuring ground noise voltage 7
Principle of operation
i)Two terminal resistance measurement
Required two earth points i.e. one earth electrode and another is good ground connection DET injects an a.c. current into the system under test and measures the voltage develop When two terminal test is selected , DET instrument automatically connected 8 C1-P1 and C2-P2
Procedure i) connect circuit as shown in fig ii) Set the rotary switch to 2P position iii) Set the required frequency iv) Click Test button v) Resistance will be displayed 9
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) Three terminal resistance measurement
Fall of potential test Accurately measures the resistance of an earth electrode Uses auxiliary stake along with two terminal method DET injects an ac current of known magnitude and measure voltage Here, C1 and P1 terminals are connected together at the electrode under test 10
In this case, the potential stake is moved by fixed increment in a straight line between electrode under test and current stake In each location, the resistance is calculated by R= V/I then, a graph is plotted of resistance vs potential stake position The resistance of the electrode under test is taken to be the point at which the curve is flattest The earth electrode is consider to be surrounded by concentric shells of earth shown in fig. The current probe is also surrounded by earth shell but of smaller influence 11
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It is necessary to locate current probe to the far way so that influential shell do not overlap 13
iii) Three terminal resistance measurement using ART (Attached Rod technique)
Classic three terminal test has the disadvantage that electrode under test must be disconnected from the system it is supposed to protect at the event of fault But here that system is connected Current I splits into two paths i.e. I = I1 +I2 14
The current I2 is calculated using Iclamp Then, Resistance is calculated by R= V/I2 or V/(I-I1) Like previous away, graph is plotted to obtain exact electrode resistance 15
iv) Two clamp stake less resistance measurement
If electrode under test is connected to a network of other electrodes as shown in figure and unsafe to disconnect Requires both Iclamp and Vclamp Using Vclamp defined test voltage is injected into the system inducing current I which is measured by Iclamp 16
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Four terminal resistivity measurement
Used for measuring resistivity of the soil Stakes are kept as shown in figure with equal distance As usual, resistance R is calculated Then, soil resistivity is calculated as 2* π*A*R 17
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Prepared By: Er. Niroj Bahadur Bhujel
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