Fax: (84) 295198 calculation for resistance to earth of rods or pipes

Prepare by: Huynh Ngoc Nghia Project: Kenton

Check by: Jack Wan Date:
Singleelectrode

where
Ristheresistanceofsinglerodorpipe,inohms(Q):
Listhelengthofrod,inmetres(m):
disthediameterofrodorpipe,inmetres(m):
pisthesoilresistivityinohmmetres(Qlm).

If:

L=2.4m: 2.4
d=0.016m: 0.016
p =200Qlm: 100

then:

40.406561

Multipleelectrodes
Table2Factorsforparallelelectrodesarrangedinline

Numberofelectrodes(n) FactorA
2 1
where: 3 1.66
Ristheresistanceofonerodinisolation,inohms(Q): 4 2.15
Sisthedistancebetweenrods,inmetres(m): 5 2.54
pisthesoilresistivity,inohmmetres(Qlm): 6 2.87
nisthenumberofrods: 7 3.15
AisthefactorfromTable2orTable3. 8 3.39
9 3.61
10 3.81

If: Table3Factorsforelectrodesarranged
inahollowsquare
R=40Q (fromthepreviousexample):
Numberofelectrodes(n) FactorA
S=20m: 5
alongeachsideofthesquare
p =200Qlm: 100 2 2.71
n=10rods: 6 3 4.51
A =3.81(Table2): 3.81 4 5.48
5 6.14
0.0788167 6 6.63
7 7.03
8 7.36
8.7567198 9 7.65
10 7.9
12 8.32
14 8.67
16 8.96
18 9.22
20 9.4
NOTEThetotalnumberofelectrodesaround
thesquareis4(n1).
calculationforresistancetoearthofhorizontalstripconductor

where:
Listhelengthofconductor,inmetres(m):
histhedepthofstrip,inmetres(m):
wisthewidthofstrip,inmetres(m):
pisthesoilresistivity,inohmmetres(Qlm):
PandQarethecoefficientsgiveninTable5.

If:
L=50mofconductor: 50
h=0.5m: 0.5
w=0.025m(25mmx3mm): 0.025
p =100Qlm: 100
P=2(Table5): 2
Q=1(Table5): -1

then:

3.3480654

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