GROUND-3D LINKED TO LINE PARAMETERS: A METHOD TO FAULT CURRENT DISTRIBUTION AND EARTH POTENTIAL DETERMINATION

Abstract

In previous work [1,2] the author presents a methodology, based on finite elements method (FEM), to calculate the potential distribution influence on the grounding area. At that time the input of the solver admits as known the split of the system. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the advantages of finite element method (FEM) associated with power systems equations with lumped parameters to intrinsically obtain the distribution of fault current in several offered conductor ways and the potential distribution on the ground, simultaneously. To solve the complex equations system, the methodology adopted was that described by Mesquita [3]. . [Vol. 12, No. 1 (1997), Special Issue on International Computational Electromagnetics, pp 132-135]