학술논문

A measurement method of grounding impedance of a tree
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference [Cat. No. 00CH37066] Instrumentation and measurement technology Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE. 3:1163-1166 vol.3 2000
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Impedance measurement
Grounding
Electrodes
Circuits
Current measurement
Conducting materials
Oscillators
Voltage measurement
Zirconium
Textiles
Language
ISSN
1091-5281
Abstract
This paper describes a method for measuring the grounding impedance of a tree. Electrode impedance of an electrode using for connection between the measurement circuit and the tree, brings serious error in the measurement. To avoid the effect of the electrode impedance, the four-electrode method known in the impedance measurement methodology, is newly introduced. The hybrid method of the four-electrode method and usual grounding impedance measurement method makes it possible to measure grounding impedance of the tree directly. The experiments of the measurement were conveyed for three materials, zelkova tree, cherry tree, and silk-tree with the girth of 1.7-2.0 meters. Obtained values of impedance were 60-100 O in absolute one, and they showed slight capacitive reactance. It is concluded that the presented method is available for the measurement of grounding impedance of the tree.