An Introduction to Safety Grounding Protective or safety grounding is of vital importance for the protection of individuals from electric shock. The objective of this book is to give the reader a better understanding of safety grounding, why it is needed, where it is needed, and what are the requirements which must be met in order to have an effective grounding system. Safety or protective grounding is of vital importance for the protection of individuals from electric shock and structures and industrial concerns from potentially damaging lightning and electrostatic discharges. To many electrical engineers the notion of grounding is nebulous and safety grounding is quite often confused with neutral grounding of the power supply. The main objective of this book is to give the reader a better understanding of safety grounding, why it is needed, where it is needed, and what are the requirements which must be met in order to have an effective grounding system. The text as a whole serves to provide the reader with the necessary background for a better appreciation of the various National and International Standards concerned with safety grounding.This book gives the reader a good understanding of the fundamentals of safety grounding. It is a practical guide that provides a comprehensive coverage of all types of grounding requirements and is intended for students and practicing electrical engineers alike.Summarizes the physiological effects of current on the human body and the effect of current durationGives the various methods of measuring soil resistivity and measuring the resistance to ground of an electrode or grounding systemReviews different types of ground electrodes and the effect of their geometry and numbers on the resistance to groundPresents the components of a ground system, methods of improving soil resistivity, the types of welds and joints, the criteria for determining conductor cross-sections, galvanic corrosion, and a survey of the different grounding practices used at substations and the Autor: Asser A. Zaky Wydawnictwo: Taylor & Francis Rok wydania: 2021 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 172 Wymiary: 16 x 24.3 x 1.7 cm Ilustracje: 111 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 28 Tables, black and white; 112 Illustrations, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9780367758714