International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 7, No 6: December 2017

Investigation of Potential Grounding Compound for Portable Applications

N.A.M. Hasni (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)
R. Abd-Rahman (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)
H. Ahmad (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)
N.A.M. Jamail (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)
M. S. Kamaruddin (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)
S.S. Ridzwan (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2017

Abstract

This paper applies to the electrical engineering world by making earthing system portable in providing low and acceptable resistance path. The system is develop in a small scale portable earthing system against the massiveness of Earth and becomes leverage if soil at the place is not suitable for plant grounding system. Hence, this paper presents findings on the research of new grounding medium material that will be housed in a small scale enclosure which behaves like native earth related earthing system by using kaolin and bauxite. The data obtained from lightning flashover testing, morphological and chemical composition of material analysis indicated that bauxite is more useful for portable grounding system application much better than kaolin in term of zero reference point function. The portable earthing system can be apply to air aviation systems , railway systems and military sectors particularly for electronic equipment zero referencing.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...