Frequency-Dependent Grounding Impedance of a Pair of Hemispherical Electrodes: Inductive or Capacitive Behavior?

José Brandão Faria (), João Pereira Fernandes, Vitor Maló Machado and Maria Eduarda Pedro
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José Brandão Faria: Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
João Pereira Fernandes: Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Vitor Maló Machado: Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Maria Eduarda Pedro: Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC-ID), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-21

Abstract: This article is the authors’ last contribution to a trilogy of research papers submitted to Energies’ Special Issue on Electromagnetic Field Computation, aimed at the theoretical analysis and numerical computation of the frequency-dependent complex impedance of hemispherical electrodes. In this work, we consider a pair of distant identical hemispherical electrodes buried in the ground, whose constitutive parameters (conductivity and permittivity) are assigned diverse values. Simulation experiments carried out using a full-wave finite element method, considering different combinations of the earth’s constitutive parameters, reveal that the grounding impedance of the electrode system can exhibit surprisingly varied frequency behavior. For frequencies close to zero, the impedance can start out inductive or capacitive, then go through a number of resonant transitions between inductive and capacitive states, finally tending towards purely resistive behavior. The results are interpreted using theoretical approximations valid for low- and high-frequency regimes.

Keywords: hemispherical electrodes; complex grounding impedance; low- and high-frequency approximations; electrode modeling; electromagnetic field computation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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