The Risk Analysis of Electric Shock in Different Grounding Systems

Abstract

The risk of human body electric shock has always been an important issue to be considered in the design of grounding systems. To protect the human body from the risk of electric shock and to facilitate the design of the grounding system. In this paper, we use the Partial-Element-Equivalent-Circuit (PEEC) method to give numerical simulations for a typical grounding system and electric power distribution system under fault conditions. The electric shock for a typical grounding system, i.g. TN system or TT system, under phase-to-earth or phase-to-neutral short-circuit faults is studied. It is found that the complicated grounding grid may have a low step voltage than a single electrode. The touch voltage under phase-to-earth or phase-to-neutral fault conditions is analyzed. The TT system generally has a higher touch voltage magnitude than the TN-C system.