Electrical Safety Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems. Rodolfo Araneo

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Electric conduction of the heart.Figure 1.2 A normal electrocardiogram (EKG).Figure 1.3 Impedances of the human body.Figure 1.4 Current response of human body to d.c. voltage.Figure 1.5 Internal partial impedances of the human body (no skin contribution).Figure 1.6 Body impedances at 1250 V for a path hand-to-hand vs. the area of contact.Figure 1.7 Temperature–Time Relationship for burns.Figure 1.8 Hemispherical ground-electrode.Figure 1.9 Hyperbolic distribution of the ground-potential....Figure 1.10 Electrode ground-resistance as an equivalent one-port...Figure 1.11 Ground-electrodes in parallel...Figure 1.12 Hemispherical electrodes connected in series.Figure 1.13 Equivalent circuit for the computation of body currents due to a touch voltage.Figure 1.14 Person standing in a region at zero...Figure 1.15 Distribution of the ground-potential with a person standing...Figure 1.16 Distribution of the ground-potential with person standing in a...Figure 1.17 Equivalent circuit for the computation of body currents in the...Figure 1.18 Touch voltage measurement with the current...

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Single-phase inverter.Figure 2.2 (a) Metal frames and mounting racks of PV arrays and...Figure 2.3 Sun-tracking PV arrays.Figure 2.4 Mounting racks are equipotential to metal frames of...Figure 2.5 Protective devices in combiner box.Figure 2.6 Functionally grounded PV system.Figure 2.7 Functionally grounded system with faulty positive conductor.Figure 2.8 Functionally grounded system with faulty functionally grounded conductor.Figure 2.9 Non-ground-referenced PV system.Figure 2.10 Second Fault in non-ground-referenced PV systems.Figure 2.11 Ground Fault in PV systems.Figure 2.12 Ground Fault Detection Interruption in TN PV systems.Figure 2.13 Defect in the insulation of the grounded conductor.Figure 2.14 GFDI installed in combiner box.Figure 2.15 Faults downstream the PV inverter in ground-referenced PV systems.Figure 2.16 Faults within the inverter.Figure 2.17 Fault occurring at load between inverter and point of common coupling.Figure 2.18 Non- electrically-separated PV system.Figure 2.19 Transformerless PV inverter and ground fault on the a.c. side.Figure 2.20 Transformerless PV inverter and ground fault on the d.c. side.Figure 2.21 Conventional time/current curves describing the effects of d.c. currents.Figure 2.22 Comparison between a.c. and d.c. fibrillation curves.Figure 2.23 Comparison between a.c. and d.c. maximum permissible touch voltages.Figure 2.24 Putting in safety PV generators.Figure 2.25 Array boundary and d.c. voltage requirements.Figure 2.26 Iso-risk curves.

      3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Schematics of the grounding system of a PV installation.Figure 3.2 (a) Copper rod manufactured in solid steel and electrolytically copper-plated,...Figure 3.3 Potential distribution of a rod...Figure 3.4 (a) galvanized steel driven-pile connected to the earth system;...Figure 3.5 General representation of a discretized electrode structure (a)...Figure 3.6 Current density distribution over a rod....Figure 3.7 Earth resistance of a ground rod....Figure 3.8 Earth resistance of a ground rod...Figure 3.9 Soil ground potential distribution....Figure 3.10 Two dimensional map of the potential V and the current...Figure 3.11 Comparison between numerical and analytical...Figure 3.12 Ground resistance of different grounding systems...Figure 3.13 Graphs of the ground resistance of a system composed...Figure 3.14 Typical grounding systems of megawatt-sized PV...Figure 3.15 Ground systems of megawatt-sized PV central inverter substations:...Figure 3.16 Ground-grid of a wind farm substation...Figure 3.17 Construction details of a grounding system of a wind farm substation.Figure 3.18 Surface ground potential...Figure 3.19 Definitions of fundamental voltages.Figure 3.20 Sketch of the earthing-systems for circular wind tower foundation slab.Figure 3.21 Grounding system for a square foundation (a) with additional rods (b)...Figure 3.22 Views of the construction of a wind tower.Figure 3.23 General view of an onshore wind farm site.Figure 3.24 Ground resistance of a rectangular ring of shorter side a,...Figure 3.25 Ground resistance (a), prospective touch voltage...Figure 3.26 Ground resistance of a rectangular ring of shorter side a,...Figure 3.27 Prospective touch....

      4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Types of lightning flashes comprising (a) cloud-to-ground,...Figure 4.2 Evolution of cloud-to-ground lightning with schematic...Figure 4.3 Types of lightning flashes.112Figure 4.4 Current of a multiple stroke negative downward lightning....Figure 4.5 Short return-stroke current waveform.Figure 4.6 Current (a) and voltage (b) waveforms.Figure 4.7 Rolling sphere method (a) and protective angle method (a-b).Figure 4.8 Main coupling mechanisms: galvanic, inductive and capacitive.Figure 4.9 Main sources of damages.Figure 4.10 Risk components for ground-mounted PV generators.Figure 4.11 Isolated and non-isolated LPS.Figure 4.12 Risk components for rooftop-mounted PV generators.Figure 4.13 Minimum induction loop area.Figure 4.14 SPD in combiner boxes.Figure 4.15 SPD in a central inverter station.Figure 4.16 Three-blade, horizontal axis wind turbine.Figure 4.17 Pictures taken during the construction of a wind tower.Figure 4.18 Lightning protection system over the nacelle.Figure 4.19 LPS of a WT: (a) Lightning path from the blade to the nacelle...Figure 4.20 Equivalent circuit in the case of contact with the down conductor...Figure 4.21 Equivalent collection area of WT.Figure 4.22 Rolling sphere method and Lightning Protection Zones.151Figure 4.23 Equivalent circuit of a horizontal ground electrode.152Figure 4.24 Transient potential rise at the top of a vertical rod under a...Figure 4.25 Frequency behavior of the normalized harmonic impedance...Figure 4.26 Grounding impedance as a function of time.Figure 4.27 Ground-termination system of a WT.

      5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Typical MV central collection point.Figure 5.2

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