Wind Turbine Grounding Resistance Numerical Calculation

With the increase capacity of wind turbines, grounding device's influence on the equipment and personal safety is becoming more and more significant. In order to calculate the grounding resistance of a wind turbine more accurately, in this paper, based on the Neumann integral formula and the average potential method is applied to derive a formula which can calculate the value of grounding resistance. A general MATLAB program corresponding to the calculation formula is compiled. By comparing the numerical value with the empirical analysis results and building a grounding resistance measurement test platform the correctness of the formulas and program is verified.