Railway applications – Fixed Installations –Measuring Methods for Railway Integrated

Earthing System (Working Draft for NWIP of proposed TS by AHG2) 2011

Contents

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 2

1. Scope .............................................................................................................................................. 3

2. Normative references ....................................................................................................................... 3

3 Terms and definitions ........................................................................................................................ 4

4. General regulations .......................................................................................................................... 5

5 Measurement of soil resistivity.......................................................................................................... 5

6 Measurement of earthing resistance of independent earthing electrodes ............................................. 7

7 Test of electrical integrity of integrated earthing system................................................................... 10

8 Measurement of ground impedance of railway integrated earthing system ....................................... 12

9 Measurement of surface-potential gradient, step voltage and touch voltage ...................................... 17

10 Measurement of rail potential and equipment potential of railway integrated earthing system ......... 20

Annex A Items and cycle of measurement .......................................................................................... 22

Annex B Measurement of surface potential gradient of earthing connections ...................................... 23

Annex C Description of railway integrated earthing system in concept ............................................... 24

Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................... 27

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