Resistivity of Surface Materials for Substation Earthing

The substation surface layer material has a large impact on the safety parameters of the substation earthing system. At present crushed stone is predominantly used for the surface layer in substations. Industrial concrete paving is considered as an alternative to the crushed stone. This paper presents a methodology and laboratory measurements of the resistivity of crushed rock and paving under dry and wet conditions. The results were comparable to published data.