Journal of Railway Transportation and Technology
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): November

Axle Counter Grounding System on The PPI Madiun Railway Using the Wenner Method

Sunardi (Indonesian Railway Polytechnic)
Akhwan (Indonesian Railway Polytechnic)
Adya Aghastya (Indonesian Railway Polytechnic)
Indra Budi Hermawan (Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya)
Febry Pandu Wijaya (PT. Industri Kereta Api (Persero))
Daniar Fahmi (Department of Electrical Engineering Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November)

Article Info

Publish Date
09 Oct 2023

Abstract

Axle counter is a railway detection equipment producing wave frequencies to count the number of axles passing over the track. The existence of a mismatch between the initial and final count numbers usually leads to a red signal and this can prevent the formation of a travel route. The components of axle counter are often damaged by lightning strikes both directly and through the distribution of excessive currents due to a poor grounding system. However, these excessive currents can be safely grounded without damaging the components through the application of a good grounding system. Therefore, this research aimed to plan an effective grounding system to anticipate the incidents using the Wenner method. Some requirements such as soil type, depth, and electrode rod diameter were used in the process to determine the appropriate resistance value. The design was made based on the simulations that closely resembled real field conditions using Aspix software and grounding resistance values were also measured directly on the field to determine the discrepancies between the planning and actual conditions.

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Journal of Railway Transportation and Technology
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jrtt

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Politeknik Perkeretaapian Indonesia Madiun

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Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Computer Science & IT Control & Systems Engineering Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Electrical & Electronics Engineering Energy Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering Transportation

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The journal publishes original papers that cover but are not limited to, the following topics, Rolling Stock, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment, Signaling and communication, Operations, Strategies and ...