EARTHING MAT DESIGN FOR SUB

As per ANSI/IEEE Std 80-1986 code

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Length of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid
Width of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid
Fault level at Incoming Bus
Incoming Voltage
Outgoing Voltage
Soil Resistivity
Resistance of Main Eartjing Mat
Resistance of surface Material (Crushed Rock )
Thickness of Surface Material (Crushed Rock)
Depth of Earthing Grid Conductor
Diameter of Earthing Grid Conductor
Reference Depth of Grid
Area Occupied by Earthing Grid
Spacing between Parallel Conductor of Grid
Duration of Fault (To determine Size of earthing Mat)
Duration of Fault (To determine safe Step & Touch Potential)
Margine Factor in Earthing Mat against corrossion and Rusting
Number of Adjacement Earthing Mat Conductor
Relaction Factor
Constant (KS)
Constant (Ki)
Number of Parallel Conductor in Longitudinal direction
Number of Parallel Conductor in Transverse direction
No of Lighting Arrestors
No of Transformers
Decrement Factor for entire duration of Fault(to allow asymetrical of the Fault curernt
wave)
Corrective projection factor according for the relative increase fault current during S/S
life( Zero future system growth Cp=1)
Ambient Temperature
Maximum allowable Temperature
Temperature of Thermal Co-efficient of resisitivty at 0C
Thermal Capacity Factor
Thermal Co-efficient of resistiivty at referance Temp of Tr

Earthing Conductor
Standard Dia of Conductor (mm)
32
36
40

la
lb
fault
Vin
Vout
q
qs
hs
h
d

D
t
t
nm
K
Ks
Ki
na
nb

105
66
5000
132
66
40
0.5
3000
0.1
0.5
36
1
6930
5
3
0.5
100.00%
23
-0.973684211
0.331449655
4.612
21
13
10
2

Df

Cp

1.1

Ta
Tm
Ko
TACP
&

35
1084
3.8466
0.00378

804
1018
1257
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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DESIGN FOR SUB STATION

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mt
mt
MVA
KV
KV
-m

-m
mt
mt
mm2
mt
m2
mt
sec
sec
nos

DESIGN OF EARTHING MAT

Fault Current At Primary side
Sizing of Earthing Conductor
Size of Earthing Conductor after considering Margine Factor

lg
A
Final A

Standard Size of Earthing Rod (Round)

Approximate Length of Earthing Mat Conductor

Reduction Factor
Tolerable Touch Potential
Estimated Touch Potential

New Selection of Earthing Mat Conductor Length is OK

Now New Length of Earthing Conductor
New Estimated Touch Potential

Cs
Etouch
Esti(Etouch)

New L
L
Esti(Etouch)

Result : Size of Earthing Mat Conductor is OK which is

Tolerable Step Potential
Estimated Step Potential

Estimated Step Voltage is Less than Tolerable Step Potential

Station Ground Resistance
Earthing Grid Currrent
Ground Potential Rise (GPA)
0C
0C
J/cm3/c
No of Earthing Rod used in Earthing Mat
No of Earthing Rod used at perimeter
Extra Earthing Rod used at 4 coners of Earthing Mat
Earth Electrode for Lighting Arrestors
Eatrh Electode for Transformer
Control Room Earthing
Total Earthing Rods
Total Length of Earthing Mat Conductor
Longitudinal direction
Transverse direction
Earthing Rod
Total Length of Eartning Mat Conductor
Estimated Touch Potential
Estimated Step Potential
Estimated Length of Earthing Mat Conductor

Final L
Estap
Esti(Estap)

Rg
Ig
GPA

No of Earthing Rod

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21869
460.17
920.35

Amp
mm2
mm2

36

mm

2203

mt

0.66

OR Enter Your Value

570
885

Volts
Volts

3450

mt

3450
565

mt
Volts

3450

mt

1788.1
387.600

Selection is O.K

1017.9

0.55

Volts
Volts
0

0.224
24056
5400

68
16
20
6
2
112

Amp
Volts

Nos
Nos
Nos
Nos
Nos
Nos

2205
858
336
3399

mt
mt
mt
mt

565
388
3450

Volts
Volts
mt

0.55

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Nos