EARTHING MAT DESIGN FOR SUB

As per ANSI/IEEE Std 80-1986 code

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Length of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid la 105
Width of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid lb 66
Fault level at Incoming Bus fault 5000
Incoming Voltage Vin 132
Outgoing Voltage Vout 66
Soil Resistivity q 40
Resistance of Main Eartjing Mat 0.5
Resistance of surface Material (Crushed Rock ) qs 3000
Thickness of Surface Material (Crushed Rock) hs 0.1
Depth of Earthing Grid Conductor h 0.5
Diameter of Earthing Grid Conductor d 36
Reference Depth of Grid 1
Area Occupied by Earthing Grid 6930
Spacing between Parallel Conductor of Grid D 5
Duration of Fault (To determine Size of earthing Mat) t 3
Duration of Fault (To determine safe Step & Touch Potential) t 0.5
Margine Factor in Earthing Mat against corrossion and Rusting 100.00%
Number of Adjacement Earthing Mat Conductor nm 23
Relaction Factor K -0.973684211
Constant (KS) Ks 0.331449655
Constant (Ki) Ki 4.612
Number of Parallel Conductor in Longitudinal direction na 21
Number of Parallel Conductor in Transverse direction nb 13
No of Lighting Arrestors 10
No of Transformers 2
Decrement Factor for entire duration of Fault(to allow asymetrical of the Fault curernt
Df
wave) 1
Corrective projection factor according for the relative increase fault current during S/S
Cp 1.1
life( Zero future system growth Cp=1)
Ambient Temperature Ta 35
Maximum allowable Temperature Tm 1084
Temperature of Thermal Co-efficient of resisitivty at 0C Ko
Thermal Capacity Factor TACP 3.8466
Thermal Co-efficient of resistiivty at referance Temp of Tr & 0.00378

Earthing Conductor
Standard Dia of Conductor (mm)
32 804
36 1018
40 1257
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mt DESIGN OF EARTHING MAT

mt
MVA Fault Current At Primary side lg
KV Sizing of Earthing Conductor A
KV Size of Earthing Conductor after considering Margine Factor Final A
-m
Standard Size of Earthing Rod (Round)
-m
mt Approximate Length of Earthing Mat Conductor L
mt
mm2 Reduction Factor Cs
mt
m2 Tolerable Touch Potential Etouch
mt Estimated Touch Potential Esti(Etouch)
sec
sec
New Selection of Earthing Mat Conductor Length is OK New L
nos Now New Length of Earthing Conductor L
New Estimated Touch Potential Esti(Etouch)

Result : Size of Earthing Mat Conductor is OK which is Final L

Tolerable Step Potential Estap

Estimated Step Potential Esti(Estap)
Estimated Step Voltage is Less than Tolerable Step Potential

Station Ground Resistance Rg

Earthing Grid Currrent Ig
Ground Potential Rise (GPA) 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
No of Earthing Rod
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21869 Amp
460.17 mm2
920.35 mm2

36 mm Selection is O.K 1017.9

2203 mt

0.66 OR Enter Your Value 0.55 0.55

570 Volts
885 Volts 0

3450 mt
3450 mt
565 Volts 0

3450 mt

1788.1 Volts
387.600 Volts
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0.224
24056 Amp
5400 Volts

68 Nos
16 Nos
20 Nos
6 Nos
2 Nos
112 Nos

2205 mt
858 mt
336 mt
3399 mt

565 Volts
388 Volts
3450 mt
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