EARTHING MAT DESIGN FOR SUB STATION

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Length of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid la 36 mt
Width of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid lb 30 mt
Fault level at Incoming Bus fault 10000 MVA
Incoming Voltage Vin 66 KV
Outgoing Voltage Vout 11 KV
Soil Resistivity q 21.7 Ω-m
Resistance of Main Eartjing Mat 0.69 Ω
Resistance of surface Material (Crushed Rock ) qs 3000 Ω-m
Thickness of Surface Material (Crushed Rock) hs 0.1 mt
Depth of Earthing Grid Conductor h 0.7 mt
Diameter of Earthing Grid Conductor d 32 mm2
Reference Depth of Grid 1 mt
Area Occupied by Earthing Grid 1080 m2
Spacing between Parallel Conductor of Grid D 5 mt
Duration of Fault (To determine Size of earthing Mat) t 3 sec
Duration of Fault (To determine safe Step & Touch Potential) t 0.5 sec

Margine Factor in Earthing Mat against corrossion and Rusting 100.00%

Number of Adjacement Earthing Mat Conductor nm 23 nos
Relaction Factor K -0.985637
Constant (KS) Ks 0.4269911

Constant (Ki) Ki 4.612

Number of Parallel Conductor in Longitudinal direction na 7
Number of Parallel Conductor in Transverse direction nb 6
No of Lighting Arrestors 10
No of Transformers 2
Decrement Factor for entire duration of Fault(to allow asymetrical of
Df
the Fault curernt wave) 1
Corrective projection factor according for the relative increase fault
Cp 1.1
current during S/S life( Zero future system growth Cp=1)
Ambient Temperature Ta 35 0°C
Maximum allowable Temperature Tm 1084 0°C
Temperature of Thermal Co-efficient of resisitivty at 0°C Ko
Thermal Capacity Factor TACP 3.8466 J/cm3/c
Thermal Co-efficient of resistiivty at referance Temp of Tr &° 0.00378

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

Fault Current At Primary side lg 87477 Amp

Sizing of Earthing Conductor A 1840.70 mm2
Size of Earthing Conductor after considering Margine Factor Final A 3681.40 mm2

Standard Size of Earthing Rod (Round) 36 mm Increase Size

Approximate Length of Earthing Mat Conductor L 4782 mt

Reduction Factor Cs 0.66 OR Enter Your Value

Tolerable Touch Potential Etouch 570 Volts

Estimated Touch Potential Esti(Etouch) 885 Volts

Estimated Touch Potential is Grater Than Tolerable Touch

Potential so Enter New Length of Earthing Mat Conductor 3450 mt
which if greater than -L New L
Now New Length of Earthing Conductor L 3450 mt
New Estimated Touch Potential Esti(Etouch) 1227 Volts

Result : Increase Size of Earthing Mat Conductor Final L 3450 mt

Tolerable Step Potential Estap 1788.1 Volts

Estimated Step Potential Esti(Estap) 1083.538 Volts
Estimated Step Voltage is Less than Tolerable Step Potential

Station Ground Resistance Rg 0.299 Ω

Earthing Grid Currrent Ig 96225 Amp
Ground Potential Rise (GPA) GPA 28753 Volts

No of Earthing Rod used in Earthing Mat

No of Earthing Rod used at perimeter 26 Nos
Extra Earthing Rod used at 4 coners of Earthing Mat 16 Nos
Earth Electrode for Lighting Arrestors 20 Nos
Eatrh Electode for Transformer 6 Nos
Control Room Earthing 2 Nos
Total Earthing Rods 70 Nos
Total Length of Earthing Mat Conductor
Longitudinal direction 252 mt
Transverse direction 180 mt
Earthing Rod 210 mt
Total Length of Eartning Mat Conductor 642 mt

Estimated Touch Potential 1227 Volts

Estimated Step Potential 1084 Volts
Estimated Length of Earthing Mat Conductor 3450 mt
No of Earthing Rod 70 Nos
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