A) SYSTEM DATA & DESIGN INPUTS

Sr. No. Description Input /

Output Data
1 Lx: Length of subsoil ground grid : meter 640
2 L Y : Breadth of subsoil ground grid : meter 500

3 A : Total area enclosed by subsoil ground grid :meter² 320000

4 ρ: Soil resistivity : Ohm. Meter 125

If =I : Symmetrical single line to ground fault current for

5 39.6
calculating conductor size of subsoil ground grid : KA

tC : Duration of fault current for calculating conductor size

6 0.5
of subsoil ground grid : Sec

7 αr : Thermal co-efficient of resistivity at reference 0.00393

temperature of 20OC of subsoil round grid conductor
material : OC

8 ρr : Resistivity of subsoil ground grid conductor material 1.72

at reference temperature of 20 C : Micro Ohm.Cm
O

9 TCAP : Thermal capacity per unit volume : J/(cm 3.OC) 3.42

10 Tm : Maximum allowable temperature for subsoil ground 1084

grid conductor material suitable for exothermic joints : OC

11 Ta : Design ground temperature : OC 40

K0 : At αr = 0.00393 for copper annealed soft-drown at

12 234
reference temperature of 20oC

13 3000
ρs : Surface layer wet concrete resistivity : Ohm. Meter
14 hS : Surface layer thickness : meter 0.1

tS : Duration of shock for determining allowable body

15 0.5
current : sec

Df : Decrement factor for en re dura on of fault of 30

16 1.065
Cycles (0.5 Sec) & X/R ratio equal 10

17 Sf : Fault current division factor 0.6

18 DX : Spacing between parallel conductors of subsoil 10

ground Grid on longer side : meter

19 DY : Spacing between parallel conductors of subsoil 10

ground Grid on shorter side : meter
24 h : depth of subsoil ground grid conductors: meter 0.5
B) CALCULATION
B.1 Calculation of Conductor Size of Subsoil Ground Grid
99.33

Ac : calculated cross section area : mm2

1
 Ac : calculated cross section area : mm2
1

2 Ac : Selected cross section area : mm2 70

3 d : Diameter of subsoil ground grid conductor : meter 0.0094
B.2 Calculation for Allowable Step and Touch Voltages

1 K : the reflection factor between different material -0.9200

resistivities

2 CS : the surface layer derating factor 0.7026

3 Estep50 : allowable step voltage : V 2238.700

4 Etouch50 : allowable touch voltage : V 682.712

B.3 Initial Subsoil Ground Grid Design

NX : No. of subsoil ground grid conductor on longer
1 1
side Length of subsoil ground grid

NY : No. of subsoil ground grid conductor on shorter side

2 51
Breadth of subsoil ground grid

3 LC : Total length of subsoil grounding Conductor : meter 33140

4 No of rods 5
5 Length of each rod: meter 3
6 LR : Length of Total grounding rods: meter 15

7 LT : Effective length of LC + L R for mesh 33155

voltage, meter
B.4 Resistance of Subsoil Ground Grid System

1 Rg : Grounding grid resistance: Ohm 0.10

B.5 Maximum Grid Current (IG)

1 25304.4
IG : Grounding fault current: Amps
B.6 Ground Potential Rise (GPR)

1 GPR : grounding potential rise : V 2591.09

B.7 Actual Step & Mesh Voltage to the tolerable step and touch voltages

Es(%) = Actual step voltage (% of tolerable step voltage) 81.1

Em(%) = Actual touch voltage (% of tolerable touch 24.7

voltage)
 References

A= L X. L Y

As per IEEE 80 2000 Clause 11.3.3

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 1

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 1

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 1

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 1

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Page 44

& Note.3 Page 48
Also Refer to Example.1 given in Annex B
of IEEE- 80 - 2000

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 1

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 7

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Clause 16.2.2

Refer sample calculation given in Annex B of IEEE-
80 - 2000

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Table – 10

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Clause 16.7

As per Std. IEEE 80-2000 Clause 16.7

Eq. 40 of Std. IEEE 80-2000, Page 43

Ac = I x tc.αr. ρr x 104/TCAP
 ln ( K0 + Tm)/(K0 + Ta)

49.664392289
(2 x SQRT (Ac /pi ) )/1000

≈ (LY/DY)+1

LC = (N X . L y )+ (N y . L x )

= No of rods x Length of each rod

Eq. 52 of Std. IEEE 80-2000

Rg <= 1 Ohm

Eq. 64 & 65 of Std. IEEE 80-2000

IG = Df . If . Sf

GPR > E touch50

GPR = I G . Rg
Eq. (B.12) of Std. IEEE 80-2000