业主 The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

EMPLOYER Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO)

总包商
THE EPC Salini Construttori S.P.A. (SALINI)
CONTRACTOR

项目名称
PROJECT Gibe III Hydro Electric Project

文件名称
TITLE Calculation Report of Generator Netural Grounding

THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO)

SALINI CONSTRUTTORI S.P.A. (SALINI)

Revised according to No.2549
B 10 1 ### FU WU Liu gang
GIBE III HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT
First Issue
A 12 12 ### FU Wu Liu gang
Issue Day Month Year Drawn Checked Approved
MODIFICATIONS
Reference
Drawings CORRESPONDING SECTION EM B5.1
送至/份数 Send to/ Numbers of copies 设计 检查 批准
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The Employer's Representative (ER) 0
FU Wu Liu gang
The EPC Contractor(SALINI) 0
The EPC Contractor's Consultant 0 日期 Date 图号 Drawing No. Rev
LEVEL 2 DESIGN
DEC Head Office 1 Jul/08/11
DEC Site Office TOTAL PAGES Internal Order 5-EM-B1.1-R-HSSE-001 B
CHIDI
 GIBE III Generator Neutral Grounding Calculation
No: 5-EM-B1.1-R-HSSE-001-B
I、Main parameter：
1、Generator capacity： 220MVA

2、Generator voltage: 15kV

3、single phase direct earth capacitance: 0.933075 uF

4、Bus capacitance：0.006975 uF

5、Main transformer low voltage side capacitance：0.0092 uF

6、GCB capacitance：0.26 uf

II、design（to refer ieee c62.92.2-1989）

1、 Single phase direct earth capacitance:

C0=0.933075+0.006975+0.0092+0.26=1.20925

（Including stray capacitance）single phase condenser component

XC0=106/314×1.20925 =2633.6Ω

The capacitive reactance-to-ground (xcg) seen at the neutral is equal to the parallel combination

of the capacitive reactance-to-ground of all three phases, which is one-third of 2633.6 Ω and

equals 877.9Ω, as shown in equation：

XCG=XC0/3=2633.6/3=877.9Ω

Primary resistance RN=XCG=877.9Ω

2、A 15000 v/400 v distribution transformer is used to ground the generator neutral. Therefore, the

secondary resistor must be calculated so that the effective neutral resistance is equal to or less
than rn(= 877.9 ω), as shown in equation：Transformer ratio

N=15/（0.4）=37.5

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Secondary resistance RSEC=RN/N =877.9/37.52=0.624Ω

3、The exact value of resistance is not critical. Equipment capacitive tolerances and the resistance

change due to temperature rise cause this calculation to be only an estimate. The conservative
approach for lower transient overvoltage is with a greater i2r loss or higher generator fault current.
Reducing the ohmic value of the secondary resistor to reduce transient overvoltage may tend to
increase damage resulting from ground faults. A slightly smaller resistor could be selected based
upon operational practice of the resistor and the rated transformer capacity (KVA). the maximum

neutral voltage is assumed to be phase-to-ground voltage(= Vgen l–l /√ 3).

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 ISEC MAX=VSEC MAX/RSEC= (VGEN(L-L)/ 3 )×（1/N）×（1/RSEC）

=（15000/ 3 ）×（1/37.5）×（1/0.624）

= 370A

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4、Resistor power PR=I R=3702×0.624=85.43KW

5、Transformer fault capacity: S 故=VSEC RATED×ISEC MAX=400×370=148KVA

6、Overload factor K=2 transformer capacity S=S 故/K=148/2≈75KVA

7、Primary fault current IF=IR+JLXCG=IR(1+JL)=IR 2 =（370/37.5）× 2 =14A

III、Main equipment：

1、Transformer：Single phase, indoor, an, epoxy cast

1）Rated voltage ratio:15/0.4kV

2）Secondary rated voltage：0.4kV

3）Rated capacity： 75kVA

4) The allowable permanent current: 5A

5）Insulation level：BIL，（peak）105 kV
Industrial frequency withstand voltage，（virtual value，1min）45 kV

6）Voltage tap:±2.5%

7) Insulation grade： H

2、Resistor:

1）R0=0.624ω Un= 0.4/√3kv In= 370A Pn=85.43kw

2）Type: Grid material: nickel chrome

3) The allowable permanent current: 187.5A

4）Insulation： >10 mω 3kv/1min

5) to support current 10min,temperature rise not more than 380℃。

3、Isolator：

1) Model: Gn19-15/400

2) Type：single phase、50hz、indoor

3) Rated voltage（kv）： 15

4) Rated current（kA）： 0.4

4、Current transformer：

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 1) Type: primary LMZ- 0.5, 15/1A

Secondary lmz-0.5 500/1A

5、Exsiccator: CM-0.23/0.5 230v, 500w

6、Measurement：1600×1200×1900 mm3
7、Level of protection：IP20

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