CALCULATION OF NO OF EARTH PITS AS PER IS 3043-2018

Site Location- ATC Mhow

Average Soil resistivity( ρ). as per test report ρ= Based on Soil
resistivity document ,
280.00 Ohm-mtr Refer document "Soil
Test Report- MHOW
Indore"
time(t) 1 Sec

Maintenance free with 250 microns Cu plated 50 mm pipe

Diameter of Pipe d= 0.1 mtr
Resistivity of compound ρc= 0.12 Ohm-mtr
length of Pipe L= 3 mtr
Surface area S= 0.9426 Sqmtr
Electrode resistance Rb =1/2∏L{(ρ-ρc)[log(8L/d)-1]+ρc[log(8L/d)-1] as
per IS3043-2018 section 14.2.5 Resistance of an Electrode Encased 66.5912 Ohms
in Low Resistivity Material
No of pits proposed 26 No's

Resistance achieved by Interconnecting strips & other burried strips

Conductor size 50mm (interconnecting strips) 150 m
Conductor size 40mm (Cu for Transformer Neutral) burried length 49 m
Conductor size 25mm (Cu and GI) 77 m
Average Width of strip 4.1 cm
Length of grid strip in m l= 27600 cm
Resistivity of interconnection strip and other burried strips
1.647
R=100ρ/2∏l(log(4l/d)

Cummilative resistance at site

Cumulative Resistance of Pipe electrodes.(Resistance of one Pipe
2.56 Ohm
electrode / No.of Pipe electrodes considered)
Cumulative Resistance of Interconnecting & other strips (only strips
1.65 Ohm
burried in soil)
Effective Resistance with Earth electrodes and strips in ground 1.0 Ohm

Conductor size calculation based on maximum fault current

if I= 15000 A
t= 1 Sec
K= 80 For steel
conductor
K= For Cu
205 conductor

Then the cross section of the grid

electrode is give by the equation
S= I x Sqroot(t)/K
Neutral Grounding
Thus Conductor size S = 73.2 mm2
Conductor selected 25 x 6 - Cu
Body Grounding
Thus Conductor size S = 187.5 mm2
Conductor selected 40 x 10 - GI

Sensitivity: LNT Construction Internal Use

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