High Resistance Grounding Vs Low Resistance Grounding and Earth Fault Protection in Oil & Gas / Mining Area.

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FrdricUnfollow Follow Frdric Frdric Alliet High resistance or Isolated neutral allow you to keep on running on first fault but require better insulation on the whole system and thus are more expensive. They also require more sophisticated protection schemes (directional, sensitive G/F, ...). Low resistance or solid grounding require a trip on first fault, generate higher G/F current but need lighter insulation. They also require simpler protection schemes (usually over current can do the job). On a safety point of view, I see no difference as far as earthing of metal casings is done in a proper way. I prefer isolated neutral. But it is a matter of philosophy ... and people can talk about it for hours without reaching any agreement. Regards.

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AmalUnfollow Follow Amal Amal Maiti Thanks Alliet Sir for your response. One thing I should have to clear here. As per DGMS (Deputy General of Mines Safety) requirement in India at mines area -High resistance grounding means Resistance grounding to restrict the Ground fault current to mA range and protection to be arranged according to that . Is it advantageous for mines area? Or, we have to go for Low resistance grounding and protection to be arranged according to that. Low resistance grounding means Solid grounding. regards, 3 days ago Unlike Like

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FrdricUnfollow Follow Frdric Frdric Alliet If your standard allows both for any type of mine, I would go for high resistance as it allows you to keep on runing on the first fault. That might be important for safety equipements. Regards. 3 days ago Unlike Like

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XijiangUnfollow Follow Xijiang Xijiang Sun It really depends on what kind of device you have. If it is cable distribution network, then you might want to go with LOW resistance grounding and fast protection schema. if it is overhead line, then insulation is not a concern, then you would consider High resistance since it enhance the reliability of the system. It really a comprehensive decision for Device, insulation, reliability, safety and protection. and also ARC. normally go with the standard in your country should be fine. 3 days ago Unlike Like

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AmalUnfollow Follow Amal Amal Maiti Thanks Xijiang Sun for your response. Regards, 2 days ago Unlike Like

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AshokUnfollow Follow Ashok Ashok Krishnan High resistive and isolated ground are not the same . High resistive grounding system are used to limit the faults to prevent the equipments like transformers and generators. but the earth fault is easily detectable. In case of isolated grounding system. we need to provide higher insulation (high cost) compared to the grounded sytem. we need to provide insulation for V instead V/root of 3 in grounded system. solidly grounded system is used mostly in HV and EHV and high resistive or person coil grounding would be for 33kv and 11kv etcc.. 2 days ago Unlike Like

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JohnUnfollow Follow John John Kontolefa High resistance grounding is to limit fault current to save equipment (transformers, generators) on faults. Ungrounded (isolated neutral) is to prevent fault and resulting arc on initial ground so as to prevent a mine or refinery explosion and is to protect people. Detection schemes must be in place so as to trip on first ground as the second ground could have disastrous consequences. It would not be safe to operate with a ground on the system in that case. (The detection scheme usually results in some ground current flow in the mA magnitude which is what is alluded to in the posts above.) Thanks, John K. 20 hours ago Unlike Like

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