EARTHING MAT DESIGN FOR SUB STATION

As per ANSI/IEEE Std 80-2000 code

A. Calculation of Total System Resistance of Proposed Earth Mat 1. Field Data (a) Soil Resistivity = (b) Grid Conductors Assumed dimension for bare copper tape to be used as the grid conductors: CSA= d1= h= x= w= y= z= Nx= Ny= Lc= A= a'= k1= k2= (c) Ground Rods Nr= Lr= dr= 2. Resistance Calculation (a) Ground Resistance of the Grid (R1) : (b) Ground Resistance of the Rod Bed (R2) : (c) Mutual Ground Resistance between the Grid and the Rod Bed (Rm): (d) Total Resistance of the Earth Mat (Rg):

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B. Calculation of Mesh Voltage and Step Voltage of Proposed Earth Mat 1. Field Data Ig= ts= s= hs= Cs= D= Kii= Kh= Lp= na= nb= nc= nd= n= Km= Ki= LR= Lm= Ks= 2. Criteria for Mesh Voltage and Step Voltage (a) Mesh Voltage Criteria Emesh50= (b) Step Voltage Criteria Estep50= 3. Mesh Voltage and Step Voltage Calculation (a) Mesh Voltage Em= (b) Step Voltage Es=

ohm-m

25 50 0.008 0.05 19 0.2 12 0.2 96 61 2311 228 0.02 1.385 5.595

mm mm2 m m m m m m nos nos m m2 m

x 2 mm (Cross section area of grid conductor) (Diameter of grid conductor) (Depth of grid conductors buried) (Short-side grid length) (Grid spacing between parallel conductors at short-side) (Long-side grid length) (Grid spacing between parallel conductors at long-side) (Geometric mean of number of conductors at short-side) (Geometric mean of number of conductors at long-side) (Total length of grid conductors) (Area covered by grid conductors) (Coefficient related to the length-to-width ratio of the system) (Coefficient related to the length-to-width ratio of the system)

6300 1 1000000 0.3 0.870 0.2 1 1.025 62 74.548 1.013 1 1 75.530 0.241 11.822 50 2398.970 6.051

A s ohm-m m m

(As advised by Electrical Consultant/Power grid) (Fault duration according to the SPPG) (Concrete surface resistivity) (Concrete surface thickness) (Surface layer derating factor) (Spacing between parallel conductor) (Corrective factor for grids with ground rods along the perimeter) (Corrective weighting factor emphasizes the effect of grid buried depth) (Peripheral length of the grid) (Geometric factor a) (Geometric factor b) (Geometric factor c) (Geometric factor d) (Geometric factor ) (Spacing factor for touch potential) (Correction factor for grid geometry) (Total length of all ground rods) (Effective length of Lc + LR for mesh voltage) (Spacing factor for step voltage)

m m

14 3.6 0.017

nos m m

(6 earth bar within the room, and each riser cable is connected to 2 earth rods (Average length of each ground rod) (Diameter of ground rods)

151420.371

605333.48

0.030 0.036 0.029 0.030

ohm ohm ohm ohm

7.484

253.751

C. Summary 1. Proposed Earth Mat Dimension and Corresponding Resistance Length Width (m) Grid Size Grid Spacing Grid Buried= 12 0.2 0.05 Width (mm) Grid Conductor 25 19 0.2 m Depth (mm) 2 Diameter (mm) 0.0172 Material (m)

Nos Ground Rod 14

Length (m) 3.6

Material

Calc. Value Total Resistance Note: 0.030

Criteria (ohm) 1

Meet Criteria? Yes

Material

2. Mesh Voltage and Step Voltage Calc. Value Mesh Voltage Step Voltage Note: 1. Soil resistivity of 75ohm-m encabsulated with Marconite for 50% reduction is for the earth mat calculation. The figures of soil resistivity 150ohm-m conducted 2. The earth calculation is based on IEEE Std 80-2000 entitled as 'IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding'. 7.484 Criteria (Volt) 151420.371 Meet Criteria? Yes Yes

253.751 605333.48

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