Substations

Substation Earthing
Course overview

Who should attend?

This intensive three-day course will give you an

This course includes essential learning for you if you

insight into all aspects of substation earthing for

are an engineer or technician involved in earthing of

low, medium and high voltage systems (distribution

electrical equipment, especially within the substation

and transmission), to ensure safety, protection and

environment.

regulatory compliance.

Those that have responsibilities to ensure the safe

The comprehensive programme includes technical

operation of electrical systems in private industry,

sessions on earthing design and specifications, current

distribution and transmission networks and generators.

standards and regulations, earth grids, resistivity, site

areas, conductors, earth rods and GIS, and includes
a practical earthing measurement exercise and
subsequent data analysis.
The speakers have been selected for their extensive
industry experience and expertise and throughout
the course you will have ample opportunity to discuss
issues of interest with them.

Cost: Three-day course: 1,160 + VAT

Location: EA Technology, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6ES

Asset managers and substation designers and operators

will also benefit from this course, as will architects and
civil engineers involved in substation construction.

Benefits of attending this course

Create safer working environments for you and
your colleagues
Develop specialist substation earthing skills that are
in short supply
Develop your ability to specify earthing system
design to current standards
Reduce the risk of critical system failure through
enhanced design
Gain expertise in managing earthing system design
and maintenance projects

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Tailored Programmes

Course programme
Day one
Introduction and Principles of Earthing in LV, MV and HV
Systems
Role, principles and importance of earthing
Preventing electric shock in LV systems
Earth faults, fault voltages, EPR and voltage gradient
in MV and HV systems
Impedance in earthing and bonding conductors
Important criteria for earthing assessment

LV Earth Systems and Earth Terminals

Earthing requirements for public LV systems
Earth terminals for supply points in public and
private LV cable systems
Abnormal voltages on LV earth terminals
Requirement to separate HV and LV earth systems
Special LV earthing situations

Earth Fault Current and EPR Analysis

System earthing

options and check compliance with standards

Design of the local substation electrode system
Design of the earthing system for a HV substation
Exercise in developing the outline electrode design

Measurement Theory
Earth resistivity
Earth resistance

Practical Measurement Exercise

Group exercise undertaking soil resistivity and
electrode resistance measurements

Analysis of Measurement Data

Delegates will use specialist software to gain a
derived soil model for design purposes
Analysis of electrode resistance data to calculate
the true resistance of the measured earthing system

Day three
Industrial Site Measurement Case Study

Redial and non-radial systems

Undertaking measurements in difficult locations

Simplified and rigorous fault current analysis

Highlight the important issues

Data and accuracy for project and EPR assessments

Explanation of procedures

Introduction to Earth Standards and Company Earthing

Policies

Analysis of Earth Fault Current and EPR in more

Complex Network Arrangements

The need for standards and company procedures

Network calculation procedures

The voltages and environmental impact that occur

Mixed underground and overhead systems and

during an earth fault at a small substation

Description of safety voltages, limit values and ways
they are constrained
Developments in ENA S34 and 14-24

Introduction to Earthing Design

Earthing standards; how this guides design practice
Main design criteria
Introduction to earth resistance formulae
Comparison of ways to reduce the earth resistance

Day two
Design of Substation Earthing
Stages in the design of a LV distribution substation
Use of standard formulae to investigate design

Safer, Stronger,
Smarter Networks

isolated cable sections in overhead lines

Identifying points of worst case EPR

Example Case Studies and Calculations of EPR and risk

effects in Industrial, generation and Public HV and MV
Systems
Generation and industrial sites connected to cable
and overhead line systems
Separation of HV/MV and LV earth systems in high
resistivity areas
LV installations in vicinity of HV equipment with
high EPR

Course review
Programme may be subject to amendment

PSC006/CL/MAR15

Substations

Substation Earthing