R E S I S T O RI ST AIN L ES S

DI P O TE N Z A S T E E L
I N ACCI AI O P O W E R
INOX RESISTORS

Resistori di messa a terra

Neutral grounding resistors

Resistori di carico
Load banks resistors

Resistori di carico per sala prove

Load banks resistors for test facilities

Resistori di carico per prove turbine a gas

Load banks for gas turbine

Resistori di filtro d armonica

Harmonic filter resistors

Resistori di avviamento e frenatura motori

Starting and braking resistors for motors

Resistenze frenatura dinamica

Dynamic braking resistors

Resistori per applicazioni ferroviarie

Resistors for railway applications

TELEMA S.P.A. Sales Office: Corso Genova, 29 20123 Milano Italy

Tel +39 02 83382.1 - Fax +39 02 83382.206
Factory: Frazione Quarto Via Salvoni, 60 29100 Piacenza Italy
Tel +39 0523 557.226 - Fax +39 0523 557.386
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NEUTRAL GROUNDING RESISTORS

The best passive protection against

grounding short circuit

The best way to protect transformers against ground fault

currents is to install between the star point and the earth
a resistor for the time necessary till protections are being
activated.
Such a resistor will limit the fault current to a pre-fixed
value so as not to damage the unit. Moderate fault
currents, absence of temporary excess voltage, reduction
of untimely operation of protections as well as facility in
locating failures are only some advantages with respect
to other protection systems such as reactances, isolated
neutral or direct grounding. Neutral Grounding Resistors
during heating test at CESI
During a short circuit the resistors are subject to very high power
absorption over short periods. The grounding phenomenon is thus
merely of adiabatic nature, i.e. heat is being accumulated without
external air exchange.
When designing a grounding resistor, the weight of the active part of
material (i.e. the part interested by the flow of current) is
fundamental. In fact it is the weight of the active part that determines
the quantity of energy a resistor can absorb maintaining its
temperature below a pre-fixed value.

IP54 Grounding Resistor IP 23 Grounding Resistor

10 ohms, 1500 A for 10 sec. 6 ohms, 2500 A for 10 sec.
25 /3 kV 24/3 kV

TELEMA S.P.A. Sales Office: Corso Genova, 29 20123 Milano Italy

Tel +39 02 83382.1 - Fax +39 02 83382.206
Factory: Frazione Quarto Via Salvoni, 60 29100 Piacenza Italy
Tel +39 0523 557.226 - Fax +39 0523 557.386
e-mail: info@telemait.com - http:// www.telemait.com www.telemait.com
NEUTRAL GROUNDING RESISTORS

When designing each resistor, TELEMA aims to maximise the

weight of active material in function of the maximum temperature
required.
As TELEMA can select from two different type of elements: the HPR
and the HPRS at a width up to 4 mm and in various qualities of
stainless steel.
The solution studied on purpose for every single application will
meet any individual requirement of Customer, particularly with
regard to current, resistor value, temperature, variation of resistance
between cold and hot conditions and environmental conditions.
TELEMA NEUTRAL GROUNDING RESISTORS range from class IP23 Grounding Resistor
3,6 KV to 72,5 KV with current at several thousand amperes and 6,4 ohms 600 A for 30 sec.- 6,6 /3 kV
chassis protection from IP 23 to IP 55, the latter being realised with equipped with off-load switch
special filters which permit the necessary air circulation also in
presence of reduced continuous current.
These resistors can incorporate off-load switches, load-break
switches, vacuum contactors, CT, VT, etc.

As standard, TELEMA Neutral Grounding Resistors are built and

tested to the requirement of American National Specification
Requirements, Terminology and Test Procedure for Neutral
Grounding Devices, IEEE 32-1972
All manufacture takes place in our modern purpose-built factory
operating to ISO 9001 quality standard.
For many rating and designs temperature rise type test
in accordance with IEEE 32 have been carried out at
independently certified test houses. Copies of these
certificates are available.
IP 23 Grounding Resistor
10,06 ohms, 660 A for 10 sec. - 11,5 /3 kV
equipped with medium voltage current transformer

IP 54 Grounding Resistor IP23/IP54 Grounding Resistor

57,7 ohms 300 A for 10 sec. - 30 /3 kV 20 ohms, 100 A for 5 sec. - 3,6/3 kV
equipped with incoming bushing insulator and 2 current transformer equipped with load-breack switch

TELEMA S.P.A. Sales Office: Corso Genova, 29 20123 Milano Italy

Tel +39 02 83382.1 - Fax +39 02 83382.206
Factory: Frazione Quarto Via Salvoni, 60 29100 Piacenza Italy
Tel +39 0523 557.226 - Fax +39 0523 557.386
e-mail: info@telemait.com - http:// www.telemait.com www.telemait.com
NEUTRAL GROUNDING RESISTORS
FOR MOBILE SUBSTATIONS

Modular design to meet small space requests

The reduced space at disposition on mobile substations

required modular design.
The TELEMA Neutral Grounding Resistors are the best
suitable solution for such installation:

FEATURE
No temporary over-voltages
Rapid cooling after fault
Ease of installation
Maintenance free
Traction-based designs
Stainless steel construction

BENEFIT
Compact space-saving designs
Reliable and robust during transportation
Suitable for tropical, marine and desert environments

IP23 Neutral Grounding Resistor IP21 Grounding Resistor

4,7 ohms 400 A for 10 sec.- 3,3 /3 kV 12,7 ohms 500 A for 10 sec.- 11/3 kV
equipped with off-load switch

IP54 Neutral Grounding Resistor

72 ohms 300 A for 10 sec.- 33 /3 kV
equipped with 2 current transformers

TELEMA S.P.A. Sales Office: Corso Genova, 29 20123 Milano Italy

Tel +39 02 83382.1 - Fax +39 02 83382.206
Factory: Frazione Quarto Via Salvoni, 60 29100 Piacenza Italy
Tel +39 0523 557.226 - Fax +39 0523 557.386
e-mail: info@telemait.com - http:// www.telemait.com www.telemait.com