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ElectricalClearanceinSubstation

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MinimumClearanceinSubstation:

Voltage Highest Lighting Switching Minimum Safety Ground

Voltage Impulse Impulse Clearance Clearance(Mt) Clearance(Mt)
Level Level
Phase Phase
(Kvp) (Kvp)
Earth Phase
11KV 12KV 70 0.178 0.229 2.600 3.700
33KV 36KV 170 0.320 0.320 2.800 3.700
132KV 145KV 550 1.100 1.100 3.700 4.600
650 1.100 1.100 2.700 4.600
220KV 245KV 950 1.900 1.900 4.300 5.500
1050 1.900 1.900 4.300 5.500
400KV 420KV 1425 1050(PE) 3.400 4.200 6.400 8.000
ElectricalClearanceinSubstation:

Voltage Heightof Height BayWidth Phase BetweenEquipment Earth

IBay ofII (Mt) Phase Wire
From Bay (Mt) From
Ground From Ground
(Mt) Ground
(Mt)
132KV 8.0 11.0 3.0 3.0 10.5
(Single)
220KV 12.5 18 4.5 4.5 15.5
(Single)
220KV 18.5 25 25 4.5 4.5 28.5
(Double)
400KV 15.6 22 22.0 7.0 >6.0 30.0
StandardBayWidthsinMeters:

Voltage BayWidth(Meter)
11KV 4.7Meter
33KV 4.7Meter
66KV 7.6Meter
132KV 12.2Meter
220KV 17Meter
400KV 27Meter
StandardBusandEquipmentElevation
 Voltage Equipmentlive MainBus Takeof
Terminal Elevation
Elevation Low High (Meter)
(Meter)
11 2.8To4 5.5 9 6.5To8.5
KV/33KV To6.5
66KV 2.8To4 6To8 9To10.5 9.5
132KV 3.7To5 8To9.5 13.5To14.5 12To12.5
220KV 4.9To5.5 9To13 18.5 15To18.5
400KV 8.0 15.5 23
PhasespacingforstrungBus:

Voltage Clearance
11KV 1300mm
33KV 1300mm
66KV 2200mm
132KV 3000mm
220KV 4500mm
400KV 7000mm
MinimumClearanceofLivePartsfromGround:

Voltage Minimum SectionClearance

Clearanceto (Mt)
Ground(Mt)
11KV 3.700 2.600
33KV 3.700 2.800
66KV 4.600 3.000
132KV 4.600 3.500
220KV 5.500 4.300
400KV 8.000 7.000
InsulatorString:

Voltage Noof Length NoofDisc Lengthin

Suspension (mm) forTension (mm)
String String
66KV 5 965 6 1070
132KV 9 1255 10 1820
220KV 14 1915 15 2915
400KV 23 3850 2X23 5450
NominalSpan:

Voltage NormalSpan(Meter)
66KV 240250275
132KV 315325335
220KV 315325335
400KV 315325335
MinimumGroundClearance:

Voltage Ground(Meter)
 66KV 5.5
132KV 6.1
220KV 7.0
400KV 8.0
800KV 12.4
IndoorSubstationMinimumClearances

Distance Descriptions
0.9Meter Horizontallybetweenanyitemofequipment
andthesubstationwall
0.6Meter HorizontallybetweenanyTwoitemsof
equipment
1.2Meter HorizontallyinfrontofanyHVswitchgear
ClearanceofConductoronTower

Voltage Tower Vertical Horizontal TotalHeight

Type Space Space(Mt) From
(Mt) Ground(Mt)
66KV A 1.03 4.0 15.91
B 1.03 4.27 15.42
C 1.22 4.88 16.24
132KV A 7.140 2.17 23.14
B 4.2 6.29 22.06
C 4.2 7.15 22.68
D 4.2 8.8 24.06
220KV A 5.2 8.5 28.55
B 5.25 10.5 29.08
C 6.7 12.6 31.68
D
NORMSOFPROTECTIONFOREHVCLASSPOWERTRANSFORMERS

Voltageratio& HVSide LVSide Commonrelays

capacity
132/33/11KV 3O/Lrelays 2O/Lrelays Buchholz,OLTC
upto8MVA +1E/Lrelay +1E/Lrelay Buchholz,OT,
WT
132/33/11KV 3O/Lrelays 3O/Lrelays Dierential,
above8MVA +1dir.E/L +1E/Lrelay Buchholz,OLTC
andbelow31.5 relay Buchholz,OT,
MVA WT
132/33KV,31.5 3O/Lrelays 3O/Lrelays Dierential,
MVA&above +1dir.E/L +1E/Lrelay Over
relay ux,Buchholz,
OLTCPRV,OT,
WT
220/33KV, 3O/Lrelays 3O/Lrelays Dierential,
31.5MVA& +1dir.E/L +1dir.relay Over
50MVA relay ux,Buchholz,
220/132KV,100 OLTCPRV,OT,
MVA WT
 400/220KV 3directional 3directional Dierential,
315MVA O/Lrelays O/Lrelays Over
(withdir. (withdir. ux,Buchholz,
Highset)+1 Highset)+1 OLTCPRV,OT,
directional directional WTand
E/Lrelays. E/Lrelays. overload(alarm)
Restricted Restricted relay
E/Frelay+3 E/Frelay
Directional
O/Lrelays
foraction
Theboommostportionofanyinsulatororbushinginserviceshouldbeataminimumheightof2500mmabovegroundlevel.

LocationofL.A(FromT.CBushing):

Voltage BILKVPeak Distance(Mt)

11KV 75 12
33KV 200 15
66KV 325 24
132KV 550 35
220KV 900To1050 CloseToT.C
400KV 1425To1550
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44ResponsestoElectricalClearanceinSubstation

kathiresankrishnamoorthysays:
April19,2011at5:14am
IamachiefengineeraachedtoCeylonElectricityBoardSrilanka.IconductlectureforCEB
engineers,electricalsuperintendents,technicalstathereforeineedtecnicalinformationforoverheadlines,substationand
ddlo,lightingarresterinstallationetc
thankingyou
Krishnamoorthy

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BAHRUsays:
January6,2013at11:16am
PLEASESENTAPROJECTABOUTSUBSTATION

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abumonsuralisays:
May21,2011at10:06am
Couldihavethevariousreferencesforclearnacew.r.tNational/Internationalstandard,forindoors/supto33kvlevelalso.

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P.Rajasekaransays:
July18,2011at6:01am
Canyoupleaseexplainmethedierencebetweengroundclearanceandearthclearance

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KarmaWangdisays:
July19,2011at4:22am
iamfromBhutanandiwouldliketoknowthatmysmalllandisneartothe66KVtransmissionline,Andwilltherebesafe
enoughformetoconstructbuildingneartothelineandwilltherebenoproblemassuchinthelongerduration.

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Jignesh.Parmarsays:
July20,2011at2:45pm
pleasereferhps://electricalnotes.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/minimumelectricalclearance2/

ClearancesfromBuildingsofhighandextrahighvoltagelinesIERule80
VerticalDistance
Highvoltagelinesupto33KV=3.7Meter
ExtraHighVoltage=3.7Meter+Add0.3meterforeveryadditional33KV
HorizontalclearancebetweentheconductorandBuilding
HighVoltageUpto11KV=1.2Meter
11KVTo33KV=2.0Meter
ExtraHighVoltage=2.0Meter+Add0.3meterforeveryadditional33KV

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bharatkumarsays:
January2,2013at9:06am
mydoubtwasclearedwiththisreplyThankyouMr.Jignesh

zulkifliothmansays:
August15,2011at7:09am
DearJignesh,

Excellentcompilation!Whatisthedierencebetweenminclearancetogroundandsectionalclearance?

thankyouandregards.

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axonkeralasays:
February28,2012at8:31am
ReallyHelpfulNotes

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suesongsays:
June7,2012at8:02am
Mayiknowwhenoperatingthe11kVOR33kVAirBreakIsolatorfromgroundhowtodeterminewhichclassofinsulationglove
towearforthesafetyprotection.

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Moorthisays:
July26,2012at9:48am
Dearsir.
IamElectricalsrengineer.weusing11KV/0.415KVsubstationforconstructionsupply.
1.Therefoursubstationsinvariousarea.whenwechargingthetransformersonebyersttimenoanyproblem.butnextdaywe
arechargingthetransformers.rsttransformerwillchargingwithanyproblembutwegochargethesecondtransthatincoming
surgearresterwillburst.

2.whatisreasonsurearresterwillburst.

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Jignesh.Parmarsays:
July26,2012at5:17pm
IhaveobservedfollowingpossibilityinpastforblastingofLAatDPstructure.
(1)MaybePhasetogroundFault(MaybetouchbranchesoftreewithphaseindistributionLine)
(2)FailureofPINInsulatorofDistributionLine
(3)wrongconnectionofLA(YoufaceproblemwhilechargingSystemsoRecheckLAconnectionwithGround)
(4)DuetoheavyLightingStrock.
(5)FaultinHT/LTCable.
(6)SelectionofwrongsizeofLA.

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DwightR.Machicasays:
September30,2016at12:36am
ihaveexpeirencethattheprimaryline13.2kvafterenergizingin8hrsmoreorlesstheLightningArresterblownorfuse
Line1&Line2,whatndingscouldyouadvise?&solution
thisproblem.

Thankyou

Sivakumarsays:
August20,2012at10:03am
HaloJignesh,

aspartofmyjob,iwouldliketoverifyspaceadequacyofHVDCsubstation.canyoupleaseclarifybelowpoints.Thanks,

(1)whatistheclearancetobefollowedfor400kVHVDCsubstation?
(2)forindoorsubstation,isitsucienttoconsiderphaseground,phasephaseandsectionclearances(i.e.groundclerancesnot
considered)only?willitbeenoughtomaintainadequatecreepagedistancebetweenphaseandground&phasephaseifthelive
conductorsarebeyondthereachofworkingpersonnel?
(3)IsthereanyspecicearthingdesigntobefollowedforHVDCsubstation?

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VijayKumarHarshsays:
August25,2012at11:00am
DearJignesh
Thankyouverymuchforsuchaniceupdateddetailsprovidedbyyouonthisblog.
ErVijayKumarHarsh
ProjectManager,Yemen

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murthysays:
January24,2013at4:06am
Dearsir
InwhichISstandardwillindthesedetailsitisveryurgent

regards
murthy

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RAJEEVJAKHARsays:
February2,2013at7:46am
DearJignesh,

PleaseshareyourEmailIDandcontactnos..
RegardsRAJEEVJAKHAR(09810386806)

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gokulsays:
February8,2013at4:33pm
sir,

canupleaseexplainaboutthatlightningimpulse550&650sinceforthe1stone132kvsectionalclearanceis2.7&forthesecond
one3.7pleaseexplain

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suganyasays:
March18,2013at11:49am
HiSir,
AmaDiplomaEEEStudent.iwanttokowwhatistheground,sectional,clearances.?

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sonakshisays:
April18,2013at3:07am
hellojignesh,
couldyoupleasetellwhatisgroundclearance&safetyclearance?

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Ahmedsays:
May18,2013at3:08pm
couldyoupleasementionstandardfortheseclearance?

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Jignesh.Parmarsays:
May18,2013at5:53pm
MostofCBIP

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idhansays:
June5,2013at8:00am
HiJignesh

Thereisahorizontalclearancebetweenphasesandfences.Imreferringtothosefencesprotectingthesubstation.However,is
thereaclearencenormwhenwiresarecomingoutofthesubstation?(Basicallywhenthewiresareconnectedtosometowerorto
someanotherequipment,inwhichmomentthereisonlyaverticaldistancebetweenwiresandfences)

Isthereanydocumentationaboutthisspecictopic?

Thankyouinadvance!

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sundaramsays:
October6,2013at2:17pm
alltheseclearancesbasedonwhichiecplstellme

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sanjeevPareeksays:
April16,2014at10:48am
Goodjob.

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davsays:
August8,2014at9:55am
iloveit

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davsays:
August8,2014at10:03am
ilivewhereweuse330kv.whatistheclearancesforthesubstation?doiassumethevaluesfor400kv?

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shivkanthsays:
October16,2014at7:07am
Hi.
IamshivkanthVijayanfromBhorukaPower,Bangalore.IwouldliketoknowtheIEstandardfor66KVbusheightinsubstation
whichis4.6mtrsvertical????

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Maheshsays:
October22,2014at6:55am
canihaveminimumclearancesrequiredfor66KVequipmentsinswitchyard?CBtoBusIsolator,CBtoCT,CTtoLineIso,Line
IsotoCablesealingendtoLA,PT?

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SrikantaGhoshsays:
October28,2014at7:00am
DearJigneshSir,
MyselfsrikantaGhoshB.techElectricalengineerfromwestbengal.RecentlyworkinginaMNCcompanyandpostedin
bangladesh.Iworkassiteengineerin132/33KVS/S.Iwanttobeyourassistantinanyofyourprojectorwantatrainingfrom
you.Isitpossiblesir?

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KuldeepSinghsays:
February17,2015at9:17am
DearJignesh,

myselfisKuldeepSinghadvocatebyprofessionandManagerinLandacquisition&Liaisondepartmentinacompanywho
goingtoenterinnewbusinessrelatedtosolarorwindenergyparksinvariousstates,ijustchecksomeofcourseswhichhelpme
tounderstandbaerinelectricalline,canyouassistmetondanycourse.
regards.

KuldeepSingh

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MudasirAhmadsays:
February18,2015at4:59pm
DearJignesh.Parmar
CanudeterminecausesofburstingaLightningArrestorin33kVendofaTransformer,usedindustyarea.?

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BiplobRoysays:
April23,2015at3:57am
whatstheclearancewouldbephasetogroundfor240kv1050kvBIL.Atthedisconnectswitch(240kv1050kvBIL)pointthere
isexpansiontypeconnectorwithcoronaring.Nowtocalculatephasetogroundclearancefromedgeofringtogroundpointof
dswhatsdistanceneedtoconsider.Thereistwotypesofdistancegiven1.rodtostructure(2100mm)and2.conductorto
structurewhichis1900mm.InthissituationIbelieveweshouldconsider1900mm.Anycommentsisappreciated.

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RajKumarsays:
April30,2015at11:42am
sir,CanIknowwhatistheminimumgroundclearancefora230kvtwinzebraconductorina230/110kvairinsulatedSub
station.

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thazawsays:
June17,2015at5:00am
sir,Iwanttoknowsafetyclearancefor36KValivepartandswitchgearpanel.

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SiviSamuelsays:

August8,2015at3:51pm
August8,2015at3:51pm
Sir,
IwanttoknowtheBusarrangementreliableandcostlierforaindoorsubstationof33KV.

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SiviSamuelsays:
August8,2015at4:04pm
IamLookingforacareerinuae.canyoutellmeaboutsomestandardsofuae

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Sreenusays:
August21,2015at8:50am
dearsir,
howtocalculateminimumclearance,isthereanyformula?

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Lidiasays:
October13,2015at5:24am
whatisitthatyoucallbayinhere?

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Omasays:
February11,2017at3:27am
Iamregularvisitor,howareyoueverybody?Thispieceofwritingpostedat
thiswebsiteistrulynice.

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MelvinRoblessays:
February21,2017at10:35am
HowaboutclearancebetweenCTandPTfor230KVoutdoorsubstation?

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jigneshpatelsays:
March24,2017at3:11pm
Hi,
Sir
Inswitchyardweareusinghandglovestoopenorcloseisolatorandgiveaearthswitchin66KV,132kvand220kvbutthe
ratingofglovesismaximum40kvthenwhyweusingthatgloves.
Pleaseguidemeaboutthat.

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Kumailsays:
May22,2017at11:26am
Doyouknowwhatshouldbeminimumclearancedistancebetweenatreeanda500kVDCtransmissionline.

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Kumailsays:
May22,2017at11:28am
Howcanweuseairgapbetweenatreeanda500kVdctransmissionlineinelectricalmodelling?

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