EARTHING MAT DESIGN FOR SUB STATION

As per ANSI/IEEE Std 80-1986 code

:Enter Your Details: Length of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid Width of Area Occupied by Earthing Grid Fault level at Incoming Bus Incoming Voltage Outgoing Voltage Soil Resistivity Resistance of Main Eartjing Mat Resistance of surface Material (Crushed Rock ) Thickness of Surface Material (Crushed Rock) Depth of Earthing Grid Conductor Diameter of Earthing Grid Conductor Reference Depth of Grid Area Occupied by Earthing Grid Spacing between Parallel Conductor of Grid Duration of Fault (To determine Size of earthing Mat) Duration of Fault (To determine safe Step & Touch Potential) Margine Factor in Earthing Mat against corrossion and Rusting Number of Adjacement Earthing Mat Conductor Relaction Factor Constant (KS) Constant (Ki) Number of Parallel Conductor in Longitudinal direction Number of Parallel Conductor in Transverse direction No of Lighting Arrestors No of Transformers Decrement Factor for entire duration of Fault(to allow asymetrical of the Fault curernt wave) Corrective projection factor according for the relative increase fault current during S/S life( Zero future system growth Cp=1) Ambient Temperature Maximum allowable Temperature Temperature of Thermal Co-efficient of resisitivty at 0C Thermal Capacity Factor Thermal Co-efficient of resistiivty at referance Temp of Tr la lb fault Vin Vout q qs hs h d 2.9 0.1 6000 110 11 225 0.5 2668 0.1 0.5 36 1 0.29 5 3 0.5 100.00% 23 -0.844452 0.33145 4.612 1 0 5 1 1 1.1 35 1084 3.8466 0.00378 0C 0C J/cm3/c mt mt MVA KV KV -m -m mt mt mm2 mt m2 mt sec sec nos

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D t t nm K Ks Ki na nb

Df Cp Ta Tm Ko TACP &

Earthing Conductor Standard Dia of Conductor (mm) 32 36 40

804 1018 1257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Enter Your Data in White back Ground Cells DESIGN OF EARTHING MAT Fault Current At Primary side Sizing of Earthing Conductor Size of Earthing Conductor after considering Margine Factor Standard Size of Earthing Rod (Round) Approximate Length of Earthing Mat Conductor Reduction Factor Tolerable Touch Potential Estimated Touch Potential
Estimated Touch Potential is Grater Than Tolerable Touch Potential so Enter New Length of Earthing Mat Conductor which if greater than -L L Cs Etouch Esti(Etouch) lg A Final A

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31492 662.65 1325.30 36 19617 0.68 525 805 3450 3450 4580 3450 1608.4 3139.556

Amp mm2 mm2 mm mt

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Volts Volts mt mt Volts mt Volts Volts

Now New Length of Earthing Conductor New Estimated Touch Potential

Result : Increase Size of Earthing Mat Conductor

New L L Esti(Etouch) Final L Estap Esti(Estap)

Tolerable Step Potential Estimated Step Potential Estimated Step Voltage is more than Tolerable Step Potential Station Ground Resistance Earthing Grid Currrent Ground Potential Rise (GPA)

Rg Ig GPA

185.158 34641 6414045

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No of Earthing Rod used in Earthing Mat No of Earthing Rod used at perimeter Extra Earthing Rod used at 4 coners of Earthing Mat Earth Electrode for Lighting Arrestors Eatrh Electode for Transformer Control Room Earthing Total Earthing Rods Total Length of Earthing Mat Conductor Longitudinal direction Transverse direction Earthing Rod Total Length of Eartning Mat Conductor Estimated Touch Potential Estimated Step Potential Estimated Length of Earthing Mat Conductor No of Earthing Rod

2 16 10 3 2 33 2.9 0 99 101.9 4580 3140 3450 33

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Increase Size

1017.9

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0.55

0.55