SNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Kurumbapalayam (Po), Coimbatore – 641 107

An Autonomous Institution
Accredited by NBA – AICTE and Accredited by NAAC – UGC with ‘A’ Grade
Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE NAME : EE8402 TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION

II YEAR /IV SEMESTER

Unit 4- Mechanical Design of Transmission Lines

Topic 1 : Earthing
 Earthing

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 Definition
Grounding or Earthing means connecting frame of electrical equipment (non-
current carrying part) or some electrical part of the system

Grounding or Earthing may be classified as :

(i) Equipment grounding
(ii) System grounding

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 Equipment Grounding
• The process of connecting non-current-carrying metal parts (i.e. metallic
enclosure) of the electrical equipment to earth (i.e. soil) in such a way that in
case of insulation failure, the enclosure effectively remains at earth potential is
called equipment grounding.

• (i) Ungrounded enclosure

• (ii) enclosure connected to neutral wire
• (iii) ground wire connected to enclosure.

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 Ungrounded enclosure

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 Enclosure connected to neutral wire

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 Enclosure connected to neutral wire

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 Ground wire connected to enclosure

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 System Grounding
• The process of connecting some electrical part of the power system (e.g.
neutral point of a starconnected system, one conductor of the secondary of a
transformer etc.) to earth (i.e. soil) is called system grounding.

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 System Grounding

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 References

1. D.P.Kothari, I.J. Nagarath, ‘Power System Engineering’, Mc Graw-Hill

Publishing Company limited, New Delhi, Second Edition, 2008.
2. C.L.Wadhwa, ‘Electrical Power Systems’, New Academic Science Ltd, 2009.
3. S.N. Singh, ‘Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution’,
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, Second Edition, 2011.

Thank You

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