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FIELD DATA
A,
CONDUCTOR SIZE
ts,d,Io
INITIAL DESIGN
D,n,LT,h
GRID RESISTANCE
Rg,LT
MODIFY DESIGN
D,n,LT,LR
GRID CURRENT
IG
YES
GPR < Etouch
NO
NO
Em<Etouch
YES
NO
Es<Estep
YES
DETAIL
DESIGN
EARTHING CALCULATION
STANDARDS USED
I
Amm 2 =
( K +T Eqn.: 40 Page : 43
TCAP104
t c r r )(
ln 0 m
K 0 +T a ) IEEE Std. 80 - 2000
Where
Ta = Ambient temperature in C 40 C
Ko r 1/r - Tr in C 245
TCAP = thermal capacity per unit volume from Table 1 3.85 J/(cmC)
Amm = 20.14 mm
K = 0.00
Cs = 1.00
Length Breadth
Preliminary Layout of Grid = 8 8
D GRID RESISTANCE
R g =
[ 1
+
1
LT 20 A
1+
( 1
1+h 20/ A )] Eqn. 52, Page 65, IEEE 80 2000
Where
Rg = Grid Resistance
Rg = 5.98
EARTHING CALCULATION
IG D f I g
Where
IG = 4,550 A
GPR=I GR g
GPR = 27,207 V
The safety to personnel is specified by IEEE 80, which requires to limit the development of
electrical potential to dangerous value during earth fault current.
The regulation stipulates the following parameters to be within the permissible limit
A Mesh Voltage
I G K m K i
Emesh( Design )= Eqn. 80, Page 91,
Ki
[
LC + 1. 55+1 . 22
larity
Where
2 LT
na = na = 4.0
LP
= 1.0
= 1.0
= 1.0
n = 4.00
Ki = 1.24
Where
Kii = Corrective wieghting factor that adjusts the effect of inner conductors on the corner mesh
1
K ii= 2
n
( 2n )
Kii = 0.35
Where
=
( 1+
h
ho )
ho = Reference depth of grid = 1
Kh = 1.22
EARTHING CALCULATION
Kh
Km = 0.70
Calculated Mesh Voltage is Greater than the Tolerable Touch Voltage. MODIFY DESIGN
B Step Voltage
Voltage developed for step as per the earthing system proposed during full Earth fault current
Ks=
1
[ 1
+
1
2 h D +h
+
10 . 5 n2
D ( )] Eqn. 94, Page 94, IEEE 80, 2000
Ks = 0.509
K i= 0 . 644 +0 .148 n
Ki = 1.24
Err:502
EARTHING CALCULATION
Size of Conductor 0 mm
B GROUND RODS
C HUMAN SAFETY
Material
Description Conductivity r factor K0 at
(%) at 20C (0C)
TCAP
Fusing r Thermal Nominal mm
Temperature 20C( Capacity [J/ Cross Sections
Tm (C) cm) (cm.C]
1400 13 72 13 4.03