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PEMBANGUNAN GARDU INDUK 150 KV NEW SAMARINDA

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PT. BINTANG REJEKI CEMERLANG ‐ PT. NUGRAHA CITRA MAS 
PT. TRIMULTI SARANA TEHNIK
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GI 150kV NEW SAMARINDA
DATE NAME SIGN. GROUNDING GRID 
CALCULATION
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GROUNDING GRID CALCULATION

IEEE 80 - Guide for AC substation grounding

A. CALCULATION REFERENCE

This Calculation base on the IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding, by The
substation committee of the IEEE Power Engineering Sociaty, Approved by American National
Standard Institute on July 21, 1985 and issued as applied standard no. IEEE 80, 1986

B. CALCULATION OF GROUNDIG GRID 1 (LINE BAY - EL. 62.00)

B.1. Field Data

lenght = 45 m length of ground grid
width = 30 m width of ground grid
A= 1350 m² total area enclosed by ground grid
r= 20 Wm soil resistivity, IEEE p. 76 (10 < r < 10^4 )
A  length  width (Actual on site appx. 18.8 Wm)

B.2. Conductor Size

Imax = 31,500.00 A max rms current
3I0 = 31,500.00 A symmetrical zero sequence ground fault
current, see IEEE p. 96
Tm = 350 °C max. allowable temp.
Ta = 30 °C ambient temp.
a1 = 0.00381 therm coeff. of resisivity at reference temp., IEEE p. 66
r1 = 1.7774 W / cm resistivity of the ground conductor at reference temp., IEEE p. 66
a0 = 0.004132231 thermal coefficient of resistivity at 0°C
K0 = 242 1/ a 0, IEEE p. 66
tc = 0.4 s time of current flow, 2x protection trip setting max 200mA
TCAP = 3.422 J/(cm³ * °C) thermal capacity factor from IEEE p. 66
Ac = 100 mm² Calculated conductor cross section
150 mm² Used conductor cross section / as per Spec
t c  a 1  r  10 4
Ac  I  TCAP  10 3
 T  Ta 
ln 1  m 
 K 0  Ta 

B.3. Initial Ground Grid

na = 10 conductors per length
nb = 7 conductors per width
nab = 8.367 only for square meshes
nmax = 10 for calculating Es
Da = 5 m grid spacing at length
Db = 5 m grid spacing at width
h= 0.4 m depth of ground grid
n= 20 number of grounding rods
d2 = 0.02 m diameter of ground rod
l2 = 3 m length of ground rod
Lc = 660 m total length of grid conductor
Lr = 60 m total length of ground rods
L= 720 m total buried length

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nab  na  nb
Lc  length  na  width  nb

Lr  n  l2
L  Lc  Lr

B.4. Grid Resistance

r4 = 20 Wm soil resistivity, seen by a ground rod
l1 = Lc = 660 m total length of grid conductor
Rg1 = 0.270 W total ground resistance Area 1

  
  
1 1  1 
Rg  r     1
L 20 A  20  
  1 h 
  A 

C. CALCULATION OF GROUNDIG GRID 2 (TRAFO BAY - EL. 59.00)

C.1. Field Data

lenght = 40 m length of ground grid
width = 25 m width of ground grid
A= 1000 m² total area enclosed by ground grid
r= 20 Wm soil resistivity, IEEE p. 76 (10 < r < 10^4 )
A  length  width (Actual on site)

C.2. Conductor Size

Imax = 31,500.00 A max rms current
3I0 = 31,500.00 A symmetrical zero sequence ground fault
current, see IEEE p. 96
Tm = 350 °C max. allowable temp.
Ta = 30 °C ambient temp.
a1 = 0.00381 W / cm therm coeff. of resisivity at reference temp., IEEE p. 66
r1 = 1.7774 W / cm resistivity of the ground conductor at reference temp., IEEE p. 66
a0 = 0.004132231 thermal coefficient of resistivity at 0°C
K0 = 242 1/ a 0, IEEE p. 66
tc = 0.4 s time of current flow, 2x protection trip setting max 200mA
TCAP = 3.422 J/(cm³ * °C) thermal capacity factor from IEEE p. 66
Ac = 100 mm² Calculated conductor cross section
150 mm² Used conductor cross section / as per Spec
t c  a 1  r  10 4
Ac  I  TCAP  10 3
 Tm  Ta 
ln 1  
 K 0  Ta 

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GROUNDING GRID CALCULATION

IEEE 80 - Guide for AC substation grounding

C.3. Initial Ground Grid

na = 9 conductors per length
nb = 6 conductors per width
nab = 7.348 only for square meshes
nmax = 9 for calculating Es
Da = 5 m grid spacing at length
Db = 5 m grid spacing at width
h= 0.4 m depth of ground grid
n= 15 number of grounding rods
d2 = 0.02 m diameter of ground rod
l2 = 3 m length of ground rod
Lc = 510 m total length of grid conductor
Lr = 45 m total length of ground rods
L= 555 m total buried length
nab  na  nb
Lc  length  na  width  nb
Lr  n  l2
L  Lc  Lr

C.4. Grid Resistance

r4 = 20 Wm soil resistivity, seen by a ground rod
l1 = Lc = 510 m total length of grid conductor
Rg2 = 0.310 W total ground resistance Area 2

  
  
1 1 1
Rg  r     1  
L 20 A  20  
  1 h 
  A 

D. MUTUAL GROUNDING RESISTANCE

Rg1 = 0.270 W Ground Resistance Grid 1
Rg2 = 0.310 W Ground Resistance Grid 2
Rm = 0.144 W Total Ground Resistance

𝑅𝑔1 ∗ 𝑅𝑔2
𝑅𝑚 =
𝑅𝑔1 + 𝑅𝑔2

E. CONCLUSION
Meet the requirement, Rm = 0.144 W ( Less than 1.0 W )

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