Specified Ground Fault Current 20000 A

Nominal Voltage 69000 V

Depth of Burial h 0.6 m

Thickness of Surface layer 0.15 m
Surface Layer Resistivity Derating factor Cs 0.76
Number of OHGW 2
Fault Duration Time ts 0.4 s
Area of Grounding Grid Conductor Ag 100 mm2
Diameter of Grid Conductor d 0.0134 m
Area of Riser Conductor 100 mm2
Surface Resistivity Ps 3000 ohm-m
Soil Resistivity P 200 ohm-m
Length of Buried Conductors including rods L 1378 m
Length of Buried Conductors Lc 1330 m
Total Length of Ground Rods Lr 48 m
Area Occupied by the grid A 2000 m2
Number of parallel conductor x 13
y 17
Spacing between parallel conductors x 3 m
y 3 m
Max. allowable conductor temp. at fault conditions Tm 400 C
Max ambient temperature Ta 45 C

Tr 20 C
αa 0.00393
Pr 1.7241 uohm/cm
TCAP 3.42 J/cm2/C
Required Grid Conductor Size
51.0097209008 Acond 63.76215 mm2

Tolerable Touch Voltage Etouch 1097.215 V

Tolerable Step Voltage Estep 3644.146 V

Grid Resistance Rg 1.088534 ohm

n 14.86985
Kh 1.264911

Km 0.375332
Ki 2.844738

Estimated Current that will flow on the grid Ig 7080.318 A

Zchain 2 ohm
Impedance of OHGW Zoghw 0.5 ohm

Total Impedance Zt 0.342622 ohm

Sf 1
Maximum Ground Potential Rise GPR 7707.167 V

Calculated Current Based on Approximate Igcalc 6295.112 A

Fault Current
Igw 13704.89 A

Ks 0.459777

Ls 1038.3
Lm 1341.902

Calculated Step Voltage Estep 1783.814 V

Calculated Mesh Voltage Emesh 518.0454 V
<------ 100 mm2 is safe

na 15.83333
nb 0.939149
nc 1
nd 1
<----- design is safe

<------ No. 8 AWG ACSR is safe

<----- design is safe

<----- design is safe
Specified Ground Fault Current 5000 A
Nominal Voltage 69000 V

Depth of Burial h 0.6 m

Thickness of Surface layer 0.15 m
Surface Layer Resistivity Derating factor Cs 0.778462
Number of OHGW 2
Fault Duration Time ts 0.3 s
Area of Grounding Grid Conductor Ag 100 mm2
Diameter of Grid Conductor d 0.0134 m
Area of Riser Conductor 100 mm2
Surface Resistivity Ps 2500 ohm-m
Soil Resistivity P 100 ohm-m
Length of Buried Conductors including rods L 1278 m
Length of Buried Conductors Lc 1224 m
Total Length of Ground Rods Lr 54 m
Area Occupied by the grid A 1701 m2
Number of parallel conductor x 22
y 10
Spacing between parallel conductors x 3 m
y 3 m
Max. allowable conductor temp. at fault conditions Tm 400 C
Max ambient temperature Ta 40 C

Tr 20 C
a 0.00393
Pr 1.7241 uohm/cm
TCAP 3.42 J/cm2/C
Required Grid Conductor Size
11.1649189154 Acond 13.95615 mm2 <------ 100 mm2 is safe

Tolerable Touch Voltage Etouch 1123.414 V

Tolerable Step Voltage Estep 3633.732 V

Grid Resistance Rg 1.129462 ohm

n 14.83882
Kh 1.264911

Km 0.375604
Ki 2.840145

Estimated Fault Current Ig 5000 A

Sf 1

Maximum Ground Potential Rise GPR 5647.31 V

Calculated Mesh Voltage Emesh 407.6446 V <----- design is safe

Ks 0.548186

Ls 963.9
Lm 1237.196

Calculated Step Voltage Estep 807.6194 V <----- design is safe

Zchain 2 ohm
Impedance of OHGW Zoghw 1 ohm

Total Impedance Zt 0.530398 ohm

Calculated Current Based on Approximate Igcalc 2348.011 A <----- design is safe

Fault Current
Igw 2651.989 A <------ No. 8 AWG ACSR
<------ 100 mm2 is safe

na 13.6
nb 1.091089
nc 1
nd 1
<----- design is safe

<----- design is safe

<----- design is safe

<------ No. 8 AWG ACSR is safe

Resistance of Soil R 253 ohm 1.46
Electrode Spacing a 1.5 m 1
Electrode Depth b 0.15 m 0.1
Soil Resistivity ρ 1615.805 ohm-m 6.216273
ρ 2384.467 ohm-m

Diameter of Grid Conductor d 0.009525 m

Area of the Grid A 4 m2 0.006189
Maintained Resistance r 10 ohm 0.159549
Depth of Matting h 0.6 m
Length of Conductor L -6.520593 m
161.5805

Depth of Burial h 0.6 m

Soil Resistivity P 387 ohm-m
Length of Buried Conductors inc L 27 m
Area Occupied by the grid A 4.5 m2
Grid Resistance Rg 73.13775 ohm
59.84464
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0.19
7.16902