TITLE: EARTHING CONDUCTOR SIZING CALCULATION 0.00 REFERENCE: 0.

01 IEC 60364 -"Electrical Installations of Buildings"

1.00 INPUT DATA: 1.01 System voltage rating 1.02 Fault current 1.03 Operating time of disconnecting device, in seconds (1sec duration considered, since all the protective relays are of numerical and fast acting type.) 1.04 Factor dependent on the material of the protective conductors, insulation and other parts and the initial and final temperatures (Max temperature considered is 150OC) k I t

= = <

66 &11 kV 40000 A 1 sec

138

2.00 REQUIRED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF COPPER EARTHING CONDUCTOR (A):

Where S I

= Cross -sectional area in mm

= Value (a.c.rms) of fault current for a fault negligible impedance, which can flow through the protective device in amperes = Operating time of disconnecting device, in seconds = Factor dependent on the material of the protective conductors, insulation and other parts and the initial and final temperatures S = 289.86 sq.mm

t k

3.00 RESULT: Area of stranded annealed soft drawn copper conductor selected is 240 Sq.mm

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PROJECT: TITLE: EARTHING CONDUCTOR SIZING CALCULATION 0.00 REFERENCE: 0.01 IEEE 80 - 2000 "Guide for safety in AC Substation grounding" (Pages 41, 42 & 48 are enclosed for ready reference) 1.00 INPUT DATA: 1.01 System voltage rating 1.02 Fault current 1.03 Fault current duration for earthing design for large substations (as per clause 11.3.3, page 48 of IEEE80_2000) (1sec duration considered, since all the protective relays are of numerical and fast acting type.) I tC

= = =

330 31.5 1

kV kA sec

1.04 Maximum allowable temperature for annealed soft drawn copper T = m conductor 1.05 Ambient temperature Ta =

450 45

C C

2.00 REQUIRED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF COPPER EARTHING CONDUCTOR (A): A = TCAP x 10 (tc x r x r) Where A I TCAP r r ko A
-4

31.5 ln k o + Tm k o + Ta

= = = = = =

Copper conductor cross section in mm2 Fault current in KA Thermal capacity of copper conductor unit volume in J/(cm3 oC) Thermal coefficient of Resistivity of copper conductor in 1/oC at 20oC Resistivity of copper conductor at 20oC in .cm Reciprocal of Thermal coefficient of Resistivity of copper conductor in oC at 0oC = 31.5 3.42 x 10 1 x0.0039 x 1.72 147.319 mm2 Sqmm
-4

ln

234 + 450 234 + 45

3.00 RESULT: Area of stranded annealed soft drawn copper conductor selected is

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TITLE: EARTHING CONDUCTOR SIZING 0.00 0.01 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 2.00 REFERENCE:

Date : 19. 10. 2010

Revision : R0

IEEE 80 - 2000 "Guide for safety in AC Substation grounding" INPUT DATA: System voltage rating Fault current Fault duration Constant for earthing conductor VR Isc tC Kf = = = = 330 40 1 14.3 kV kA sec

REQUIRED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF EARTHING CONDUCTOR (A): Akcmil Where I Kf tc = I x Kf xtC kcmil

= Symmetrical fault current in substation, (=3Io) KA = Constant for material(=7 for copper soft drawn) = Duration of fault cuttent

= =

40 x 1x 14.3 kcmil 572 kcmil 289.80 sq.mm (1 kcmil = 1.98 Sqmm)

3.00

RESULT: The required cross sectional area is 289.8 Sq mm

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