Earth Mat Design For 132 Kv Substation

Could u please explain me how to do the earth mat design for 220 132 33 kv outdoor gss which have 5 steps 135m 138m 141m 144m 147m.

Earth mat design for 132 kv substation.

In high and medium voltage air insulated substations ais the electromagnetic field which causes are the static charges of bare cable and conductors and by the atmospheric conditions surges induce voltages at no live parts of the installation that create potential differences between metallic parts and ground and also between different points of. This paper presents the design of earthing systems for the 132 33kv substation in rivers state of nigeria and the review of substation practices with special reference to safety and development criteria for safe design. Earthing mat design for sub station switchyard. Earth mat design in 33 11 kv power substation live working substation.

Earth mat design can be done by manual calculations as well as with the help of computer software. This paper presents the design of earthing systems for the 132 33kv substation in rivers state of nigeria and the review of substation practices with special reference to safety and development. The substation grounding system comprises of a grid earth mat formed by a horizontal buried conductors before 1960s the design criterion of substation earthing system was low earth resistance earth resistance 0 5 ohms for high voltage installations during 1960s the new criteria for the design and evaluation of substation. Can t do the earth mat design separately for each step and finally connect each steps together.

A real time case study has been considered and the design was done using etap electrical transients analyzer program. Earth mat in 110kv side of a 220 110 kv substation the fence equipment body tanks support structures towers structural steelworks water pipes etc.