EARTHING DESIGN AS PER IEEE 80: 2013 - AT A GLANCE

ITEM DESCRIPTION SYMBOL UNIT VALUE

STEP 1
FIELD DATA
1 Rectangle-1 (GIS Hall)
Length L1 m 20
Width B1 m 12
2 Rectangle-2 (Transformer Yard)
Length L2 m 14
Width B2 m 6
3 Total enclosed area by ground grid A (m2) 324
4 Soil resistivity U :m 50

STEP 2
CONDUCTOR SIZE
5 Symmetrical fault current Ig (=IF) kA 7.05
6 Duration of fault current tc s 3
7 Material Thermal Capacity per unit volume TCAP J/cm3/ºC 3.9
8 Ground conductor thermal coefficient of resistivity at 0ºC D0 - 0.003413
9 Reference temperature Tr ºC 20
10 Ground conductor thermal coefficient of resistivity at reference temperature Dr - 0.0032
11 Ground conductor resistivity at reference temperature Ur P:cm 20.1
12 K0 = 1 / D0 Ko - 293
13 Maximum allowable temperature Tm ºC 419
14 Ambient temperature Ta ºC 45
Amm2 2
15 Required conductor cross-section area mm 152.70
16 Required conductor diameter dmin mm 13.94
17 Recommended conductor diameter considering allowance for corrosion dc mm 16.27
18 Actual diameter of conductor chosen d mm 25

STEP 3
TOUCH & STEP CRITERIA
19 Surface layer thickness hs m 0.15
20 Duration of shock for determining allowable body current ts m 1
21 Surface layer resistivity Us :m 4000
22 Reflection Factor K 0.975
23 Surface layer derating factor Cs - 0.772
24 Tolerable step voltage for body weight of 50 kg Estep50 V 2265.25
25 Tolerable step voltage for body weight of 70 kg Estep70 V 3065.90
26 Tolerable touch voltage for body weight of 50 kg Etouch50 V 653.31
27 Tolerable touch voltage for body weight of 70 kg Etouch70 V 884.22
28 Metal-to-metal touch voltage for body weight of 50 kg Emm-touch50 V 116.00
29 Metal-to-metal touch voltage for body weight of 70 kg Emm-touch70 V 157.00

STEP 4
INITIAL DESIGN
30 No. of parallel conductors in N alignment in Rectangle-1 - 7
31 No. of parallel conductors in E alignment in Rectangle-1 - 11
32 No. of parallel conductors in N alignment in Rectangle-2 - 4
33 No. of parallel conductors in E alignment in Rectangle-2 - 8
34 Spacing between parallel conductors in N alignment direction D m 2.00
35 Spacing between parallel conductors in E alignment direction D m 2.00
36 Number of ground rods nR m 20
37 Length of each ground rod Lr m 6
38 Depth of burial of ground grid conductors h m 0.5
39 Total lenth of ground rod LR m 120
40 Total length of grid conductors Lc m 376
41 Total effective length of grounding system conductors LT m 496
 STEP 5
GRID RESISTANCE
42 Resistance of grounding system Rg : 1.274

STEP 6 AND 7
GRID CURRENT & GPR
43 Fault Current Division Factor Sf 0.5
44 Decrement factor Df 1
45 Maximum grid current IG A 3525
46 Ground Potential Rise GPR V 4490.85
47 GPR (I G xR g ) < E touch50 ? NO
48 GPR (I G xR g ) < E touch70 ? NO

STEP 8
MESH & STEP VOLTAGES
49 Corrective weighting factor Kii 1
50 Corrective weighting factor Kh 1.2247
51 Grid reference depth h0 m 1
52 Max length in horizontal direction Lx m 20
53 Max length in vertical direction Ly m 18
54 Peripheral length of the grid Lp m 76
55 Geometric factor na 9.895
56 Geometric factor nb 1.027
57 Geometric factor nc 1.069
58 Geometric factor nd 1.000
59 Geometric factor composed of na, nb, nc & nd n 10.864
60 Diameter of the conductor d m 0.025
61 Spacing factor for mesh voltage Km 0.3043
62 Correction factor for grid geometry (Irregularity factor) Ki 2.2518
63 Effective length for mesh voltage Lm m 594.65
64 Actual mesh voltage Em V 203.10
65 Maximum mesh voltage for GIS for body weight of 50 kg Em50-GIS V 233.89
66 Maximum mesh voltage for GIS for body weight of 70 kg Em70-GIS V 256.70
67 Spacing factor for step voltage Ks 0.6044
68 Effective length for step voltage Ls m 384
69 Actual step voltage Es V 624.67

STEP 9
70 E m < E touch50 ? YES
71 E m < E touch70 ? YES
72 E m50-GIS < E touch50 ? YES
73 E m70-GIS < E touch70 ? YES

STEP 10
74 E s < E step50 ? YES
75 E s < E step70 ? YES

Design Input Value