EARTHING DESIGN CALCULATION

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PROJECT:
DESIGN, SUPPLY, ERECTION, TESTING & COMMISSIONING OF 400kV AIS S/S & 520 MVA, 420/235/33kV INTERCONNECTING
TRANSFORMER AT BIBIYANA, SYLHET ON TURNKEY BASIS
CONTRACTOR TITLE :
ALSTOM T&D INDIA LTD. EARTHING DESIGN CALCULATION
(Formerly Areva T&D) TOTAL SH. SH.
DLF IT PARK DOCUMENT No. No.
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KOLKATA 700 156
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5427PK089-BIB-E-SYD-SYS-0014-CN 1 01
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Ground Grid Performance 27-August-2014 12:44:36 PM
Report #1:

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AUTOGRID PRO USER INPUT DATA REPORT
Creation Date/Time: 27 Aug 2014/12:43:39
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Input Data Summary Reports
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System Data Summary

D:\PROJECTS\BIBIYANA EARTHING\BIBIYANA\ONLY400\Results\System Input.rep
Requested Computation Reports and Plots
D:\PROJECTS\BIBIYANA EARTHING\BIBIYANA\ONLY400\Results\User Input.rep

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Computation Plots
Touch Voltages
Show All Values
Show Unsafe Values Above Selected Safety Threshold

Step Voltages
Show All Values
Show Unsafe Values Above Selected Safety Threshold

Scalar Potential
Show All Values
Show Unsafe Values Above Selected Safety Threshold

Electric Network Configuration

Soil Resistivity Measurement Interpretation

Fault Current Distribution

Section Span Currents
Shunt Tower Currents
Shunt Tower Potentials
One Terminal Plot
Terminal Number ................... 1
All Sections Selected

Configuration Plots
Grounding System Configuration

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Computation Plots
2D Spot
2D Curve
2D Contour
3D Perspective

Configuration Plots

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2006\GrarepWorkspace\session4\TempReport.txt
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3D Perspective
Side View
Top View

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Report #2:

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AUTOGRID PRO SYSTEM INPUT DATA REPORT
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Project Summary
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Run Identification .......................... ONLY400
System of Units ............................. Metric
Radius Measured in .......................... Meters
Frequency ................................... 50 Hz

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Soil Structure (use specified soil structure characteristics)
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Soil type....................................Uniform

Layer Resistivity (Ohm-Meters)

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Air 1E+18
Soil 321.9
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Network Fault Current Distribution
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Average soil characteristics along electric lines:
Resistivity(Ohm-m) .......................... 100
Relative Permeability (p.u.) ................ 1

Name ........................................
Ground Impedance (To be deduced from grounding computations)

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Safety
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Determine Safety Limits for Touch and Step Voltages
Safety Threshold for Touch Voltages ......... 1055.6 V
Safety Threshold for Step Voltages .......... 3758.8 V
Automatic Generation of Observation Points.

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The computation results are written in the following reports:
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Ground Grid Perfomance
D:\PROJECTS\BIBIYANA EARTHING\BIBIYANA\ONLY400\Results\Ground Grid
Performance.rep
Safety Assessment
D:\PROJECTS\BIBIYANA EARTHING\BIBIYANA\ONLY400\Results\Safety.rep
List of Materials
D:\PROJECTS\BIBIYANA EARTHING\BIBIYANA\ONLY400\Results\Bill of
Materials.rep

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List of Materials
Creation Date/Time: 27 Aug 2014/12:43:39
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Interconnection / Bonding Nodes ....................... 682

Extent of Grounding System ............................ 12636 (Square Meters)
Surface Layer Thickness ............................... 18 (Centimeters)
Volume of Insulating Layer ............................ 2274.48 (Cubic meters)
Wet Resistivity of Insulating Surface Layer ........... 4500 (Ohm-m)

Grounding System Data

Number of Rods Length (m) Diameter (m)

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30 3 0.02

Number of Grid Conductors Length (m) Diameter (m)

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14 234 0.02
48 54 0.02

Total Length of Grid Conductors (m) Diameter (m)

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5958 0.02

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Report #4:
Date of run (Start) = Wednesday,27 August 2014
Starting Time = 12:43:39 PM

>>Safety Calculation Table

System Frequency....................................: 50.000(Hertz)

System X/R..........................................: 20.000
Surface Layer Thickness.............................: 18.000(cm)
Number of Surface Layer Resistivities...............: 10
Starting Surface Layer Resistivity..................: NONE
Incremental Surface Layer Resistivity...............: 500.00(ohm-m)
Equivalent Sub-Surface Layer Resistivity........... .: 321.90(ohm-m)

Body Resistance Calculation.........................: IEEE Std.80-2000

Fibrillation Current Calculation....................: IEEE Std.80-2000 (50kg)
Foot Resistance Calculation.........................: IEEE Std.80-2000
User Defined Extra Foot Resistance..................: 0.0000 ohms

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Fault Clearing Time (sec) | 0.125 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
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Decrement Factor | 1.224 | 1.120 | 1.062 |
Fibrillation Current (amps)| 0.328 | 0.232 | 0.164 |
Body Resistance (ohms)| 1000.00 | 1000.00 | 1000.00 |
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| Fault Clearing Time | |
Surface |-----------------+-----------------+-----------------| Foot |
Layer | 0.125 sec. | 0.250 sec. | 0.500 sec. | Resist |
Resist |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ance |
ivity | Step | Touch | Step | Touch | Step | Touch | 1 Foot |
(ohm-m) |Voltage |Voltage |Voltage |Voltage |Voltage |Voltage | (ohms) |
|(Volts) |(Volts) |(Volts) |(Volts) |(Volts) |(Volts) | |
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NONE | 807.1| 402.7| 623.9| 311.3| 465.4| 232.2| 1005.9|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
500.0| 1060.2| 466.0| 819.5| 360.2| 611.3| 268.7| 1478.3|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
1000.0| 1752.6| 639.1| 1354.8| 494.0| 1010.6| 368.5| 2770.4|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
1500.0| 2437.1| 810.2| 1883.9| 626.3| 1405.2| 467.2| 4047.5|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
2000.0| 3119.0| 980.7| 2411.0| 758.1| 1798.4| 565.5| 5319.9|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
2500.0| 3799.7| 1150.9| 2937.2| 889.6| 2191.0| 663.6| 6590.2|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
3000.0| 4479.9| 1320.9| 3463.0| 1021.1| 2583.2| 761.7| 7859.4|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
3500.0| 5159.7| 1490.9| 3988.5| 1152.5| 2975.2| 859.7| 9128.0|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
4000.0| 5839.3| 1660.8| 4513.8| 1283.8| 3367.0| 957.6| 10396.1|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
4500.0| 6518.8| 1830.7| 5039.0| 1415.1| 3758.8| 1055.6| 11663.9|
|---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
* Note * Listed values account for short duration asymmetric waveform
decrement factor listed at the top of each column.

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Report #5:

DATE OF RUN (Start)= DAY 27 / Month 8 / Year 2014

STARTING TIME= 12:43:39:48

===========< G R O U N D I N G ( SYSTEM INFORMATION SUMMARY ) >===========

Run ID......................................: ONLY400

System of Units ............................: Metric
Earth Potential Calculations................: Single Electrode Case
Type of Electrodes Considered...............: Main Electrode ONLY
Soil Type Selected..........................: Uniform or Two-Layer Horizontal
SPLITS/FCDIST Scaling Factor................: 0.70000
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EARTH PARAMETERS FOR HORIZONTALLY-LAYERED SOIL

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TOP LAYER RESISTIVITY = 321.90 ohm-meters

BOTTOM LAYER RESISTIVITY = 321.90 ohm-meters
REFLECTION COEFFICIENT = 0.000000 per unit
TOP LAYER HEIGHT = 10000. METERS

CONFIGURATION OF MAIN ELECTRODE

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Original Electrical Current Flowing In Electrode..: 40000. amperes

Current Scaling Factor (SPLITS/FCDIST/specified)..: 0.70000
Adjusted Electrical Current Flowing In Electrode..: 28000. amperes
Number of Conductors in Electrode.................: 92
Resistance of Electrode System....................: 1.1143 ohms

SUBDIVISION
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Grand Total of Conductors After Subdivision.: 1664

Total Current Flowing In Main Electrode......: 28000. amperes

Total Buried Length of Main Electrode........: 5958.0 meters

EARTH POTENTIAL COMPUTATIONS

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Main Electrode Potential Rise (GPR).....: 31201. volts

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 Touch Voltages (All - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
LEGEND
150
Maximum Value : 1053.555
Minimum Value : 231.627

100 1053.55

971.36

889.17
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806.98
Y AXIS (METERS)

724.78
0 642.59

560.40

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478.21

396.01

313.82
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X AXIS (METERS)
Touch Voltage Magn. (Volts) [Near]
 Touch Voltages (Unsafe - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
LEGEND
150 Maximum Value : 1053.555
Minimum Threshold : 1055.600

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Touch Voltage Magn. (Volts) [Near]
 Step Voltages (All - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
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150
Maximum Value : 1563.492
Minimum Value : 12.037

100 1563.49

1408.35

1253.20
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1098.06
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942.91
0 787.76

632.62

477.47
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322.33

167.18
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Step Voltage-Worst Magnitude (Volts)
 Step Voltages (Unsafe - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
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150 Maximum Value : 1563.492
Minimum Threshold : 3758.800

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Step Voltage-Worst Magnitude (Volts)
 Scalar Potential (All - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
SPOT LEVELS x 1.E+3
150
Maximum Value : 30.969
Minimum Value : 30.148

100 30.97

30.89

30.81
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30.72
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30.64
0 30.56

30.48

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30.39

30.31

30.23
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Potential Profile Magnitude (Volts)
 Scalar Potential (Unsafe - 2D Spot) [ID:ONLY400]
SPOT LEVELS x 1.E+3
150
Maximum Value : 30.969
Minimum Value : 30.148

100 30.97

27.87

24.78
50
21.68
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18.58
0 15.48

12.39

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9.29

6.19

3.10
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Potential Profile Magnitude (Volts)