Appendix № 3 to "Economic justification of using ZANDZ modular grounding".
The activities were carried out in accordance with the EIC 7 th ed. Chapter 1.7.
The object of the protective grounding installation is a unit transformer substation (UTS) with the voltage of 10/0,4 kW. According to the customer's data, the ground in the intended place of grounding devices installation is clay loam. Specific soil resistance is taken equal to 100 Ohm ∙ m.
In accordance with the EIC p.1.7.96, 1.7.97 and 1.7.104 for electric installation with the voltage above 1 kW in networks with the isolated neutral (35-10 kW), the grounding device resistance should not exceed 4 Ohms.
In accordance with EIC 1.7.101 the resistance of the grounding device, to which the neutrals of the generator or transformer or single-phase current supply terminals are connected, should not exceed 4 ohms at any time of the year at the line voltage of 380 W of a three-phase power source.
The set of measures to ensure the necessary requirements to the grounding device is represented by the following solutions:
- installation of two vertical electrodes 10.5 m long and one vertical electrode 9 m long of steel copper-bonded rods with the diameter of 14 mm, united by a horizontal ground electrode of stainless steel copper-bonded corrosion-resistant tape with the cross-section of 4x30 mm, laid around the UTS. Depth of the tape burial 0.5 m;
- a horizontal ground electrode 1 meter long is laid to the wall of the UTS (copper-bonded tape with cross-section of 4x30 mm).
Arrangement of elements of the grounding device is shown on Figure 1.
Figure 1 - grounding device elements layout
Условные обозначения – code designations
Вертикальный электрод длиной – vertical electrode 10,5 m long
Горизонтальный электрод – horizontal electrode
Зажим для подключения проводника – clamp for connecting conductor
Calculation of a grounding device resistance:
Horizontal electrode resistance:
- p — soil resistivity, Ohm*m
- b — width of the horizontal electrode tape, m;
- h — laying depth of the horizontal mesh, m;
- Lгор — horizontal electrode length, m.
Vertical electrode resistance:
Where
d
where t - deepening of the electrode top, m
Grounding device impedance:
Where n - number of kits; kисп - utilization ratio;
The design resistance of the grounding device is 3.9 ohms.
The list of required materials:
| № | Fig. | Product item | Product | Quantity |
| 1. |  |
ZZ-000-130 | ZANDZ Universal grounding kit of stainless steel (30 meters) | 1 |
| 2. |  |
GL-11075-20 | GALMAR copper-bonded tape (30 * 4 mm / S 120 mm²; coil of 20 meters) | 1 |
| 3. | |
GL-11075-10 | GALMAR Copper-bonded tape (30 * 4 mm / S 120 mm²; coil of 10 meters) | 1 |
See further - Appendix № 6. Local costing № 032 (application of ZANDZ modular grounding of vertical stainless steel rods with the diameter of 16 mm and 1,5 long).
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