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Ground Grid & Earthing Systems
Enabling the design and analysis of ground protection. Integrate 3-D technology with one-line diagrams to visualize ground systems.
Grounding Grid Design
One-line diagrams are integrated with advanced 3-D technology, enabling engineers to design and optimize electrical ground grid systems. With full color 3-D results, engineers can visualize their ground designs and accurately determine protection and other equipment requirements.
ETAP Grounding software incorporates multiple design tools; enabling quick ground layout estimates as well as extremely detailed design. ETAP is useful for substation grounding, building grounding, 3 phase transformer grounding, and isolated field equipment grounding.
IEEE 80 & IEEE 665 Methods
- Quick estimate of common grounding patterns
- Built-in tool to optimize the number of conductor & rods
- Graphical interface including 3-D views
- Optimize number of conductors with fixed rods
- Optimize number of conductors & rods based on cost
Finite Element Method
- Detailed design of non-standard grid patterns
- Full color plots (3-D) showing touch, absolute, & electrical step potential
- Allows for multiple connected grid and irregular configurations
- Place rods and conductors in any 3-D direction
- Enable modeling if substation fence grounding details
- Substation ground grid spacing is extremely flexible
- Graphical display of over limits (color-coded)
Capabilities
- Compare allowable current to conductor limits for each grid conductor
- Compare fault current levels with allowable current limits
- Compare voltage potentials to tolerable voltage limits
- Automatically use short circuit results in Ground Grids
- Model a two-layer soil configuration as well as additional surface material
- Implement external boundary extensions for fencing
- Adjustable person-weight and temperature options
- User editable conductor library
- Include reflection factor (K)
- Include decrement factor (Df)
- Include surface layer derating factor (Cs)
- Display absolute, touch, & step potentials inside and outside the grid
Reporting
- Reports include a table of earth surface potentials
- Report ground potential rise (GPR)
- Report ground system resistance (Rg)
- Includes 3-D touch, absolute, and step potential plots
- Plots include color-coded contouring
- Display of over limit voltages
- Summary reports valuable for substation engineering examination
- Conductor segments oriented in any 3-D direction
- One-click output of results to Microsoft Access, Excel & Crystal Reports