Including

Additional No of pits
allowances No of pits considered
Average Soil 30% or required as per
resistivity as minimum 10 (minimum) to revised
Sl No Description of Site per report Ohm taken achieve 1 Ohm drawing
1 RNC Chandimandir 22.301 28.991 9 26
2 NNC, Delhi 15.42 20.045 6 36
3 RNC Pune 0.17 10.000 3 26
4 NLDR 15.108 19.641 6 26

Note:
Each transformer and Genset has 2 Neutral and 2 Body Earthpit which itself comes to 20 earthpits
 Remarks
Site space just adequate for 26 pits
Site space just adequate for 26 pits
Site space just adequate for 26 pits
Site space just adequate for 26 pits

self comes to 20 earthpits

 CALCULATION OF EARTH PITS AS PER IS 3043-2000

Short Circuit Current(Isc) 15000 Amps

Average Soil resistivity( ρ). Assumed in absence of Soil resistivity
19.64 Ohm-mtr
test report, Actual value may vary as per test report
time(t) 1 Sec

Maintenance free with 250 microns Cu plated 50 mm pipe

Diameter of Pipe 0.05 mtr
Resistivity of compound ρc 0.12 Ohm-mtr
length of Pipe L= 3 mtr
Surface area S= 0.4713 Sqmtr
Electrode resistance Rb =1/2∏L{(ρ-ρc)[log(8L/d)-1]+ρc[log(8L/d)-1] 5.3937 Ohms
No of pits proposed 6 No's

Cumulative Resistance of Pipe electrodes.(Resistance of one Pipe

0.90 Ohm
electrode / No.of Pipe electrodes considered)
No of pits provided as per design requirement

Note: Calculation does not include strips which will further reduce the resistance.
Actual numbers will depend on the soil resistivity

Conductor for maximum fault current

if I= 15000 A
t= 1 Sec
K= 80 For steel
conductor
K= 205 For Cu conductor

Then the cross section of the grid

electrode is give by the equation
S= I x Sqroot(t)/K
Neutral Grounding
Thus S = 73.2 mm2
We would then select 25 x 6 - Cu
Body Grounding
Thus S = 187.5 mm2
We would then select 40 x 6 - GI
 CALCULATION OF EARTH PITS AS PER IS 3043-2000

Short Circuit Current(Isc) 45000 Amps

Average Soil resistivity( ρ). Assumed in absence of Soil resistivity
10.00 Ohm-mtr
test report, Actual value may vary as per test report
time(t) 1 Sec

Maintenance free with 250 microns Cu plated 50 mm pipe

Diameter of Pipe 0.05 mtr
Resistivity of compound ρc 0.12 Ohm-mtr
length of Pipe L= 3 mtr
Surface area S= 0.4713 Sqmtr
Electrode resistance Rb =1/2∏L{(ρ-ρc)[log(8L/d)-1]+ρc[log(8L/d)-1] 2.7462 Ohms
No of pits proposed 3 No's

Cumulative Resistance of Pipe electrodes.(Resistance of one Pipe

0.92 Ohm
electrode / No.of Pipe electrodes considered)
No of pits provided as per design requirement

Note: Calculation does not include strips which will further reduce the resistance.
Actual numbers will depend on the soil resistivity

Conductor for maximum fault current @ LT panel

if I= 45000 A
t= 1 Sec
K= 80 For steel
conductor
K= 205 For Cu conductor

Then the cross section of the grid

electrode is give by the equation
S= I x Sqroot(t)/K
Neutral Grounding
Thus S = 219.5 mm2
We would then select 40 x 6 - Cu
Body Grounding
Thus S = 562.5 mm2
We would then select 50 x 10 - GI
 CALCULATION OF EARTH PITS AS PER IS 3043-2000

Short Circuit Current(Isc) 45000 Amps

Average Soil resistivity( ρ). Assumed in absence of Soil resistivity
20.04 Ohm-mtr
test report, Actual value may vary as per test report
time(t) 1 Sec

Maintenance free with 250 microns Cu plated 50 mm pipe

Diameter of Pipe 0.05 mtr
Resistivity of compound ρc 0.12 Ohm-mtr
length of Pipe L= 3 mtr
Surface area S= 0.4713 Sqmtr
Electrode resistance Rb =1/2∏L{(ρ-ρc)[log(8L/d)-1]+ρc[log(8L/d)-1] 5.5047 Ohms
No of pits proposed 6 No's

Cumulative Resistance of Pipe electrodes.(Resistance of one Pipe

0.92 Ohm
electrode / No.of Pipe electrodes considered)
No of pits provided as per design requirement

Note: Calculation does not include strips which will further reduce the resistance.
Actual numbers will depend on the soil resistivity

Conductor for maximum fault current @ LT panel

if I= 45000 A
t= 1 Sec
K= 80 For steel
conductor
K= 205 For Cu conductor

Then the cross section of the grid

electrode is give by the equation
S= I x Sqroot(t)/K
Neutral Grounding
Thus S = 219.5 mm2
We would then select 40 x 6 - Cu
Body Grounding
Thus S = 562.5 mm2
We would then select 50 x 10 - GI 2 nos
 CALCULATION OF EARTH PITS AS PER IS 3043-2000

Short Circuit Current(Isc) 36000 Amps

Average Soil resistivity( ρ). Assumed in absence of Soil resistivity
28.99 Ohm-mtr
test report, Actual value may vary as per test report
time(t) 1 Sec

Maintenance free with 250 microns Cu plated 50 mm pipe

Diameter of Pipe 0.05 mtr
Resistivity of compound ρc 0.12 Ohm-mtr
length of Pipe L= 3 mtr
Surface area S= 0.4713 Sqmtr
Electrode resistance Rb =1/2∏L{(ρ-ρc)[log(8L/d)-1]+ρc[log(8L/d)-1] 7.9614 Ohms
No of pits proposed 9 No's

Cumulative Resistance of Pipe electrodes.(Resistance of one Pipe

0.88 Ohm
electrode / No.of Pipe electrodes considered)
No of pits provided as per design requirement

Note: Calculation does not include strips which will further reduce the resistance.
Actual numbers will depend on the soil resistivity

Conductor for maximum fault current

if I= 36000 A
t= 1 Sec
K= 80 For steel
conductor
K= 205 For Cu conductor

Then the cross section of the grid

electrode is give by the equation
S= I x Sqroot(t)/K
Neutral Grounding
Thus S = 175.6 mm2
We would then select 40 x 6 - Cu
Body Grounding
Thus S = 450 mm2
We would then select 50 x 10 - GI