PROVISION OF ENGINEERING,PROCUREMENT,
CONSTRUCTION (EPC)SERVICE FOR MAJNOON DS2 WET
OIL UPGRADING PROJECT
No: AOS-MJN-0041-OM
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CALCULATION FOR EARTHING
001 ISSUED FOR REVIEW 07.11.2023 XU D.D. LIU X.M. LI C. WANG Y.T.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this document is to establish the basis and calculate the size of the main earth grid
conductors and ground resistance for DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING PROJECT .
2.0 REFERENCE
The calculations are done based on the following standards and reference documents:
- IEEE std 80-2013 IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding
- WOUP-DS2-HBP-EA-3328-0004 Standard Installation Details Earthing
- WOUP-DS2-HBP-EA-4025-0002 Overall Electrical Earthing Layout
- WOUP-GEN-HBP-CG-6968-0001 Geotechnical Investigation Report
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3.0 EARTHING CALCULATIONS
3.1 CONDUCTOR SIZING
The minimum conductor size (Referring to Eq. 37 of IEEE std 80-2013) required is given by
t c ar r ×10 4
TCAP
A= I
K 0 + Tm
ln
K 0 + Ta
Line-to-earth fault current in DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING PILOT :
The cross section area of line-to-earth through-fault conductor shall be calculated based on 65kA design fault level.
Material constants for copper conductor is considered as follows from IEEE std 80-2013. (Table1-Material constant)Material constant)
Fault duration for the purpose of earth strip
sizing, tc = 0.6 Sec 1 sec
A - is the electrodes cross section in mm2
Maximum allowable temperature, Tm = 1083 °C
(Considering copper annealed soft-drawn)
Ambient temperature, Ta = 55 °C
Reference temperature for material constant, Tr = 20 °C
Thermal Co-efficient of resistivity at ref. temperature (Tr), ar = 0.00393
Resistivity of ground conductor at ref. temperature (Tr), ρr = 1.72 µΩ-cm
Factor, K0 at 0°C = 234 °C
Thermal Capacity factor, TCAP =3.4 J / (cm³.°C)
Maximum system design fault current, kA = 65kA
The minimum conductor size, sqmm = 182.29 sq.mm
Selected maximum earthing conductor = 185 sq.mm
in DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING Plant size, A
(For substation /transformer earthing and lightning protection)
3.2 EARTH ELECTRODES REQUIREMENTS
Resistance to earth (referring to Eq. 51 of IEEE std 80-2013) for each rod type electrode (vertical rod) is calculated as follows:
8 Lr
Rr = ln 1
2 Lr d
Where,
Rr = Resistance to earth for pipe type electrode. 接地级计算时
ρ = Resistivity of soil 土壤的电阻率 = 4.635 Ω-m (As per Appendix4.3)
Lr = Length of electrode in m =3m
d = Diameter of the electrode in m
取4.87Ω-M = 0.02 m
Rr = 1.4975 Ohm for each electrode
Note: The resistivity of soil is from Geotechnical Investigation Report DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING PROJECT
(WOUP-GEN-HBP-CG-6968-0001).
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No. of earth electrodes at least planned for DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING PILOT is = 20
Combined resistance of 20 Nos earth electrodes = 0.07488 Ohm
Resistance to earth grid (Rg) with electrodes (referring to Eq. 57 of IEEE std 80-2013) is calculated as follows-
(the earthing conductor is 185sq.mm)
1 1 1
Rg = 1 ohm
LT 20 A 1 h 20 / A
Where,
A = Area occupied by the ground grid. = 55200 m² (Referring to overall earthing
LT = Total buried length of conductor = 1530 m layout Drg. No.:
h = Depth of grid = 0.8 m WOUP-DS2-HBP-EA-
EA-4025-0002)
Rg = 0.01179 ohm
Rr Rg
R= 0.01018 ohm
Rr Rg
Since the above is less than 1 Ohm, the earthing system design for DS2 WET OIL UPGRADING PILOT is acceptable..
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4.0 APPENDIX
4.1 TABLE-1 OF IEEE std 80-2013
4.2 ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TEST:
WOUP-GEN-HBP-CG-6968-0001 Geotechnical Investigation Report
