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Earthing and Fault Levels: Voltage Type of Earthing Fault Current Fault Level

The document discusses earthing systems and fault levels across different voltage levels in a distribution network, including solid earthing at 132kV and LV levels and impedance earthing at 33kV, 11kV, and 6.6kV levels. It provides the fault currents and fault levels for each voltage level and notes that impedance earthing limits earth fault current to 1000A per transformer. The document also lists several compliance documents for substation and network earthing and references related industry standards.

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Earthing and Fault Levels: Voltage Type of Earthing Fault Current Fault Level

The document discusses earthing systems and fault levels across different voltage levels in a distribution network, including solid earthing at 132kV and LV levels and impedance earthing at 33kV, 11kV, and 6.6kV levels. It provides the fault currents and fault levels for each voltage level and notes that impedance earthing limits earth fault current to 1000A per transformer. The document also lists several compliance documents for substation and network earthing and references related industry standards.

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earthing and fault levels

The following earthing systems and design fault currents (3-phase symmetrical) are in use
throughout the distribution network:
Voltage
132kV
33kV
11kV
6.6kV
LV

Type of earthing
Solid Earthing
Impedance Earthed
Impedance Earthed
Impedance Earthed
Solid Earthed (PME)

Fault current
21.9kA
17.5kA
13.1kA
21.9kA
27kA

Fault level
5000MVA
1000MVA
250MVA
250MVA
19.4MVA

Where the network is impedance earthed the typical neutral earth resistor will limit the earth
fault current to 1000A per transformer, i.e. giving a maximum earth fault level of up to 3kA.
Earthing for substations and networks must comply with the following documents:

EPD332 - Customer installation earthing

EPD333 - Supply system earthing

CP332 - LV service conections and application of PME

CP333 - Earthing design for high voltage substations and equipment

CP335 - Earthing design for 132kV, 33kV and 33/11/6.6kV primary substations and
equipment

These documents, in turn, reference a number of industry standards including ENATS 41-24,
ENA ER S34, ER S36 and BS7430.
Design earth fault clearance times are:
Voltage
132kV
33kV
11/6.6kV

Clearance time
200ms
500ms
1s

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