Neutral Earthing
Neutral Earthing
Neutral Earthing
The term earthing means connecting the neutral point of supply system
or the non current carrying parts of the electrical apparatus to the
general mass of earth in such a manner that all times an immediate
discharge of electrical energy takes place without danger.
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Objectives of the earthing
Provide an alternative path for the fault current to flow so that it will
not endanger the user.
It makes all conductive parts to have a normal voltage (potential)
value to prevent over current or excessive voltage on the
appliances or equipment to protect them.
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Isolated Neutral
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Disadvantages:-
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When the neutral point of a 3-phase system (e.g. 3-phase generator, 3-phase
transformer etc.) is connected to earth (i.e. soil) through a resistor, it is called
resistance grounding.
Fig. shows the grounding of neutral point through a resistor R. The value of R
should neither be very low nor very high. If the value of earthing resistance R is
very low, the earth fault current will be large and the system becomes similar to
the solid grounding system.
On the other hand, if the earthing resistance R is very high, the system
conditions become similar to ungrounded neutral system.
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Advantages:-
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Disadvantages:-
Electrical equipments are designed for higher
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It is seen from the fig. , that currents in the two halves of winding on
each limb are in opposite directions.
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