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Topic Title: Voltage Contour plot - IEEE80-2000 - Simple equations? Topic Summary: IEEE80-2000 Voltage at a point X metres away from the earth gird / within a mesh - Equations Created On: 29 September 2009 05:02 PM Status: Post and Reply |
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 29 September 2009 05:02 PM
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I want to know the equations for calculating the approximate voltage at a point X metres away from an earthing grid I have designed.
I have seen many pictures of these kind of plots, I know some come from FEA techniques - I do not intend to get into that. See page 10 of IEEE80-2000 for an example. I have a complete model of my earthing grid & rods in Mathcad and can calculate all the critical design values such as Step / Touch Voltage, based on IEEE80-2000, once the input data is defined. I want to create a contour plot of the voltages within the grid meshes and also the tail off in the area surrounding the installation - its not exactly critical - this is a design verification tool - but it would be good to find out how to achieve this. Regards Ian Coggan |
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19 July 2012 02:38 PM
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Im interested in solving exactly the same problem. did you find a method to derive voltage contour plots inside a mesh?
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25 July 2012 03:26 PM
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Sadly I never found an equation which would help me solve this problem, I came to the conclusion that ETAP etc must utilise Finite Element Analysis to produce the contour plots.
Perhaps there is some help within BS 7430:2011 (perhaps section 9.6.2.2)? If you do ever find an answer I would appreciate you posting it back into this forum! Regards, Ian |
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