Ground fault
Ground fault
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How is define a high impedance fault?
Please give some examples
Please give some examples
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RE: Ground fault
In high impedance system grounding, the grounding impedance is sometimes selected to roughly equal the parasitic capacitive impedance to ground. The impedance is usually high enough that normal overcurrent protection will not trip.
Alan
"The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is." Unk.
RE: Ground fault
Xo/X1 > 10
A ground fault of a high impedance fault is associated with a low short circuit current injected into the ground and relative high overvoltages in the unfaulted phase that can reach up to 2.73 PU.(1pu= [SQRT(2)/SQRT(3)]*Vmax)
RE: Ground fault
A high-impedance fault is just a fault where the fault impedance (as opposed to the system impedance) is high. For example the equation for a ground fault is:
I0=I1=I2 = Vf / (Z0 + Z1 + Z2 + 3Zf)
The Zf term represents the impedance at the fault location. When this value is high (10ohms?, 40ohms?) it is sometimes described as a high-impedance fault.
I do not know of any official limit that makes it 'high-impedance'.
High impedance faults may not be common but cause problems for protection descrimination as it can be difficult to distinguish between load current and fault current in some cases.
RE: Ground fault
Low resistance grounding is generally for systems above 4.16kV where you want to limit the bolted fault current to some value no less than 50A. Generally where ground fault relay sensitivity is a concern.
High resistance grounding is generally for systems 4.16kV and below (distribution equipment) where you want detection only (generally not for breaker tripping) and you have a continuous industrial process. Generally, ground current is limited to 10A or less. This system is generally employed at the 480V level specifically. Helpful info is in the link below:
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RE: Ground fault
Examples:
A 115 kV conductor falling on bedrock.
A 12.5 kV conductor falling on concrete or asphalt pavement.
A 240V street light conductor energizing a metallic handhold or vault in the sidewalk.
A person touching a 120V household circuit.
RE: Ground fault
Thanks for your comments.
Please consider the following observations:
a)..High-impedance fault or a high-impedance grounded system? Title of the original post: Ground Fault.
b)...I do not know of any official limit that makes it 'high-impedance'. Please refer to IEEE Std C62.22.
For additional informatio in this subject, see the enclosed eddited excerpt associated with Impedance Characterization for ground faults.