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Electrical Grounding and Related Topics
A grounding system analysis or study is the evaluation of the grounding system in meeting its design objectives. In the power industry, the primary focus is addressing the aspect of personnel and public safety. IEEE Std 80 provides guidance for safety related to grounding in AC substations. This standard highlights the dangerous conditions that may occur during a ground fault that can severely or fatally injure individuals in the area or in contact with metallic objects.
Featured Grounding Resources
Bonded vs Isolated Lightning Protection Concepts & their Application to Explosive Areas
Both the NFPA780 and IEC62305 lightning protection standards provide fundamentally different concepts for implementing lightning protection, with a BONDED system connected to grounded metal ... Watch Video
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Understanding Grounding Analysis
Electrical grounding is a broad field, but with regard to the power industry a grounding (earthing) system analysis refers to a specific subject. To gain an understanding of a grounding system analysis, we should start by answering: What is a grounding system?
Grounding System
Grounding electrodes are typically horizontally placed bare copper conductor buried 18 – 24 inches below grade with vertically installed ground rods. Some areas require one or multiple ground ... Read the full article
Learn More About Grounding
New - XGSLab and Grounding Analysis Course (Paid). This self-pace online class covers grounding system components, permissible voltage limits per IEEE Std 80, soil model development, fault current split, and more grounding analysis concepts to provide personnel and public safety at power systems. This course shows how to use the XGSLab® software to design and evaluate your grounding systems. The course includes 7 videos and 16 quizzes, takes 4-5 hours to finish, and offers 0.2 CEU credits (issued by IEEE). Info and registration
New - Quarterly Grounding Workshop. EasyPower is pleased to offer a new quarterly grounding workshop. This free two-hour workshop is given by David Lewis, an electrical engineer at EasyPower, and it provides an interactive demonstration for evaluating grounding systems to improve engineering tools and knowledge. Sign up for the next workshop here:
- Tuesday, August 10, 2021. 8:00am to 10:00am - Pacific Time. Completed
- Tuesday, November 2, 2021. 11:00am to 1:00pm - Eastern Time. Completed
- Wednesday, February 16, 2022. 11:00am to 1:00pm - Pacific Time. Register Now / Download Brochure
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Designing Grounding Systems that Safely Disperse Lightning Current
This session, given by Ivan Grobbelaar, PE, Senior Engineer at DEHN Africa, illustrates the differences ...
An Introduction to Grounding Calculations and Why They Are Necessary
This webinar provides a basic introduction to grounding safety calculations (IEEE 80 step...Articles
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Grounding Analysis
Electrical grounding is a broad field, but with regard to the power industry a grounding (earthing) system analysis refe...
Types of Studies With XGSLab Software
The study of a metallic system (grounding electrodes) in the earth. Typical applications of this study ...Tutorials
XGSLab GSA Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying the
A XGSLab tutorial documentation for the GSA module incorporating the EN 50522 standard. In th...
XGSLab GSA FD Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying IEEE Std
This XGSLab tutorial documentation is for the GSA_FD module incorporating the IEEE 80...All Grounding Resources
Protective Device Coordination the Easy Way - Part 4: Protective Relays and Ground Fault Protection
Grounding Analysis – Ground Fault Current
TD Animation
DXF import
Electromagnetic Simulation - Part 2 of 2
Electromagnetic Simulation - Part 1 of 2
Multilayer Soil
XGSLab Electromagnetic Simulation Software
XGSLab Debugging
XGSLab - New Conductor Management Using Libraries
XGSLab Drawing Tools
Transferred Voltage Hazards
XGSLab 10.0 Release Video
Bonded vs Isolated Lightning Protection Concepts & their Application to Explosive Areas
A Great Addition to My Offered Services
AC Interference in Shared Corridors
XGSLab Electromagnetic Simulation Software
XGSLab 9.6 Release Video - New Features
External Lightning Protection and Grounding to Reduce Stress in Photovoltaic Plants
AC Interference in Shared Corridors
Cathodic Protection
Soil Resistivity Information and Field Testing
Evaluating & Mitigating Transferred Voltage Hazards
Designing Grounding Systems that Safely Dissipate Fault Currents and Disperse Lightning Current
XGSLab New Feature - Seasonal Analysis For Grounding Systems
Ground Fault Coordination in EasyPower
Surge Protection Measures and NEC Requirements
XGSLab IEEE Std 80 Benchmarks
Touch and Step Voltage Calculations
Grounding Analysis
Types of Studies With XGSLab
XGSLab GSA Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying the EN 50522 Standard
XGSLab GSA FD Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying IEEE Std 80
Grounding Calculations in XGSLab’s GSA_FD Software