Course EE-5: Grounding System Design Calculations


1- Course Description:



This course is intended to prepare the target persons with the ability to perform all electrical grounding system design for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Facilities and AC Substations.




2- The targeted Persons:



Design engineers, new graduate engineers, under graduate engineering students, site field engineers, maintenance engineers and technicians. 




3- Skills Development:



On completion of this course the target person will be able to: 


  • Know all the grounding system terminology,
  • Distinguish between different types of grounding systems,
  • Specify the different components of grounding systems,
  • Know design steps for grounding systems,
  • Know the required field data for grounding systems design,
  • Determine grounding requirements from soil resistivity results,
  • Analyze field and tests Data that will be used for grounding systems design,
  • Distinguish the different grounding systems included in Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Facilities,
  • Performing grounding design calculations by (6) different methods for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Facilities,
  • Know the grounding design procedure for AC Substations,
  • Performing grounding design calculations for AC Substations,
  • Use the excel spreadsheets for grounding system design for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Facilities and AC Substations.




4- Course Outline:






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3



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B



Type of Earthing Systems (Part One) (Part Two)


C





D



Earthing System Components (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three)


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Earthing System Design Steps:


A



First Step: Data Collection (Part One) (Part Two)


B





C



Third Step: Grounding Design Calculations:




5

First: for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Facilities


A






1





2





3


The building interior bonding (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three)



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B



Ground Design Calculations Methods:



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a




2





3





4






a





b




5






a





b





c




6






a





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Second: for AC Substations


A






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B





C



 

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