Development of Grounding System Analyzer – A Simulation Software

Abstract

User-friendly simulation software based on empirical formula defined under IEEE Standard 80-1986[24] and IEEE Standard 80-2000[10] is being developed in Visual Studio 2013, which will help in making the process of calculation of various factors in substation grounding grid designing easier. This thesis is basically compilation of all the single layer soil model designing formulae for easy interpretation of the data from the values calculated by the software. For designing a grounding grid, calculation of step voltage, ground resistance and mesh voltage can be done with different available methods. This thesis work also take into account the concept of adding earth rods to the grounding grids. So, user friendly software is being developed which can be used by anyone with little knowledge of grounding.