Substation Design

Learn the details that go into designing a substation.

Ground Grid Design- Substation Below Grade Engineering

Substation Design / By Aleen Mohammed / May 28, 2011 / 2 minutes of reading

Ground grids are installed at a depth where the currents flowing in from the above grade steel structures are easily dissipated into the earth. This is accomplished by:

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Determining short-circuit rating of circuit breakers

Substation Design / By Aleen Mohammed / March 16, 2011 / 2 minutes of reading

Determining the short-circuit rating of the breaker requires knowledge of the prospective fault current at the panelboard. Following section provides a simple method to obtain this currents magnitude.

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