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AshishA.
SeniorElectricalEngineeratSTEAGEnergyServicesGmbH
IfEarthFaultPersistsinaDCDBhowtoPredictit'soccurenceand
HowtoremovetheDCDBEarthFault.DearAll,Yourexpriences
sharingwillbeappreciatedtoundertandtheconcept....
fault.dearfault.dear
fault.dear
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AsifE.
Manager(Engineering)atAlstomGrid
Asif

EarthfaultinDCcircuitisdetectedbysensingtheresistancebetweenpositivenegative
terminals&earth.BettertocallitDCearthleakageasDCsystemisusuallyunearthed.Settable
parameterinthisprincipleofdetectioncanberesistanceaswellascurrentbecauseearth
leakagecurrentalwaysdependsontheresistancevaluebetweenrespectiveterminals,therefore,
highertheresistance,loweristheleakagecurrentandviceversa.ManualofAlstomrelayCAEM
21canbechecked.Thereareothermakerelayisalsoavailableforsamepurpose.Youcan
consultyourDCDBmanufacturer.
AshishA.
SeniorElectricalEngineeratSTEAGEnergyServicesGmbH
@AsifEqbal

Ashish
IfthereisaDCEarthFaultinsomeFeeder.HowtoProceedfurtherforCheckingtheEarthfault
andRectifyit.KindlyClarifyit.....
2ndlyWhyDCSystemisusuallyUnearthed????
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AsifE.
Manager(Engineering)atAlstomGrid
Groundingcanbeeithersystemgroundorsafetyground.Incaseofsafetyground,equipment
groundconductorusuallydoesnotcarrycurrent.Itconnectstheexposedmetalsurfacetogether
andthenconnectedtogroundsothatincaseofleakagetheearthleakagecurrentcanfindthe
leastresistancepathtogroundpreventinganyhazardofelectricshock.Thisgroundingisdonein
bothACandDC.
Asfarassystemgroundingisconcernedpleasenotethatsystemgroundconductornormally
carriescurrentandisconnectedtoearthatanyonepointofthepowersystemlikeneutral
conductorinACsystemgroundedattransformerneutral.Thispointinpowersystemiscalled
systemground.IncaseifyouwanttodosystemgroundinginDCthanyouneedtogroundanyof
thepositiveornegativeconductors.WedonotdothisinDCbecause:
Ifyouhavethesamefaultinanungroundedsystemyouwillnottripanybreakers/fuses/other
things,thisisbecausethecurrentcannotgetbacktothepowersource.Therefore,thesystem
doesn'tgettripped.IfyouhavefaultyDCwiringorsomeotherfaultthathappenstogroundthe
system,itceasestobeanungroundedDCsystemandbecomesagroundedDCsystemthatwill
workjustfinebecauseafteroccurrenceoffirstgroundfaultsystemcontinuityismaintained.DC
systemismeantforauxiliarycontrolsupplysoitscontinuityisveryimportant.Theusualreason
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tomakeaDCsystemungroundedisthisreason.Ifforsomereasonsomethinggoeswronganda
conductorgetsgroundedalsothennoproblem,youjusthaveagroundedsystemandeverything
keepsrunning.ThisiswhyalotofheavyindustrythatusesDCsystemswilluseanungrounded
system.ACungroundedsystemexperiencerepeatedarchinggroundforcingACungrounded
systemtoadopthigherinsulationlevelbutinDCdistributionof220Vto250Vminimum650Vor
1.1kVinsulationisusedsonoproblemonthataccountalso.
Bymeasuringtheleakagecurrentyoucancheckthatsomeunwantedgroundedconnectionhas
beenmade.RestpleasecheckrelaymanualandalsogetfeedbackfromO&Mpeopleas
checkingandrectificationcanbebetterexplainedbyoperationandmaintenancepersonnel.
EngrS.
CommissioningengineeratSiemens(3rdpartycontract)

Engr

DearIhavetwoDcSource.SourceAandSourceBwheniconnectedSourceBwithmySystem
theEarthfaultisoccurbutwithSourceASystemworkingnormal...Source_A226DCand
source_b228DC.....
PeterC.
Owner/ManageratControlSMART

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HighpoweredDCsystemssuchasrailwayandtramwaysystemsandelectrolysingprocesses
(e.g.aluminium)areoftengroundedusuallyonthenegativesidealthoughthatispurelytraditional
andhastothebestofmyknowledgenotechnicalreason.ButthankyouAsifforyourexcellent
anddetailedexplanationofwhylowpowerDCsystemsarenotgrounded.

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