Overview of SafeGrid Earthing Software
SafeGrid Earthing Software - Multilayer finite element-based earthing and grounding system calculations to IEC/IEEE/EN safety standards.
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0:00 - Introduction - What is SafeGrid
0:18 - User Interface
0:27 - SafeGrid Earthing Design Process
1:16 - Design Settings
1:36 - Design Settings - Soil characteristics
2:24 - Design Settings - Grid energisation (earth fault current)
3:18 - Design Settings - Conductor types
4:02 - Design Settings - Decrement Factor
4:14 - Fault Current module (for Split Factor calculations)
6:50 - Soil Model module
7:30 - Soil Model - Import measurements from spreadsheet file
7:30 - Soil Model - Set the number of soil layers
8:16 - Soil Model - Analysing the soil resistivity model
10:20 - Build Grid module
11:10 - Build Grid - Importing grids from AutoCAD
12:00 - Build Grid - 3D grid model of a wind turbine foundation
12:45 - Build Grid - Earthing grid model for a solar farm example
13:11 - Build Grid - Substation earth grid model
14:30 - Build Grid - Adding Rods to the earth grid model
15:43 - Safety Criteria module
16:43 - Safety Criteria - Spacing between voltage points
17:46 - Safety Criteria - Calculating touch and step voltage limits
20:07 - Display Results module
20:54 - Display Results - Surface, Touch and Step voltage plots
20:48 - Display Results - Grid plots for leakage currents, longitudinal currents and segment voltages
23:20 - Display Results - Assessing touch voltage safety limits
23:53 - Display Results - Detailed PDF and Word reports
SafeGrid can calculate earth grid resistance, grid potential rise, touch and step voltages. Soil resistivity model from field measurements. Fault current distribution calculations. Lightning protection calculations based on the rolling sphere method, plus much more.
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