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    HV Substation Ground Grid Design Based on Max Breaker De-rating Current Capability

    Can some nice people tell me what is the "risers (pigtails) " mentioned by cuky2000, I am a foreigner designer and realy don't konw that.
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    Meaning of 133% Cable Insulation Level

    It is related to fault time. The insulation level (133% or 100%) mean running for long time under the correspongding votage. For the high resistance grounded systems, if the fault can recover in a short time like 1 hour, 133% insulation level is enough(as proved by experiment). But if the...
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    Can Someone Explain Separate Transformer/Service Grounds?

    For the example of your attached diagram, when a L-G fault happend in the source side (MV side),there will be a voltage liftup for the grounding, and do harm to LV service device, By seperating the service grounding to different electrod and to a distance,the harm can be reduced to a safe...

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