Statistical Assessment of Electric Shock Hazard in MV Electrical Power Substations Supplied from Networks with Non-Effectively Earthed Neutral Point

Rafał Tarko, Jarosław Kmak, Wiesław Nowak and Waldemar Szpyra
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Rafał Tarko: Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Jarosław Kmak: Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Wiesław Nowak: Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Waldemar Szpyra: Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: This paper focuses on the evaluation of the electric shock hazard accompanying earth faults in a non-effectively earthed medium-voltage (MV) electrical power network. This hazard depends on the duration and value of the fault current. While the fault current depends on several factors, the most important is the neutral point earthing method. The value of the fault current affects the earthing-electrode voltage value, being the basis for the assessment of electric shock hazard in MV/LV substations. The earthing-electrode voltage is also influenced by the resistance of the substation earthing, which in practice is random. Therefore, an original statistical evaluation method for assessing the electric shock hazard has been developed and presented in this paper. It is based on a statistical model of the MV/LV substation earthing resistance, worked out on the basis of experiments and measurements in real electrical power networks. This method can be used for the determination of statistical distributions of earthing-conductor voltages in real electrical power networks, and on this basis, the MV/LV substations with rates of electric shock hazard that are too high can be indicated. This also makes it possible to determine the longest permissible fault current interruption times or the highest permissible earthing resistances for specific substations. This method is also applicable when selecting the neutral point earthing method. The developed method was used in all of the above proposed areas by performing calculations on a model of a real 15 kV network with the neutral point earthed by a resistor. This analysis proves the practicability of the method both at the stage of designing power networks, and when a change in the neutral point earthing method in existing networks is being considered. Particularly valuable is also the statistical model of an earthing electrode resistance, developed on the basis of measurements in 2408 MV/LV substations, which may also be applicable in the future studies.

Keywords: medium-voltage networks; neutral earthing; medium/low voltage substation; earthing-electrode voltage; electric shock hazard; statistical assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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