Minimum Clearance in Substa on:

Voltage Highest Ligh ng Switching Minimum Clearance Safety Ground

Voltage Impulse Impulse Clearance(Mt) Clearance(Mt)
Level Level (Kvp) Phase- Phase-
(Kvp) Earth Phase

11KV 12KV 70 0.178 0.229 2.600 3.700

33KV 36KV 170 0.320 0.320 2.800 3.700
132KV 145KV 550 1.100 1.100 3.700 4.600
650 1.100 1.100 2.700 4.600
220KV 245KV 950 1.900 1.900 4.300 5.500
1050 1.900 1.900 4.300 5.500
400KV 420KV 1425 1050(P-E) 3.400 4.200 6.400 8.000

Electrical Clearance in Substa on:

Voltage Height of I Height of Bay Width Phase- BetweenEquipment Earth

Bay From II Bay (Mt) Phase (Mt) Wire
Ground From From
(Mt) Ground Ground
(Mt)
132KV 8.0 – 11.0 3.0 3.0 10.5
(Single)
220KV 12.5 – 18 4.5 4.5 15.5
(Single)
220KV 18.5 25 25 4.5 4.5 28.5
(Double)
400KV 15.6 22 22.0 7.0 >6.0 30.0

Standard Bay Widths in Meters:

Voltage Bay Width (Meter)

11KV 4.7 Meter
33KV 4.7 Meter
66KV 7.6 Meter
132KV 12.2 Meter
220KV 17 Meter
400KV 27 Meter

Standard Bus and Equipment Eleva on

Voltage Equipment live Terminal Main Bus Take of Eleva on

Eleva on (Meter) (Meter)
Low High
11 KV/33KV 2.8To 4 5.5 To6.5 9 6.5To8.5
66KV 2.8To 4 6To8 9To 10.5 9.5
132KV 3.7To5 8To9.5 13.5To14.5 12To12.5
220KV 4.9To5.5 9To13 18.5 15To18.5
400KV 8.0 15.5 – 23

Phase spacing for strung Bus:

Voltage Clearance
11KV 1300 mm
33KV 1300 mm
66KV 2200 mm
 132KV 3000 mm
220KV 4500 mm
400KV 7000 mm

Minimum Clearance of Live Parts from Ground:

Voltage Minimum Clearance to Ground (Mt) Sec on Clearance (Mt)

11KV 3.700 2.600
33KV 3.700 2.800
66KV 4.600 3.000
132KV 4.600 3.500
220KV 5.500 4.300
400KV 8.000 7.000

Insulator String:

Voltage No of Suspension Length (mm) No of Disc for Tension Length in (mm)

String String
66KV 5 965 6 1070
132KV 9 1255 10 1820
220KV 14 1915 15 2915
400KV 23 3850 2 X 23 5450

Nominal Span:

Voltage Normal Span (Meter)

66KV 240-250-275
132KV 315-325-335
220KV 315-325-335
400KV 315-325-335

Minimum Ground Clearance:

Voltage Ground (Meter)

66KV 5.5
132KV 6.1
220KV 7.0
400KV 8.0
800KV 12.4

Indoor Substation Minimum Clearances

Distance Descriptions
0.9 Meter Horizontally between any item of equipment and thesubstation wall
0.6 Meter Horizontally between any Two items of equipment
1.2 Meter Horizontally in front of any HV switchgear

Clearance of Conductor on Tower

Voltage Tower Type Ver cal Space Horizontal Total Height From Ground(Mt)
(Mt) Space(Mt)
66KV A 1.03 4.0 15.91
 B 1.03 4.27 15.42
C 1.22 4.88 16.24
132KV A 7.140 2.17 23.14
B 4.2 6.29 22.06
C 4.2 7.15 22.68
D 4.2 8.8 24.06
220KV A 5.2 8.5 28.55
B 5.25 10.5 29.08
C 6.7 12.6 31.68
D

NORMS OF PROTECTION FOR EHV CLASS POWER TRANSFORMERS

Voltage ra o & capacity HV Side LV Side Common relays

132/33/11KV up to 8 MVA
132/33/11KV above 8 MVA
and below 31.5 MVA
132/33KV, 31.5 MVA &
above
220/33 KV, 31.5MVA &
50MVA 220/132KV, 100
MVA
400/220KV 315MVA
3 O/L relays + 1 E/L 2 O/L relays + 1 E/L Buchholz, OLTC Buchholz, OT,
relay relay WT
3 O/L relays + 1 dir. E/L 3 O/L relays + 1 E/L Differen al, Buchholz,
relay relay OLTC Buchholz, OT, WT
3 O/L relays + 1 dir. E/L 3 O/L relays + 1 E/L Differen al, Over
relay relay flux,Buchholz, OLTC PRV, OT,
WT
3 O/L relays + 1 dir. E/L 3 O/L relays + 1 dir. Differen al, Over
relay relay flux,Buchholz, OLTC PRV, OT,
WT
3 direc onal O/L relays 3 direc onal O/L relays Differen al, Over
(with dir. High set) +1 (with dir. High set)+1 flux,Buchholz, OLTC PRV, OT,
direc onal E/L relays. direc onal E/L relays. WT and overload (alarm) relay
Restricted E/F relay + 3 Restricted E/F relay
Direc onal O/L relays
for ac on

The bo om most por on of any insulator or bushing in service should be at a minimum height of 2500 mm above ground level.

Loca on of L.A (From T.C Bushing):

Voltage BIL KV Peak Distance (Mt)

11KV 75 12
33KV 200 15
66KV 325 24
132KV 550 35
220KV 900 To 1050 Close To T.C
400KV 1425 To 1550