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Maintenance Free Earthing Solution Safe Earthing Electrode (S.E.E.)
To
have a good earth resistance has always been a problem in soils of poor
electrical conductivity. This grounding improvement product is designed
to reduce the soil resistivity locally and therefore improve the
resistance of the grounding system.
Maintenance
free safe earthing electrode by utilizing metal alloys and natural
chemical compositions, the safe earthing electrode is able to provide a
multifaceted proactive earthing protection strategy. The earthing
electrode is manufactured from custom-made G.I tubes to ensure maximum
conductivity and prolonged service life. The safe earthing electrode
contains a conductor rich crystalline mixture that will protect the
main earth electrode in the soil. This will ensure a highly conductive
state for the fault current to pass on to earth.
Earthing
is very important area of electrical engineering maintenance. Generally
people forget about earthing once it is installed, no one checks it
unless and until something goes wrong and finds fault in earthing. In
most cases it fails due to corrosion of the pipe. Therefore earthing
electrode can be used for effective earthing, which will ensure safety
to human life, appliances, machines, equipment etc. Earthing is
absolutely essential and it is mandatory by various electrical
departments.
In
the present day hitech scenario, most of the machines are solid state
controlled; relay logic systems have changed over to solid-state logic
systems and microprocessor based control systems. For these controls,
spike free and steady voltage is of high importance. A good and
continuous effective earthing is of paramount importance. Safe Earthing Electrode is the most effective product for earthing.
Thus
Safe Earthing Electrode is a totally maintenance free solution for 10
years and is suitable to any application requiring high performance
earthing.
Applications
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Transmission and Distribution systems.
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Telecommunication Towers and Microwave Antennas
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Substations and Power Generators.
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Transformer Neutral Earthing.
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Lightning and Surge Arrestor Earthing.
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Computer and data Processing Centers.
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Manufacturing facilities & Refineries.
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Equipment Body earthing.
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Food Processing and Water Treatment Plants.
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Remote and Central Office Digital Switches.
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Oil Refineries and Pump Stations
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Residential buildings. Others, where hi-tech earthing is required.
Advantages & Benefits
Maintenance Free:
This is a maintenance free earthing, no need of extra water pouring at
regular intervals as in conventional earthing, because it retains the
moisture.
Consistency: Continuously
maintains the same (approx.) earth resistance value over time
regardless of soil & climate conditions. Unlike a standard plate/
rod, the stability of the Safe Earthing Electrode (S.E.E.) will remain
constant over the life span of the plate/rod, and the resistance of the
electrode is less affected by adverse climate conditions.
More Surface Area:
The conductive compound creates a conductive zone, which provides the
increased surface area for peak current dissipation and also gets
stable reference point.
A long and reliable life (Fit and Forget).
Comparative Chart
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Safe Earthing Electrode
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Traditional Method Of Earthing
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Strip in pipe technology
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Ordinary GI, CI or copper pipeor plate
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Safe earth electrode (strip) is not in direct contact with the soil, hence it never corrodes.
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Is in direct contact with the soil, hence sorrodes very early.
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Earth
resistance value remains unchanged for many years, only slight
fluctution will be noticed. Over a period of time the earth resistance
value becomes better.
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Fluctuation in earth resistance value depending the season, hence electrical and electronic equipments may fail.
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Electrode is
surrounded by highly conductive soil so the change dissipation through
the electrode is very high and the current density across the electrode
is very low which results in very high fault current, is sufficient to
trip the fault relays.
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Distribution
of short circuit current is less in terms of change dissipation hence
it generates high potential at the pit which results in low fault
current in comparison to required required tripping circuit of fault
protection relays.
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The back fill compound used is not soluble in water & it becomes part of the soil around the electrode.
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Back fill compound (Salt) used will be washed away in rainy seasons and will be resulted as high Resistance value.
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It requires less space and time to install the earthing electrode.
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It requires a large space and time to install the earth electrode.
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Earth
resistance enhancing compound (EREC) bags are provided for enhancing
the earth resistance and maintaining the moisture content in the soil.
S.E.E. is of 2 / 3 m. in length. EREC bag is of 20kg. in weight.
Models Life
of electrode is more than 30 years and resistance value less than 0.1
ohm can be achieved by the same. Resistance value depends upon the
soil. In case the desired earth resistance value is achieved then the
two or more electrodes should be installed forming a grid and then the
desired earth resistance value can be achieved.
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