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Electrical Clearance in Substation
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Minimum Clearance in Substation:
Voltage Highest
Voltage
Lighting
Impulse
Level
(Kvp)
Switching
Impulse
Level
(Kvp)
Minimum
Clearance
Safety
Clearance(Mt)
Ground
Clearance(Mt)
Phase-
Earth
Phase-
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 Substation:
Voltage Height of
I Bay
From
Ground
(Mt)
Height
of II
Bay
From
Ground
(Mt)
Bay Width
(Mt)
Phase-
Phase
(Mt)
BetweenEquipment Earth
Wire
From
Ground
132KV
(Single)
8.0 - 11.0 3.0 3.0 10.5
220KV
(Single)
12.5 - 18 4.5 4.5 15.5
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220KV
(Double)
18.5 25 25 4.5 4.5 28.5
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 Elevation
Voltage Equipment live
Terminal
Elevation (Meter)
Main Bus Take of
Elevation
(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
Section Clearance (Mt)
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Ground (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
String
Length
(mm)
No of Disc for
Tension
String
Length in
(mm)
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
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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
Vertical
Space
(Mt)
Horizontal
Space(Mt)
Total Height From
Ground(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 ratio &
capacity
HV Side LV Side Common relays
132/33/11KV up
to 8 MVA
3 O/L relays
+ 1 E/L relay
2 O/L relays
+ 1 E/L relay
Buchholz, OLTC
Buchholz, OT,
WT
132/33/11KV
above 8 MVA
and below 31.5
MVA
3 O/L relays
+ 1 dir. E/L
relay
3 O/L relays
+ 1 E/L relay
Differential,
Buchholz, OLTC
Buchholz, OT,
WT
132/33KV, 31.5
MVA & above
3 O/L relays
+ 1 dir. E/L
relay
3 O/L relays
+ 1 E/L relay
Differential, Over
flux,Buchholz,
OLTC PRV, OT,
WT
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220/33 KV,
31.5MVA &
50MVA
220/132KV, 100
MVA
3 O/L relays
+ 1 dir. E/L
relay
3 O/L relays
+ 1 dir. relay
Differential, Over
flux,Buchholz,
OLTC PRV, OT,
WT
400/220KV
315MVA
3 directional
O/L relays
(with dir.
High set) +1
directional
E/L relays.
Restricted
E/F relay + 3
Directional
O/L relays
for action
3 directional
O/L relays
(with dir.
High set)+1
directional
E/L relays.
Restricted
E/F relay
Differential, Over
flux,Buchholz,
OLTC PRV, OT,
WT and overload
(alarm) relay
The bottom most portion of any insulator or bushing in service should be at a minimum height of 2500
mm above ground level.
Location 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
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26 Responses to Electrical Clearance in Substation
kathiresan krishnamoorthy says:
April 19, 2011 at 5:14 am
I am a chief engineer attached to Ceylon Electricity Board Srilanka.I conduct lecture for CEB
engineers,electrical superintendents,technical staff therefore i need tecnical information for overhead
lines,substation and ddlo,lighting arrester installation etc
thanking you
Krishnamoorthy
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BAHRU says:
January 6, 2013 at 11:16 am
PLEASE SENT APROJECT ABOUT SUBSTATION
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abu monsur ali says:
May 21, 2011 at 10:06 am
Could i have the various references for clearnace w.r.t National/International standard, for indoor
s/s upto 33 kv level also.
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P.Rajasekaran says:
July 18, 2011 at 6:01 am
Can you please explain me the difference between ground clearance and earth clearance
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Karma Wangdi says:
July 19, 2011 at 4:22 am
i am from Bhutan and i would like to know that my small land is near to the 66KV transmission
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i am from Bhutan and i would like to know that my small land is near to the 66KV transmission
line, And will there be safe enough for me to construct building near to the line and will there be no
problem as such in the longer duration.
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Jignesh.Parmar says:
July 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm
please refer http://electricalnotes.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/minimum-electrical-clearance-2/
Clearances from Buildings of high and extra-high voltage lines IE Rule 80
Vertical Distance
High voltage lines up to 33KV = 3.7 Meter
Extra High Voltage = 3.7 Meter + Add 0.3 meter for every additional 33KV
Horizontal clearance between the conductor and Building
High Voltage Up to 11 KV =1.2 Meter
11KV To 33KV = 2.0 Meter
Extra High Voltage = 2.0 Meter + Add 0.3 meter for every additional 33KV
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bharat kumar says:
January 2, 2013 at 9:06 am
my doubt was cleared with this replyThank you Mr.Jignesh
zulkif li othman says:
August 15, 2011 at 7:09 am
Dear Jignesh,
Excellent compilation! What is the difference between min clearance to ground and sectional
clearance?
thank you and regards.
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axonkerala says:
February 28, 2012 at 8:31 am
Really Helpful Notes
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sue song says:
June 7, 2012 at 8:02 am
May i know when operating the 11kV OR 33kV Air Break Isolator from ground how to determine
which class of insulation glove to wear for the safety protection.
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Moorthi says:
July 26, 2012 at 9:48 am
Dear sir.
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Dear sir.
I am Electrical sr engineer.we using 11KV/0.415KV substation for construction supply.
1.There four substations in various area.when we charging the transformers one bye first time no
any problem.but next day we are charging the transformers.first transformer will charging with
any problem but we go charge the second trans that incoming surge arrest er will burst.
2.what is reason sure arrester will burst.
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Jignesh.Parmar says:
July 26, 2012 at 5:17 pm
I have observed following possibility in past for blasting of LA at DP structure.
(1) May be Phase to ground Fault ( May be touch branches of tree with phase in distribution
Line)
(2) Failure of PIN Insulator of Distribution Line
(3) wrong connection of LA (You face problem while charging System so Recheck LA
connection with Ground)
(4) Due to heavy Lighting Strock.
(5) Fault in HT/LT Cable.
(6) Selection of wrong size of LA.
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Sivakumar says:
August 20, 2012 at 10:03 am
Halo Jignesh,
as part of my job, i would like to verify space adequacy of HVDC substation. can you please clarify
below points. Thanks,
(1) what is the clearance to be followed for 400 kV HVDC substation?
(2) for indoor substation, is it sufficient to consider phase-ground, phase-phase and section
clearances (i.e. ground clerances not considered) only? will it be enough to maintain adequate
creepage distance between phase and ground & phase-phase if the live conductors are beyond the
reach of working personnel?
(3) Is there any specific earthing design to be followed for HVDC substation?
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Vijay Kumar Harsh says:
August 25, 2012 at 11:00 am
Dear Jignesh
Thank you very much for such a nice updated details provided by you on this blog.
Er Vijay Kumar Harsh
Project Manager ,Yemen
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murthy says:
January 24, 2013 at 4:06 am
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Dear sir
In which IS standard will i find these details it is very urgent
regards
murthy
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RAJEEV JAKHAR says:
February 2, 2013 at 7:46 am
Dear Jignesh,
Please share your Email ID and contact nos..
Regards RAJEEV JAKHAR (09810386806)
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gokul says:
February 8, 2013 at 4:33 pm
sir,
can u please explain about that lightning impulse 550 & 650 since for the 1st one 132kv sectional
clearance is 2.7 & for the second one 3.7 please explain
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suganya says:
March 18, 2013 at 11:49 am
Hi Sir,
Am a Diploma EEE Student.i want to kow what is the ground,sectional,clearances.?
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sonakshi says:
April 18, 2013 at 3:07 am
hello jignesh,
could you please tell what is ground clearance & safety clearance?
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Ahmed says:
May 18, 2013 at 3:08 pm
could you please mention standard for these clearance?
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Jignesh.Parmar says:
May 18, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Most of CBIP
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idhan says:
June 5, 2013 at 8:00 am
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Hi Jignesh
There is a horizontal clearance between phases and fences. Im referring to those fences protecting
the substation. However, is there a clearence norm when wires are coming out of the substation?
(Basically when the wires are connected to some tower or to some another equipment, in which
moment there is only a vertical distance between wires and fences)
Is there any documentation about this specific topic?
Thank you in advance!
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sundaram says:
October 6, 2013 at 2:17 pm
all these clearances based on which iec pls tell me
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sanjeev Pareek says:
April 16, 2014 at 10:48 am
Good job.
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dav says:
August 8, 2014 at 9:55 am
i love it
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dav says:
August 8, 2014 at 10:03 am
i live where we use 330kv. what is the clearances for the substation? do i assume the values for
400kv?
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