Grounding Riddle No.27 – Neutral cable size for power transformer

I doubt about your NGR selection, because with 6.5 ohm the earth fault current cannot state in recommended range. Low-resistance grounding is designed to limit ground-fault current to a range between 100 A and 1000 A, with 400 A being typical. The neutral resistor, R, shown in Figure below, is selected according to R = Vln/Ig, where Vln is the system line to neutral voltage and Ig is the desired ground-fault current. Figure illustrates the flow of currents for a single line-to-ground fault on a low-resistance grounded system. Since the combined effects of charging current and system source impedance will affect the ground-current value less than 0.5% in the typical range of utility supplied systems, it is permissible to ignore these effects in calculating the ground-fault resistance value. The general practice is to consider that the full system line-to-neutral voltage appears across the grounding resistor. Only in the case of systems supplied by small generators should departure from this general practice be considered. Low-resistance grounding finds application in medium-voltage systems of 15 kV and below, particularly where large rotating machinery is used. By limiting ground-fault currents to hundreds of amperes, instead of thousands of amperes, damage to expensive equipment is reduced. But about your problem, as you say your earth fault current is 1956 A approximately. For continue to calculation you can refer to IEEE 80 or similar guide. You need some additional data for completion your calculation. Section 250-118 of NEC: 1999 permits the use of various grounding conductors including tubular conduits used as cable raceway, cable armor and cable trays. Where grounding conductors are employed, it must be ensured that they are sized to withstand ground fault currents of value and duration appropriate to the circuit under consideration. If the conductor sizing is inadequate, the following may result: – Damage to the insulation of the ground conductor: In case the conductor is bare, insulation damage may occur in the phase conductor with which it is in contact. – Fusing of the ground conductor in extreme cases: Though this will result in the interruption of the fault current, it will cause the potential of the enclosure of the faulted equipment to rise beyond acceptable limits. The maximum temperature of the conductor during a fault can be calculated by the formula: Current and time setting of interrupting device should not cause unacceptable temperature rise of the grounding conductor. If, however, this exceeds the limits of temperature, the following are the options: – Increase the size of the grounding conductor – Adding special ground fault equipment to the system to sense even low value of earth fault currents and trip the circuit faster. For example note to following problem. A circuit has a ground fault current of 3000 A. Calculate the cross section of the copper grounding wire to be used assuming that the current will be interrupted in 300 m sec. The final temperature that the grounding wire can assume should be restricted to 150