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OBJECTIVES
The objectives for this lab are:

To compute short circuit currents and select suitable fuses and circuit breakers.

2. PROCEDURE

3. RESULTS
Positive sequence impedance:

Negative sequence impedance:

Zero sequence impedance

Single line to ground fault

Line to line fault

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Double line to ground fault

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Circuit Breaker Selection Maximum Operating Voltage From the single line diagram, we can see that the circuit breakers of Bus 1 have the maximum operating voltage at 13.8kV; circuit breakers of Bus 2,3,4,5, and 6 have maximum operating voltage at 230 kV; and circuit breakers of Bus 7 have maximum operating voltage of 15kV. Therefore, the rated maximum voltage for circuit breaker must be more than maximum operating voltage for each bus. Rated Continuous Current We also can see that all the loads are equal. Therefore, the load current at steady state can be found by S = VI*

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Where S = Power consumed by load V = Operating voltage I = Load current Therefore, S = 50M+j30M = (230k) I* I* = (50M+j30M)/230k = 253.519630.9638 I = 253.5196-30.9638 A The requirement states that the rated continuous current must be at least 30% higher than normal load current. Therefore, the rated continuous current must be at least I_(CB,cont) = 1.3253.5196-30.9638 A I_(CB,cont) = 329.5755-30.9638 A

Rated Short Circuit Current Bus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Single-line-toground 14.0083 9.5707 10.5347 12.3486 11.6160 15.8515 20.1059 Fault current (p.u) Line-to-line 10.2481 8.8052 9.5259 10.6310 10.3583 12.2287 14.2628 Double-line-toground 18.1374 9.2479 10.3593 12.5884 11.3322 18.3853 27.6025

Circuit breakers chosen for each bus: Bus Nominal Voltage Class (kV) 69 230 230 230 230 230 161 Rated Max Voltage (kV) 72.5 242 242 242 242 242 169 Rated Continuous Current (A) 1200 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 Rated Short Circuit Current (kA) 19 31.5 31.5 31.5 31.5 31.5 31.5

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