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Fault Level Calculations
Fault Level Calculations
DISCRIMINATION
LE
LL
LLE
LLL
IN-HOUSE SYNCHRONOUS
GENERATORS
TIME
BOTTOM ENVELOPE
CALCULATION ASSUMPTIONS
WHY ?
SIMPLIFIES
CALCULATION
ACCURACY IS NOT MUCH
AFFECTED
CALCULATED VALUES WILL BE
HIGHER THAN ACTUAL & HENCE
SAFE
CALCULATION ASSUMPTIONS
WHAT ?
CALCULATION METHODS
*
DIRECT METHOD
STANDARD
THE FAULT LEVEL CALCULATION
PROCEDURE FOLLOWED IN THIS
PRESENTATION IS AS GIVEN IN
IS 13234 1992 (Indian Standard Guide
for Calculating Short Circuit Currents in
AC Electrical Networks up to 220kV)
ii)
KG
where,
Un
c
------ -------------------------UrG
1 + [(xd ) (Sin rG)]
KG x RG
=
KG x XG
RC x LC
XL
X C x LC
=
=
=
=
=
[(Re)2 + (Xe)2]
Re
RT or RGK + RL
Xe
XT or XGK + XL
I k
c Un
------3 Zk
2 Ik
IkM =
where,
M
=
M 2 IkM
IK + IKM
and
ipT
ip + ipM
ii)
[(PkrT)/(3I2rT)], where,
[(ZT)2 (RT)2].
NLL (W)
450
540
630
725
850
1040
FLL (W)
3000
3200
3800
4400
5500
6500
%Z
4.75
4.75
4.75
5
5
5
NLL (W)
1200
1450
1800
1900
2300
FLL (W)
8000
9500
11500
13500
17000
%Z
5
5
5
6.25
6.25
PCC
22
12
13
) F1
350 A
11
21
STANDBY GENERATOR
1250kVA
F2
)
23
24
300 A
300 A
MCC
BUSBAR
31
M1
50HP
F3
U/G CABLE
M2
M3
M4
100HP
30HP
150HP
CB
SDF
STARTER
11/0.433kV
1600kVA
%R = 0.94
%X = 5.46
%Z = 5.54
STANDBY GENERATOR :
UrG = 415V
1250kVA
%x d = 20
Cos rG = 0.8
Un = 415V
X = 0.079 /kM
LENGTH OF CABLE, 21 TO 31= 100M
INDUCTION MOTORS :