DIgSILENT PowerFactory Short-Circuit Calculations

Conductor Temperature
When activating this option, the initial (pre-fault) conductor temperature can be set man-
ually. This will influence the calculated maximum temperature of the conductors, as
caused by the short-circuit currents.

Decaying Aperiodic Component

Allows for the calculation of the DC current component for which the decaying time has
to be given. According to the IEC/IEC standard, the methods B, C and C' can be selected.
The symbols used mean:
Tb Breaker Time (see short-circuit command)
fn Nominal frequency
Ik" Initial short-circuit current
Method B: Using the complex calculated equivalent impedance of the network
with a security factor of 1.15:
R
T b ----
X
i DC = 2 I k e
Method C: Using the R/X ratio calculated with the equivalent frequency method.
The equivalent frequency is depending on the breaking time (see table
11.1). This method is recommended for maximum accuracy.

Table 11.1:

fn * Tb <1 < 2.5 <5 < 12.5

fc / fn 0.27 0.15 0.092 0.055

R
T b -----f
Xf
i DC = 2 I k e
R R fc
------f = ------c -----------
Xf X c f nom
The ratio Rc/Xc is the equivalent impedance calculate at frequency:
fc
f c = ----------- f nom
f nom
Method C': Using the R/X ratio like for the peak short-circuit current, thus selecting
the ratio fc/fn = 0.4. This options speeds up the calculation, as no
additional equivalent impedance must be calculated.

Peak-Shc Current (Meshed network)

In accordance with the IEC/VDE standard, the following methods for calculating kappa

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