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CP1 Short Circuit Analysis Part2 Version2
CP1 Short Circuit Analysis Part2 Version2
CP1 Short Circuit Analysis Part2 Version2
Certificate in
Power System Modeling and Analysis
Training Course in
Course Outline
Eth Z th
abc
VLN
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Iabc
c,n
Iabc
c,m
½ Yabc ½ Yabc
Voltages & currents at node n in terms of the voltages & currents at node m:
abc
VLG a V abc
b I abc
m
Iabc
n
abc
c VLG,m d I abc
m
,n LG,m
a U 21 Z abc Yabc c Yabc 41 Yabc Z abc Yabc
b Z abc d U 21 Z abc Yabc
A a 1
B a 1 b
ABC abc
VLN at VLN bt Iabc
abc
I ABC ct VLN dt Iabc
abc ABC
VLN A t VLN Bt Iabc
1 0 1 Z ta 0 0
1
At 1 1 0 Bt 0 Z tb 0
nt
0 1 1 0 0 Z tc
1 0 0 Z ta 0 0
1
A t 0 1 0 Bt 0 Z tb 0
nt
0 0 1 0 0 Z tc
1 1 0 Z tab 0 0
bc
at nt 0 1 1 bt nt 0 0 Zt
0 0 0 0 0 0
Z tab , Z tbc are referred to the low - voltage side
0 0 0 1 0 0
1
c t 0 0 0 dt 0 0 1
nt
0 0 0 0 0 0
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
1 2 3 4 5
ABC
Z sys ABC
Z sub ABC
Z eqS Z abc
xfm
abc
Z eqL
System Equivalent Substation Total In-line Total
Voltage System Transformer Primary Feeder Secondary
Source Impedance Line Transformer Line
Segment Segment
Impedance Impedance
System:
Z1
kVLL
2
Z0
3 kVLL
2
2Z 1
MVA 3 MVA 1
2Z 1 Z 0 Z 0 Z1 Z 0 Z1
1
ABC
Z sys Z 0 Z1 2Z 1 Z 0 Z 0 Z1
3
( approx )
Z 0 Z1 Z 0 Z1 2Z1 Z 0
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Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
Thevenin equivalent voltages at points 2 and 3:
computed by multiplying the system voltages by the generalized
transformer matrix At of the substation transformer.
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
Thevenin equivalent circuit:
Zf I fa a
Vax
Zf I fb
ZTOT b x
Vbx
Zf I fc c
Vcx
Ea Eb Ec V xg
g
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
E a Z aa Z ab Z ac I fa Z f 0 0 I fa Vax V xg
E Z b b
Z bb Z bc I f 0 Zf 0 I f Vbx V xg
b ba c c
Ec Z ca Z cb Z cc I f 0 0 Z f I f Vcx V xg
In compressed form,
Eabc ZTOT Ifabc Z F Ifabc Vabcx Vxg
Combining terms,
Eabc ZTOT Z F Ifabc Vabcx Vxg Z EQ Ifabc Vabcx Vxg
Solving for the fault currents,
Ifabc Y Eabc Y Vabcx Y Vxg
1
Y Z EQ
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Short-Circuit Analysis of
abc
Unbalanced Feeders
Define IP Y E abc
Substituting & rearranging,
IPabc Ifabc Y Vabcx Y Vxg
Expanding,
I a I a Y Yab Yac Vax Yaa Yab Yac Vxg
P
b b f aa
V Y V
P
I I f
Yba Y bb Ybc bx ba Ybb Ybc xg
c c Y Ycb Ycc Vcx Yca Ycb Ycc Vxg
I I
P f ca
Short-Circuit Analysis of
a
Unbalanced Feeders
where YS Yaa Yab Yac
YSb Yba Ybb Ybc
YSa Yaa Yab Yac
3 equations, 7 unknowns - I fa , I fb , I fc ,Vax ,Vbx ,Vcx ,V xg
I Pa , I Pb , I Pc are functions of the total impedance &
the Thevenin voltages and are known
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
Three-Phase Faults:
Vax Vbx Vcx 0
I a I b Ic 0
Three-Phase-to-Ground Faults:
V ax V bx Vcx V xg 0
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
Line-to-Ground Faults (assume phase k fault with
phases i and j unfaulted):
Vkx V xg 0
I fi I fj 0
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
7 equations in matrix form:
I Pa 1 0 0 Y11 Y12 Y13 YS1 I fa
b 2 b
I P 0 1 0 Y21 Y22 Y23 YS I f
I Pc 0 0 1 Y31 Y32 Y33 YS3 I fc
0 Vax
0 Vbx
0 Vcx
0 V xg
In condensed form:
IPs C X
Short-Circuit Analysis of
Unbalanced Feeders
Solving,
X C 1 IPs
Example: 3-phase fault
C44 1 C55 1 C66 1
C71 C72 C73 1
All of the other elements in the last 4 rows of C will be set to zero.
Example
Infinite
bus I ABC Iabc
1
ABC
Z eqS 2
Z abc
eqL
3 4
Eth ,4 A t ESLN
Thevenin equiv. impedance at secondary terminals (node 3):
ABC
Z th ,3 At Z eqS dt Z tabc
IP Yeq ,4 Eth ,4
For the a-b fault at node 4,
I fa I fb 0
I fc 0
Vax Vbx 0
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X C 1 ISP
Suppose that the phase impedance matrices for the 2 line segments are:
1 0 0
a1 d1 U 0 1 0
0 0 1
ABC
b1 Z eqS
0.1414 j 0.5353 0.0361 j 0.3225 0.0361 j 0.2752
0.0361 j 0.3225 0.1414 j 0.5353 0.0361 j 0.2953
0.0361 j 0.2752 0.0361 j 0.2955 0.1414 j 0.5353
c1 0
1 0 0
A1 a11 0 1 0
0 0 1
B1 a11 b1
0.1414 j 0.5353 0.0361 j 0.3225 0.0361 j 0.2752
0.0361 j 0.3225 0.1414 j 0.5353 0.0361 j 0.2953
0.0361 j 0.2752 0.0361 j 0.2955 0.1414 j 0.5353
Transformer:
Transformer impedance in ohms referenced to the low-voltage winding
2.4 2 1000
Z base 2.88
2000
Z tlow (0.01 j 0.06) 2.88 0.0288 j 0.1728
Transformer phase impedance matrix
0.0288 j 0.1728 0 0
Z abc
t 0 0.0288 j 0.1728 0
0 0 0.0288 j 0.1728
Turns ratio: Transformer ratio:
12.47 12.47
nt 5.1958 at 2.9998
2 .4 3 2. 4
1 1 0 0.1925 0.1925 0
1
dt 0 1 1 0 0.1925 0.1925
nt
1 0 1 0.1925 0 0.1925
1 0 1 0.1925 0 0.1925
1
At 1 1 0 0.1925 0.1925 0
nt
0 1 1 0 0.1925 0.1925
0.0288 j 0.1728 0 0
Bt Z abc
t 0 0.0288 j 0.1728 0
0 0 0.0288 j 0.1728
The infinite bus balanced line-to-line voltages are 12.47 kV, which leads to
balanced line-to-neutral voltages at 7.2 kV:
12,47030 o 7199.60 o
o o
E LL,s 12,470 90 V ELN ,s 7199.6 120
12,470150o 7199.6120o
The line-to-neutral Thevenin circuit voltages at node 4 are:
2400 30 o
o
E th,4 A t E LN ,s 2400 150
2400 90 o
3
0.2580 j 0.8353
Ys Yeq,ik 0.2590 j 0.8240 S
k 1
0.3007 j 0.8889
652 680
Transformer data
kVA kV-high kV-low R- X-%
%
Substation: 5,000 115 - D 4.16 Gr. Y 1 8
XFM -1 500 4.16 – Gr.W 0.48 – Gr.W 1.1 2
Configuration 607:
822 846
820 844
864
818 842
802 806 808 812 814 850 824 826 834 860 836
858 840
816
832 862
800 888 890
810
838
852
Substation transformer: 2500 kVA, 115 kV delta/24.9 kV grounded wye, Z = 1.0 + j8.0%
Short circuit MVA on 115 kV bus: 1800 MVA at an angle of 85 degrees
Characteristic of
Short Circuit Currents
R L
di
Ri L E sin t
E sin (t+) dt
E sin t E sin( ) R t
i e X
2 2 2 2
R X R X
Characteristic of
Short Circuit Currents
E sin t E sin( ) R t
i e X
R2 X 2 R2 X 2
Fuse N/A
X/R Ratio
Vf
For the 3-phase fault: I a
Z1 Z f
Let Z eq Z 1 Z f Req jX eq
X X eq
Cooper:
R Req
X X1 X f
ANSI/IEEE:
R R1 Rf
X/R Ratio
3V f
For the single line-to-ground fault: I a
Z 1 Z 2 Z 0 3Z f
Z 1 Z 2 Z 0 3Z f
Let Z eq
3
X X eq
Cooper:
R Req
X X 1 X 2 X 0 3X f
ANSI/IEEE:
R R1 R 2 R 0 3Rf
X/R Ratio
Vf
For the line-to-line fault: I b , I c j 3
Z1 Z 2 Z f
Z1 Z 2 Z f
Let Z eq
j 3
X X eq
Cooper:
R Req
X X1 X 2 X f
ANSI/IEEE:
R R1 R 2 Rf
X/R Ratio
For the double line-to-ground fault:
Vf Z 0T aZ 2T
Ib j 3
Z 1T Z 2T Z 1T Z 0T Z 2T Z 0T
Ic j 3
V f Z 0T a 2Z 2T
Z 1T Z 2T Z 1T Z 0T Z 2T Z 0T
Let Z 1T Z 2T Z 1T Z 0T Z 2T Z 0T
Z eq (b )
j 3 Z 0T aZ 2T
Z 1T Z 2T Z 1T Z 0T Z 2T Z 0T
Z eq (c )
j 3 Z 0T a 2Z 2T
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X/R Ratio
where Z 0T Z 0 Z f 3Z g
Z 1T Z 1 Z f
Z 2T Z 2 Z f
Cooper: X X eq
R Req
ANSI/IEEE:
X X 1T X 2T X 1T X 0T X 2T X 0T R 0T aR 2T
R X 0T aX 2T R1T R 2T R1T R 0T R 2T R 0T
X X 1T X 2T X 1T X 0T X 2T X 0T R 0T a 2R 2T
2
R X 0T a X 2T R1T R 2T R1T R 0T R 2T R 0T
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X/R Ratio
X/R Ratio
(0.070)(0.030 0.300)
X0 0.0578
0.070 0.030 0.300
(0.0015)(0.0010 0.0300)
R0 0.00143
0.0015 0.0010 0.0300
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X/R Ratio
For 3-phase fault,
X X 1 0.0856
33.57
R R1 0.00255
For single line-to-ground fault,
X X1 X 2 X 0 2 0.0856 0.0578
35.1
R R1 R 2 R 0 2 0.00255 0.00143
Vpre fault
Imom,rms, symm
3Zeq
Imom,rms, asymm MFm Imom,rms, symm
2
MFm 1 2e X R
I remote
NACD
I total
• Total short circuit current Itotal = Iremote + Ilocal
• NACD = 0 if all contributions are local
• NACD = 1 if all contributions are remote
4
t
MFr 1 2e X R
Multiplying factors (total current basis CBs) MFr for 3-phase &
line-to-ground faults.
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Multiplying factors (total current basis CBs) MFl for 3-phase faults.
2(1 e X R
)
MF
Unfused power
breakers
( X R )test
2(1 e )
1 2e X R
MF Fused power
breakers &
Molded Case
( X R )test
1 2e
Note: If calculated MF < 1.0, set MF = 1.0
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Far-from-Generator Short-Circuit
Short-circuit condition to which the magnitude of the
symmetrical ac component of the available short-circuit current
remains essentially constant
ZK KG R jX d'' kVn = nominal voltage of the terminal bus
kVr = motor rated voltage
kVn cmax Xd” = subtransient reactance
KG
kVr 1 xd'' sin r r = machine rated power factor
@
r= SC current 0.56 0.94e 0.38r gen.
terminals/rated
gen.
Tmin 0.25 s
current
= I’’kG/IrG
If r < 2, then = 1.
Let m = motor MW/pole pairs. Then q = 0.79+0.12 ln(m).
q 1.0
4 f t min
I b ,asymm I b ,symm 1 2 exp
X /R
2f t min
I dc I b ,symm 2 exp
X /R
f = system frequency
tmin = minimum delay time
4 f t min
I b ,asymm I b ,symm 1 2 exp
X /R
f = system frequency
tmin = minimum delay time
4 f t min
I b ,asymm I b ,symm 1 2 exp
X /R
f = system frequency
tmin = assumed to be a half cycle
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