CT-Core Dimensioning for Protection Relay 7SA6

GENERAL PROJECT DATA:

GENERAL SYSTEM AND SUBSTATION DATA:

Nominal voltage:
Nominal frequency:
Power system time constant:
Rated short-circuit current of station:
Max. short-circuit current for CT dimensioning:
Remark:

10 kV
50 Hz
200 ms
13 kA
13 kA

DATA OF CT 1 ACCORDING TO IEC-P:

CT type:
Transformation ratio:
nominal accuracy limiting factor Knalf :
CT nominal burden Pn:

IEC Class 5P
2000 A/1 A
20
30 VA
4.5

Internal resistance Rct :

Remark:
RELAY DATA:
Manufacturer:
Type:
Nominal Current:
Relay burden:
Remark:

SIEMENS
7SA6
1A
0.05 VA

CT REQUIREMENTS FOR 7SA6:

(acc. to SIEMENS Catalog SIP 2008 Order No.: E50001-K4400-A101-A5-7600)
To ensure correct operating of connected relay in case of close-up faults, the CT must be able to
transform the 4-times max. symmetrical short-circuit current by power system time constant of 200 ms.
Koalf 4 Ik / Ipn

Tp = 200 ms

(Requirement 1)

For faults at zone 1 limit the CT must be able to transform the 5-times max. symmetrical short-circuit
current without saturation.
Koalf 5 Ik,lim / Ipn

(Requirement 2)

where:
Ipn:

CT primary nominal current

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Ik:
Ik,lim:
Koalf:

max. symmetrical short-circuit current for close-up faults

max. symmetrical short-circuit current for faults at zone 1 limit
operating accuracy limiting factor

CALCULATION OF TOTAL CT CONNECTED BURDEN:

The performance of the current transformer depends on the connected burden at the secondary
terminals. The total burden includes the relay burden and additional burdens, the burden of cables
and, if used, the burden of connected matching transformer.
CT SIDE 1:
Relay burden:
Additional relay burdens:
Burden of matching
transformer 1:
Burden of matching
transformer 2:

Prelay
Padd
Pmat,1

Burden
= 0.05 VA
= 0.15 VA
= 0 VA

----trmat,1

Pmat,2

= 0 VA

trmat,2

Transformation ratio
----=1
=1

The cable burden is calculated by the single length, the cross section, the specific resistivity for copper
and an effective factor for the wire length.
This factor kwire is 2 if the return wire is to be considered.
Cable burden:
Length:
Cross section:

lwire
Awire

Spec. resisitivity (Cu):

Cu

Sec. wire current:

Eff. wire length in p.u.:

Isn,wire
kwire

Pwire =

k wire Cu l wire
a wire

I sn2 ,wire

= 100 m
= 2.5 mm

2
= 0.02171 mm /m at 75 C
=1A
=2
= 1.7368 VA

The total effective burden is given by the sum of all connected burdens:
Total burden:

Ptotal= Prelay + Padd + Pwire + Pmat,1 + Pmat,2 =

1.9368 VA

CHECK OF CT REQUIREMENTS:
Operating accuracy limiting factor Koalf :
The CT behaviour acc. to IEC-P will be described by the operating accuracy limiting factor Koalf. It
depends on the nominal accuracy limiting factor Knalf, the nominal burden Pn, the internal CT burden
Pct and the total effective connected burden Ptotal.

CT SIDE 1:

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Pn + Pct
Ptotal + Pct

K o alf = K n alf

= 107.195

where
Knalf:
Pn:
Pct:
Ptotal:

nominal accuracy limiting factor

nominal burden
internal CT burden
total effective connected burden

= 20
= 30 VA
= 4.5 VA
= 1.9368 VA

Max. symmetrical short-circuit current Ik,lim for faults at zone 1 limit:

For ct dimensioning, the short-circuit current and system time constant at set zone 1 limit of 1 % has to
be taken into consideration. With a max. sym. short-circuit current of 13 kA and a nominal system
voltage of 10 kV, the equivalent source impedance can be calculated:

ZQ =

1. 1 U n
3 I kQ

= 0.489

Taking into account the system time-constant of 200 ms the resistive and reactive part of the source
impedance can be calculated:

RQ =

ZQ
1 + (2 f T p )

= 0.008
2

X Q = Z Q2 RQ2

= 0.488

With the ohmic and reactive per line length values R' an X' the set zone 1 limit Klim, and the line
length, the short-circuit current at zone 1 limit Ik,lim and the corresponding time-constant Tlim can be
calculated:

RL = K lim l L RL'

= 0.001

X L = K lim l L X L'
Rk = RQ + RL

= 0.005

Xk = XQ + XL

= 0.493

Z k = Rk2 + X k2
1 .1 U n
I k ,lim =
3 Zk
Xk
Tlim =
2 f Rk

= 0.493

= 0.009

= 12.869 kA

= 172.324 ms

where
Klim:
lL:
R'L:
X'L:

set zone 1 limit

line length
resistance per unit length
reactance per unit length

=1%
= 1 km
= 0.134 /km
= 0.495 /km

ELPRO E&U/ /Dimitry Taranenko

Revision
CTDim3.4

15.08.2011

31.5kV Trafo / Schutz

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CT-DIMENSIONING CHECK:
For the protection relay 7SA6 the requirements for close-up faults and faults at zone 1 limit have to be
fulfilled.
Check of Requirement 1:
Koalf 4 Ik / Ipn

Tp = 200 ms

Koalf = 107.195
4 Ik/ Ipn = 26

Meets requirement 1

Check of Requirement 2:
Koalf 5 Ik,lim / Ipn
Koalf = 107.195
5 Ik,lim / Ipn = 32.173

Meets requirement 2
The current transformer is correctly dimensioned!

ELPRO E&U/ /Dimitry Taranenko

Revision
CTDim3.4

15.08.2011

31.5kV Trafo / Schutz

7SA6