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eISSN: 2092-7592
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/TEEM.2014.15.3.117
Department of Physics, College of Saber, Aden University, 867-10B, Sheikh Othman, Aden, Yemen
Received September 15, 2012; Revised February 3, 2014; Accepted March 24, 2014
The calculation of short-circuit currents is important for power systems operation and restoration, and for
determining the means to protect human lives and properties. In this paper, a part of a power system network,
around the Dtmarovice power station in Czech Republic, was simulated by the well known program EMTP-ATPDraw
(Electromagnetic Transients Program-Alternative Transient Program), and short-circuit currents and voltages
were calculated at different points in the electric network and presented as a time function by the PlotXY program.
Calculations were done just for phase-to-ground, and for the three-phase short-circuit at the Kunice substation. The
results were important for determining the characteristics of the equipment required to withstand or break the shortcircuit current; for this reason, the calculations were repeated using earth-fault resistances only for the case of busbar
KUN shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
Keywords:Short-circuit, Short-circuit currents and voltages, Phase-to-ground, Three-phase, EMTP-ATPDraw
1. INTRODUCTION
Normally, short circuit studies involve calculating a bolted
three-phase fault condition, which can be characterized as
all three phases 'bolted' together to create a zero impedance
connection. This establishes the 'worst case' (highest current)
condition that results in maximum three-phase thermal and
mechanical stress in the system. From this calculation, other
types of fault conditions can be approximated. This worst case
condition should be used to specify proper interrupting rating
requirements, selectively coordinate the system and provide
component protection [4].
In a three-phase system, a fault may equally involve all three
phases. A bolted fault acts as if the three phases were connected
together with links of zero impedance prior to the fault, i.e., the
fault impedance itself is zero and the fault is limited by the system and machine impedances only. Such a fault is called a symmetrical three-phase bolted fault, or a solid fault.
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physical location) where the fault occurred and the short-circuit
power. Consequences include:
(a)
(b)
- On other circuits in the network or in near-by networks: voltage drop during the time required to clear the fault, ranging
from a few milliseconds to a few hundred milliseconds.
- Dynamic instability and/or the loss of machine synchronization, etc.
(a)
(b)
=
U A 0=
, I B 0=
, IC 0
(1)
IA =
3 E
Z1 + Z 2 + Z 0
(2)
where
E is the phase voltage.
Z1, Z2 and Z0 are the positive, negative and zero impedances,
respectively.
The characteristic equations for a three-phase short circuit is
as follows (Fig. 1(b)):
I=
I=
I C , U=
U=
UC
A
B
A
B
where
1
3
a = + j
2
2
Switching from the state before the fault to the new state is
accompanied by a transient. In single-phase short-circuits (Fig.
2(a)), the transient is caused by the balance capacities in phases
B and C, where its energy shifts to inductance, which will be
transformed into the energy of the coils magnetic field and vice
versa. This results in an oscillating circuit, whose natural frequency depends on the values of capacities and inductance and
oscillates the phase A voltage from the phase value UA to, or near,
zero and UB and UC to the values U'B and U'C calculated by equations 5 and 6 below:
(3)
(4)
3 Z 0 / Z1
3
'
j
I B= U A
2
2
+
/
Z
Z
2
0
1
(5)
3 Z 0 / Z1
3
'
+j
U
C= U A
2
2 2 + Z 0 / Z1
(6)
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The diagram of Fig. 2(a) can be replaced by Fig. 2(b), and the
frequency of the circuit is calculated by equation 7 below:
1
f0 =
2 3 Lr C
(7)
amp
2
15.75 =
12.860 kV
3
(8)
Volt
Freq
12,860
SMOVTQ
50
RMVA
Phase A in (deg.)
77.47
RkV
No machines in parallel=1
1
line-to-line voltage
15.75
Xq (pu)
tance
1.73
tance
1.65
Tdo' (s)
Poles
2
AGLINE
5,000
SMOVTP
No machines in parallel=1
1
RA
Armature resistance (pu)
0
Xd' (pu)
Xq' (pu)
0.206
Tqo' (s)
0.165
Tdo'' (s)
stant
7.1
RN (pu)
stant
7.1
XN (pu)
constant
0.041
XCAN (pu)
0.13
ing impedance
0
grounding impedance
0
HICO
DSR
DSD
FM
tance. unknown=XL
0.13
MECHUN
0.0156
XL (pu)
Armature leakage reactance
0.13
Xd'' (pu)
D-axis subtransient reactance
0.154
Tqo'' (s)
Q-axis subtransient time
constant
0.43
Xq'' (pu)
Q-axis subtransient reactance
0.154
Xo (pu)
Zero-sequence reactance
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amp
2
220 = 179.630 kV
3
(9)
3.2 Transformers
The power system contains two transformers, the block transformer (EDET), type EC 41 M, manufactured by koda PlzeCzech Republic, and the distribution transformer (LIST), manufactured by koda Plze. Both transformers are modeled by the
ATP-Draw model BCTRAN. Table 2 describes the parameters of
the transformers.
The other values are as follows: three phases, two windings, a
3-legged stacked core, test frequency of 50 Hz and DYn1 connection for EDET and YNyn0 connection for LIST.
3.4 Loads
The load in the Kunice substation (KUN) can be easily modeled by a standard component RLC3 as a resistive load, connected to a star with a grounded node. Load consumed is about
100 MW, with 110 kV. The resistance value will be [14]:
U 2 1102 106
(10)
=
R =
= 121
P
100 106
Finally, the scheme of the Dtmarovice power station - block
No. 2 shown in Fig. 3, will be modeled by ATPDraw as shown in
Fig. 4 below.
Transform-
Power
er
(MVA)
Open-cir-
Short-
Open-
Short-cir-
circuit
circuit
(kW)
(kW)
EDET
(15.75/
250
13
0,161
853
135
250
13
0,161
853
135
110 kV)
LIST
(220/
110 kV)
1
2
0.63 0.63
1.81 1.81
0.042 0.042
-2
0
14
14
11
11
40
40
0
0
0
2
3
0.63
1.81
0.042
2
14
11
40
0
2
0
0
0.5
0.2
0
18
15
0
0
1
1
0.4
1.07
0.123
-2.6
16.8
14
2
0.4
1.07
0.123
2.5
18.4
15
3
0.4
1.07
0.123
3.4
15.2
12.5
4
0
0.5
0.2
0
21.2
18.5
Rin (cm)
Rout (cm)
Resis
Horiz
no
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
Inner radius
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0
Outer radius
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
0.5
(/km)
0.065
0.065
0.065
0.065
0.065
0.065
0.2
(m)
-4.7
-6.65
-2.95
4.7
2.95
6.65
0
Vtower Vmid
(m)
20
16.3
16.3
20
16.3
6.3
26
(m)
17
13
13
17
13
13
23
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load of Kunice and the voltages at this busbar. The current and
the voltage at the damaged phase A () decreased to zero, while
those at the faultless phases B () and C () were slightly affected. The amplitude of the current at all phases (Fig. 5), in the case
of steady state, reached 752 A and because the fault, the amplitude of the current at phases B and C increased to almost 811.5
A and 861.4 A, respectively (increased about 7.9% and 14.5%,
respectively). In Fig. 6, the amplitude of the voltage reached 88.7
kV at steady state and because the fault increased to 95.7 kV
(7.89%) at phase B and -101.65 kV (14.6%) at phase C.
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5. NOTES
6. CONCLUSIONS
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Fig. 17. The currents to the load KUN - () with and () without earthfault resistance.
Fig. 18. The voltages at the busbar KUN - () with and () without
earth-fault resistance.
worst possible cases in a power system by modeling using a suitable program, such as EMTP-ATPDraw, and simulating the faults
at different locations in the network.
The high oscillations on the voltage curves due to a fault originate from the oscillating circuit described previously in Fig. 2.
The worst case in this simulation (the fault started when the
voltage of phase A crosses the maximum, t=0.0378 s), which need
to be protected against, was the rise of a short circuit current at
the secondary side of the Listkovec transformer LIST for both
phase-to-ground and three-phase faults. Referring to Fig. 9 and
Fig. 15, the amplitude of the current at phase A increased to a
maximum -8,225.3 A (1,764.2%) because of the phase-to-ground
fault and increased to -16,090 A (3,647.4%) at phase C because of
the three-phase fault. These values decreased when the voltage
was not the maximum.
The worst case was the three-phase fault, which is called a
symmetrical three-phase bolted fault. Knowing this, the shortcircuit to the faulty section of the electrical system should be
limited by applying appropriate switching devices that can operate under short-circuit conditions without damage and isolate
only the faulty section.
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