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TutorialANSIShortCircuitAnalysis
Inthistutorial,youwillbeshownhowtouseseveralofEasyPowersshortcircuitanalysisfeatures.
ShortCircuitFocus
Torunshortcircuitanalysis,youmustbeintheShortCircuitfocus.
1.FromtheFilemenu,clickOpenFile.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickOpenOnelineinstead.
2.OpentheSimple.dezileinyourSamplesdirectory.
3.Click
4.Click
Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.
ShortCircuittoopentheShortCircuitfocus.
CalculatingFaultCurrents
DoubleclickonBUS3.Thebusturnslightblueanddisplaysfaultcurrentsinsymmetricalkiloamps.AsshowninFigure1,
themotorcontributes0.863kAandthecable4.481kAtothefault.Thetotalbusfaultcurrent,shownatafortyivedegree
angle,is5.344kA.
Figure1:CalculatingFaultCurrents
ThereareseveraldifferentmethodstofaultbuseswhileintheShortCircuitfocus:
Doubleclickonabus.
Selectabusormultiplebuses(sotheyturngreen)andclick
FaultBus(es).
Note:Toselectasinglebus,clickonit.Toselectmultiplebuses,clickoneachbuswhileholdingdownthe
SHIFTkey.
Click
FaultBus(es)withoutselectinganybuses.Thisrunsabatchfaultonallthebusesinyoursystem.
RemoteVoltagesandCurrents
1.Bus3shouldstillbefaulted.
2.SelectBUS1byclickingonit.WiththeSHIFTkeypressed,alsoselectBUS2.
3.Click
RemoteV/I.Theremotecurrentsare0.896kAontheprimarysideofthetransformerand4.481kAonthe
secondaryside(asshownintheigurebelow).Theremotevoltages,shownatafortyivedegreeangle,are0.643pu
onBUS1and0.000puonBUS2.
Figure2:RemoteV/I
ChangingtheANSIStandardTimeInterval
ANSIStandardslistthreedistincttimeintervalsforshortcircuitcurrents.Thesearemomentary(cycle),interrupting(5
cycle),and30cycle.Bydefault,EasyPowerdisplaysthemomentarycurrents,asindicatedby
thetoolbar.
Momentaryselectedin
Click
Interruptingtoviewtheinterruptingresults.(TheyaredisplayednexttotheCyclecurrents.)Notethat
theoverallbuscurrentmagnitudedropsto4.826kAduetothedecayofthemotorcontribution.
Click
30Cycletoviewthe30cyclecurrents(seeigurebelow).Noticethatthemotorcurrentcontribution
decaystozeroleavingonly4.481kAfromtheutility.
Figure3:Cycle,Interrupting,and30CycleCurrents
UnsymmetricalFaults
Thecurrentscalculatedtothispointhavebeen3phasecurrents.EasyPoweralsocalculatesunsymmetricalfaults.According
toconvention,singlelinetogroundfaultcalculationsassumetheAphaseisfaulted.Fordoublelinetogroundandlineto
linefaults,conventionsaysthatphasesBandCarefaulted.RefertoElementsofPowerSystemAnalysisbyWilliamD.
Stevenson,Jr.forexamplesofunsymmetricalfaultcalculations.
SingleLinetoGroundFaults
1.Click
Interruptingand
30Cycletoremovethoseselections,andleave
Momentaryselected.
2.Click
LinetoGround.Thecurrentswillshowzero(seeigurebelow).Thisisbecausethetransformer(delta
deltaconnectiontype)andmotorarenotgrounded.(Bydefault,EasyPowerdisplaysAphasecurrents.)
Figure4:SingleLinetoGround
DoubleLinetoGroundFaults
1.Click
DoubleLinetoGround.Thegreendotsinthebuttonindicategroundfault.
2.Inthemessagethatisdisplayed,clickYestofaulttheBphaselineratherthantheAphase.Allfaultswillnowbe
doublelinetogroundfaults.
3.TheBphasedoublelinetogroundfaultcurrentsaredisplayed(seeigurebelow).
Figure5:DoubleLinetoGround
LinetoLineFaults
1.Click
fault.
LinetoLine.Faultsarenowlinetolinefaults.Theyellowdotsinthebuttonindicatethisisnotground
2.TheprogramdisplaystheBphaselinetolinefaultcurrents(seeigurebelow).
Figure6:LinetoLineFault
TextReports
1.Click
SCReportsintheShortCircuittab.
2.Inthedialogbox,selecttheCreateHV&LVMomentary(Cycle)Reportscheckboxontheupperleftandthen
clickOK.
3.Click
3Phasetoreturnto3phasefaultcalculations.
4.Click
FaultBus(es).Ahighvoltagemomentarytextreportwindowiscreated.Youcanviewthisreporteitherby
selectingHVMomentaryReportforsimple.dez(Basecase)fromtheWindowbuttonorbydoubleclickingon
thewindowiconcreatedinthelowerleftcorner.Yourtextreportwilllooksimilartothatintheigurebelow.
Figure7:ShortCircuitTextReport
5.YoucanreturntotheonelinebyselectingSimple.dezfromtheWindowmenu.
OtherOptions
1.Click
SCOptionsintheShortCircuittab,andthenclicktheOnelineOutputtab.
Inthisdialog(shownintheigurebelow)youcanspecifyasymmetricalfaultcurrentstobedisplayedontheoneline.
YoucanalsoshowfaultcurrentsinPerUnitorMVAunitsandremotevoltagesinkVunits.
Figure8:ShortCircuitOnelineOutputDialogBox
2.SelecttheControltab.
Hereyoucanspecifyothershortcircuitsettingsforyourfaultcalculations.Thesechangestakeeffectonall
subsequentfaultsafterclosingthisdialogbox.
Conclusion
ThishasbeenabriefoverviewofEasyPowersshortcircuitprogram.TheEasyPowerHelptopicscoverthisandother
featuresingreaterdepth.ToopenHelp,click
HelpintheupperrightcorneroftheEasyPowerwindoworpressF1.
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