DIgSILENT

PowerFactory

Application Example

Wind Farm

Short-Circuit Calculation

1 Description
In this part of the Wind Farm example the short-circuit calculation is presented. As the
standard IEC 60909 does not reflect modern wind turbines, the DIgSILENT Complete Method
is used for calculating the short-circuit contribution of the turbines and the quantities of Ik’’,
Ib, Ith etc. which express the stress on the grid elements.
The settings of the Complete Method for the short-circuit calculation are close to IEC 60909
(c = 1.1 for max. short-circuit currents; loads, capacitances of lines, magnetizing currents of
transformers, shunt elements and filters are ignored in the positive sequence), while taking
the short-circuit contribution of the wind turbines into account correctly. For this reason a
current iteration is used in the Complete Method to calculate the transient short-circuit
current Ik’. In this current iteration the additional reactive currents provided by the wind
turbines are taken into account precisely, based on the k factor setting and max. current of
each turbines/converters. Ib and Ith are calculated on the basis of Ik’’ and Ik’.
To execute the short-circuit calculation, press the Calculate Short-Circuit button.

2 PowerFactory Project Information

Name of Project: Wind Farm
Name of Study Case: 02 Short-Circuit

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Wind Farm - Short-Circuit Calculation

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05 Februar 2013

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