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BEV20703 Power System Analysis

The document discusses balanced three-phase fault analysis in power systems. It introduces balanced three-phase faults and their importance for protective relay setting and selecting equipment ratings. The chapter then describes calculating fault currents, voltages, and line currents during a balanced three-phase fault using the bus impedance matrix method. It also covers determining the short-circuit capacity of buses for dimensioning bus bars and circuit breaker ratings.

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BEV20703 Power System Analysis

The document discusses balanced three-phase fault analysis in power systems. It introduces balanced three-phase faults and their importance for protective relay setting and selecting equipment ratings. The chapter then describes calculating fault currents, voltages, and line currents during a balanced three-phase fault using the bus impedance matrix method. It also covers determining the short-circuit capacity of buses for dimensioning bus bars and circuit breaker ratings.

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BEV20703

POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS


BALANCED FAULT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 5
Contents
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Balanced three-phase fault
5.3 Short-circuit capacity
5.1 Introduction
• Important part of power system analysis.
• Determining of bus voltages and line currents during various
types of faults.
• The fault types are segregated as follows:
❑ Balanced three-phase fault.
❑ Unbalanced faults:
• Single line to ground fault,
• Line-to-line fault,
• Double line to ground fault.
5.1 Introduction
• It is used for proper relay setting and coordination.
• The three-phase balanced fault information is used to select
and set phase relays.
• The line-to-ground fault is used for ground relays.
• It is also used to obtain the rating of the protective
switchgears.
• The magnitude of the fault currents depends on:
❑ The internal impedance of the generators,
❑ The impedance of the intervening circuit.
5.1 Introduction
• The generator behavior can be divided into three periods:
❑ The sub-transient period
• Represented by sub-transient reactances 𝑋′′𝑑 .
• Lasting only for the first few cycles.
❑ The transient period
• Represented by transient reactances 𝑋′𝑑 .
• Covering a relatively longer time.
❑ The steady state period
• Represented by synchronous reactance 𝑋𝑑 .
• For steady state condition.
5.2 Balanced Three-phase Fault
• The duration of the short circuit current depends on the time of
operation of the protective system.
• Generally, the subtransient reactance is used for determining
the interrupting capacity of the circuit breakers.
• For relay setting and coordination, fault studies required
transient reactance.
• Also, transient reactance is used in transient stability.
5.2 Balanced Three-phase Fault
Example 5.1
The one-line diagram of a simple three-bus power system is
shown in Figure 1. Each generator is represented by an emf
behind the transient reactance. All impedances are expressed in
per unit on a common 100 MVA base, and for simplicity,
resistances are neglected. The following assumptions are made.
i. Shunt capacitances are neglected and the system is
considered on no-load.
ii. All generators are running at their rated voltage and rated
frequency with their emfs in phase.
5.2 Balanced Three-phase Fault
Example 5.1 Determine the fault current, the
bus voltages, and the line
currents during the fault when a
balanced three-phase fault with a
fault impedance 𝑍𝑓 = 𝑗0.16 per
unit occurs on:
a) Bus 3 [-j2.0 pu, -j0.1 pu, -j1.1 pu, -
j0.9 pu],
b) Bus 2 [-j2.5 pu, -j0.5 pu, -j0.5 pu, -
j0.5 pu],
c) Bus 1 [j3.125 pu, j3.125 pu, -j3.125
pu, -j3.125 pu].
Figure 1
5.2 Balanced Three-phase Fault
Tutorial 5.1
A three-phase fault with a fault impedance 𝑍𝑓 = 0.16 per unit
occurs at bus 3 in the network of Example 5.1. Using the bus
impedance matrix method, compute the fault current, the bus
voltages, and the line currents during the fault.
5.2 Balanced Three-phase Fault
• The load currents were neglected and all prefault bus voltages
were assumed to be equal to 1.0 per unit.
• For more accurate calculation, the prefault bus voltages can
be obtained from the power flow solution.
• In a power system, loads are specified and the currents are
unknown.
• Express the loads by a constant impedance evaluated at the
prefault bus voltages.
• This is a very good approximation which results in linear nodal
equations.
5.3 Short-circuit Capacity
• It is a common measure of the strength of a bus.
• Definition: The product of the magnitudes of the rated bus
voltage and the fault current.
• It is used to determine the dimension of a bus bar, and the
interrupting capacity of a circuit breaker.
• The short -circuit capacity at bus k is given by:

• The line-to-line voltage 𝑉𝐿𝑘 is expressed in kilovolts and 𝐼𝑘 (𝐹)


is expressed in amperes .
5.3 Short-circuit Capacity
• The symmetrical three-phase fault current in per unit is given
by:

• 𝑉𝑘 (0) is the per unit prefault bus voltage, and 𝑋𝑘𝑘 is the per
unit reactance to the point of fault.
• System resistance is neglected.
• The base current is given by:
5.3 Short-circuit Capacity
• 𝑆𝐵 is the base MVA and 𝑉𝐵 is the line-to-line base voltage in
kilovolts.
• The fault current in amperes is:

• Therefore, SCC is rewritten as follows:

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