TI - 20231228 - 1+X Series Inverter - AC Short-Circuit Current - V2 - EN (New Version)
TI - 20231228 - 1+X Series Inverter - AC Short-Circuit Current - V2 - EN (New Version)
TI - 20231228 - 1+X Series Inverter - AC Short-Circuit Current - V2 - EN (New Version)
1+X Inverters
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1 Description
In PV plants, if an overcurrent or short circuit fault occurs on the AC side of the inverter,
the PV modules and circuits are prone to be destroyed, posing the risk of electrical
fires. To present such risks, the 1+X inverters adopt a circuit breaker on the AC side
for protection. The breaking capacity of the breaker can fully meet the demand of
current protection on the AC side.
The structure of the 1+X inverter system is shown in the diagram below. The power
circuit of the inverter is consisted of a DC load switch QS1, an IGBT module N1, an AC
filter reactor L1 (with a certain current limiting capability), and an AC breaker QF1
(providing short circuit protection for QS1、N1、L1 and other relevant parts). Both N1,
L1 and L1, QF1 are connected by hard copper bars.
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Fault
AC inductors, ACBs, and transformers are all connected through copper bars, so the
possibility of short circuits at the rear end of AC inductor is extremely low.
AC inductor
Copper bars
ACB
Copper bus
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When a three-phase short circuit occurs on the AC side in one of the SG8800UD
inverters, the current the AC circuit breaker withstands is the short-circuit current of the
grid.
The direction of current flow from the grid to the inverter short-circuit point is taken as
the positive direction. The grid impedance includes transformer impedance and cable
impedance. The corresponding short circuit current of the grid is shown in Fig. 2.
U_grid
Isc
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑈𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑑 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑈𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑑 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑈𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑑
𝐼⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑠𝑐 = = = (1)
√3𝑍 √3(R + j X) √3((𝑅𝐿 + 𝑅𝑇 ) + j (𝑋𝐿 + 𝑋𝑇 ))
where:
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑈𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑑 : Grid voltage vector; Considering the grid voltage fluctuation coefficient, the
maximum value of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑈𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑑 is 1.1𝑈𝑛∠0°, where 𝑈𝑛 = 630𝑉.
𝑍𝑏 % ×𝑈𝑛2
𝑍𝑇 : Transformer impedance; 𝑍𝑇 = , where 𝑍𝑏 % is the Semi-crossing
𝑆𝑛
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impedance (taken as the lower limit, 7%), and Sn is the capacity of the LV winding of
the transformer, 4400kVA. Through calculation, 𝑍𝑇 = 6.31𝑚𝛺.
𝑃𝑘 ×𝑈𝑛 ²
𝑅𝑇 : Transformer resistance; 𝑅𝑇 = , where 𝑃𝑘 is the transformer load loss
𝑆𝑛 ²
⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐼𝑠𝑐 = 4.21 + 𝑗35.95 𝑘𝐴
(2)
‖𝐼⃗⃗⃗⃗𝑠𝑐 ‖ = 36.19𝑘𝐴