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AC Short-Circuit Current

1+X Inverters

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1 Description

This document describes the short-circuit current of 1+X Inverters.

It is valid for SG1100UD, SG3300UD, SG4400UD, SG1100UD-MV, SG3300UD-MV,


SG4400UD-MV, SG6600UD-MV, SG8800UD-MV.

This document is intended to be used by the specific addressees. No part of this


document may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the
prior written permission of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.

2 AC Side Protection Solution

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.

2.1 System Structure

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

Fig. 1 1+X Modular Inverter System Structure

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

Fig. 2 Copper bar connection diagram

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2.2 Short-Circuit Current Calculation

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

Fig. 2 Short-circuit current vector diagram

The grid short-circuit current is calculated as follows:

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
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.

𝑅𝐿 : Reactor resistance, and its minimum value is approximately 0.52mΩ.

𝑋𝐿 : Reactor reactance; 𝑋𝐿 = 2𝛱 ∗ 50 ∗ 𝐿𝑆𝑎𝑡 , where 𝐿𝑆𝑎𝑡 is the reactor saturation


inductance, approximately 15~20μH (taken as the minimum value, 15μH), thus 𝑋𝐿 =
4.71mΩ.

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

(approximately 37.4kW). Through calculation, 𝑅𝑇 = 0.77𝑚𝛺.

𝑋𝑇 : Transformer reactance; 𝑋𝑇 = √ 𝑍𝑇 2 − 𝑅𝑇 ² = 6.27𝑚𝛺.

Substituting these values to formula (1):

⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐼𝑠𝑐 = 4.21 + 𝑗35.95 𝑘𝐴
(2)
‖𝐼⃗⃗⃗⃗𝑠𝑐 ‖ = 36.19𝑘𝐴

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