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Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/10/2007 3:47 AM

Hi Everybody, I have joined as Electrical Design Er. in a Consultant. Can anyone tell me how to size the transformer & DG. How to Calculate Maximum Demand. Also Fault level calculation.
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Snakemike
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Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/10/2007 5:34 AM

#1

Firstly, Not being horrible but how did you get that job if you can't do these simple formulas
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Secondly We need more information on what you are trying to achieve in order of you to get better and more relating anwsers to your question?????????? ________________ Thank you and good night

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Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/15/2007 2:37 AM

#5 In reply to #1

Dear Sir, I dont think this to be HORRIBLE to get this job. As a fresher I am very curious to know from the experienced people in this field. In current trend most Engineering graduates coming out from college are jumping into IT field. So atleast appreciate me for my curiousity rather than discouraging me by saying it as horrible. Cheers

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Dubai Engineer V.I.Abraham

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Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

12/19/2007 5:07 AM

#6 In reply to #5 #2

Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/10/2007 4:14 PM

Hi guest ,
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Don't worry .You have started only . Do not get panic. Everybody starts the job with lot of educational background and Will to learn. So start. First you must know what is your requirement. Find that out first. So start from the beginning. Do not jump to start designing. Your load assessment , regular requirement ,Type of load continuous process, intermittent load ,jerk load like metal, cutting, press, welding etc. Next step availability of power , Distance from the source, From where the power to sourced ,either the supplier will provide power at site, what should be the incoming voltage , what is the load voltage.Above all what is the financial capacity of the company who give the order to you. Make an initial paper comprising all this and tell me then I shall tell you how to go ahead .Best of luck .Start your job

Guest

Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/10/2007 11:51 PM

#3

It's a little difficult to answer all of your questions but here are a couple of items: 1) There are tables in the NEC that provide data on how to estimate the demand of a facility. For example, the estimated demand of a school would be: Building square feet x 15 VA/square foot. (49,000 S.F bldg X 15 VA/S.F = 735 KVA) 2) The transformer to feed this load would be the next standard size of commercial transformer, assuming a 3 phase supply, this would be 750 KVA transformer. 3) The per phase current available from this transformer would be 2040 A for a line-to-line voltage of 208V, 902 A for a line-to-line voltage of 480V, etc. 4) The distributed generation would be sized similarly. 5) A simple short-cut for calculating short circuit, assume an infinite source bus, the maximum fault current available at the secondary terminals of a 150KVA 13.8KV-480V transformer with a 2% impedance can be calculated by: Short Circuit Current = (150,000VA)/(sqrt(3)*480*(2/100))= 9,022 A You should really get your hands on a copy of the IEEE Buff Book "The IEEE Recommended Practice for the Protection and Coordination of

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Industrial and Commercial Power Systems" to develop a solid understanding of fault current calculations.

MUKULMAHANT
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Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

06/11/2007 2:43 AM

#4

Congrats!! Please LIST THE CONNECTED LOADS(KW's+ load descriptions in time) A description -what runs at same time,what loads are ON, all the time. You are talking of Transformer & DG- you want to feed which loads from Diesel Genset?
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Do you want to rate the Transformer for full utilization NOW or less- or keep Reserve for growth? How much reserve? Fault level of Transformer/Line incoming/Of DG ?

Guest

Re: Transformer selection, Fault Current calculation

01/04/2008 12:20 AM

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There are various parameters for T/F selection main are given below 1. Voltage level 2. Frequency 3. type of load 4. For genration / distribution 5. Indoor / out door 6. temperature 7. overload timings 8. Fault level As far as DG size is concerned you can take help from this relation KVA = E x I / 1000 ---------- Single phase KVA = E x I x 1.73 / 1000 --------- 3 phase You can calculate fault level KVA or MVA rating Divided by % impedance

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Remember that Fault level is nothing but the amount of current that flows in the network during fault or short circuit ---Jazsy Dhariwal

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