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fault level calculation of electrical system

04/06/2008 6:57 AM

dear all any body tell me about fault calculation of electrical systaem by MVA method.how can we select the base MVA of system and what is other considerable parameter in fault level calculation. regards suresh kumar paliwal

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Re: fault level calculation of electrical system

04/06/2008 3:06 PM

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The calculation of greatest fault current of system is required for calculation of the capacity of the switchgear or bus bar or cable. The source of the supply will be the consideration.The MVA/kVA capacity of the transformer or generator which is the source. The simple equation to find the short circuit current is 1.1 x V
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I = --------------- Amps 3xZ I - short circuit current Line voltage is multiplied by 1.1 to take care of 10% rise in voltage Z Impedance in ohms % Z x10 x kV
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Z = --------------------kVA Detailed calculation method is available in www. ecmweb.com You must read it if you are really interested to learn the subject. There are so much reading material on the subject in the net itself Similarly read this link http://books.google.co.in/books?id=yiT9Doq8TRwC&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184& dq=short+circuit+calculation+of+bus+bar+&source=web&ots=L1ww-bULxl&sig= Ker1LfRB8E9pWC5-fKnyNqPi_K0&hl=en#PPA184,M1

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Hi To evaluate the fault level of a system follow the steps noted below Base kVA as 1000 kVA or 1MVA % System imepdance at 250mVA as 100% ( I have considered 11kV system and assumed 250mVA (Max) Convert %System Impedance at 1MVA = 100/250 = 0.4% %tx Impednace = 4% % total impednace = 4.4% Fault level @ 415V side = 100/4.4*1 = 22.7MVA Fault Current @ 415V = 22.7*106/ 1.732*415 = 31KA Max fault current 31*1.1 = 35KA (due to Variation in system voltage) Krishnan Subramoniam AECOM Sydney - Australia

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Re: fault level calculation of electrical system

06/02/2009 10:47 AM

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What will be the fault level of the supply with 1. 415V, 144KVA? transformer impedence= 0.08, Vsec=100V, VA= 4000 2. 11kV, 25MVA? trans imped= 0.069, Vsec=800V, VA= 3.2MVA Thanks a lot

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Re: fault level calculation of electrical system

06/02/2009 12:34 PM

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check here http://ecmweb.com/mag/electric_shortcircuit_ calculation_methods/?smte=wr

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06/03/2009 8:32 AM

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Thank you very much..

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01/25/2010 7:16 AM

max. impedense value for any rating for the transformer is cosidered as 5% of the rating. therefore for example:for 1000KVA, THE FAULT LEVEL CURRENT WILL BE 1000x5%=1000*.05=50KA ASIF HUSSAIN

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Re: fault level calculation of electrical system

05/13/2010 8:54 AM

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Wrong....absolutely wrong

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