Example: Fault current calculation
The one-line diagram of a simple power system
is shown in Figure below. The neutral of each
generator is grounded through a current-
limiting reactor of 0.25/3 per unit on a 100 MVA
base. The system data expressed in per unit on a
common 100 MVA base is tabulated below. The
generators are running on no-load at their rated
voltage and rated frequency with their emfs in
phase. Determine the fault current for the
following faults.
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Example: Fault current calculation
Item Base MVA Voltage Rating (kV) X1 (pu) X2 (pu) X0 (pu)
G1 100 20 0.15 0.15 0.05
G2 100 20 0.15 0.15 0.05
T1 100 20/220 0.10 0.10 0.10
T2 100 20/220 0.10 0.10 0.10
L12 100 220 0.125 0.125 0.30
L13 100 220 0.15 0.15 0.35
L23 100 220 0.25 0.25 0.7125 2
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𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
2 𝑗𝑗0.25 0
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 =
0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
Non-diagonal elements: R3=R1 & C3=C1
𝒁𝒁𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏−𝟑𝟑 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟒𝟒
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
3 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25 𝟎𝟎
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 =
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟒𝟒
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𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗0.25
3 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25 0
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 =
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
𝟒𝟒 𝟑𝟑 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
−𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
∆𝑍𝑍 =C2-C1= 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
−𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
∆𝑍𝑍 𝑇𝑇 =R2-R1=[-j0.25, j0.25, -j0.25]
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 = 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏−𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐 × 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝑍𝑍𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 =j0.25+j0.25+j0.125-2× 𝑗𝑗0 = j0.625
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𝟒𝟒 𝟑𝟑 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗0.25 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
4 1
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25 0 − 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25 × −j0.25, j0.25, −j0.25
𝑗𝑗𝑗.625
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.4 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗0.25 𝑗𝑗0.1 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗0.1
4 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.25 0 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 =
𝑗𝑗0.25 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.4 𝑗𝑗0.1 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗0.15
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𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.3 5
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𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗0.15
4
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.3
𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟒 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.05
∆𝑍𝑍 =C3-C2= −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05
𝑗𝑗𝑗.2
∆𝑍𝑍 𝑇𝑇 =R3-R2=[j0.05, -j0.05, j0.2]
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 = 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝒁𝒁𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐−𝟑𝟑 − 𝟐𝟐 × 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝑍𝑍𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 =j0.15+j0.3+j0.25-2× 𝑗𝑗0.1 = j0.5
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𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟒 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗0.05
1
5
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 × j0.05, −j0.05, j0.2
𝑗𝑗𝑗.5
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.3 𝑗𝑗𝑗.2
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗0.005 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.005 𝑗𝑗0.02
5
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.005 𝑗𝑗𝑗.005 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.02
𝑗𝑗0.15 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝑗𝑗𝑗.3 𝑗𝑗0.02 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.02 𝑗𝑗𝑗.08
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒁𝒁𝟓𝟓𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 =𝒁𝒁+𝒗𝒗𝒗𝒗
𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁−𝒗𝒗𝒗𝒗
𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
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𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
2 𝑗𝑗0.4 0
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 =
0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
Non-diagonal elements: R3=R1 & C3=C1
𝒁𝒁𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏−𝟑𝟑 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟒𝟒 + 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 4
3
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 𝟎𝟎
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 4 𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 75
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𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗0.4
3
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 0
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.75
𝟒𝟒 𝟑𝟑 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
−𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
∆𝑍𝑍 =C2-C1= 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1
−𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
∆𝑍𝑍 𝑇𝑇 =R2-R1=[-j0.4, j0.1, -j0.4]
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 = 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏−𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐 × 𝒁𝒁𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝑍𝑍𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 =j0.4+j0.1+j0.3-2× 𝑗𝑗0 = j0.8
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𝟒𝟒 𝟑𝟑 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗0.4 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
1
4
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 0 − 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 × −j0.4, j0.1, −j0.4
𝑗𝑗𝑗.8
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.75 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.4
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗0.4 𝑗𝑗0.2 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗0.2
4
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.1 0 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.0125 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05
𝑗𝑗0.4 0 𝑗𝑗𝑗.75 𝑗𝑗0.2 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.2
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗0.2
4
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.0875 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.55 10
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𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗0.2
4
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.0875 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.55
𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟒 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.15
∆𝑍𝑍 =C3-C2= −𝑗𝑗𝑗.0375
𝑗𝑗𝑗.5
∆𝑍𝑍 𝑇𝑇 =R3-R2=[j0.15, -j0.0375, j0.5]
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍 = 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝒁𝒁𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐−𝟑𝟑 − 𝟐𝟐 × 𝒁𝒁𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝑍𝑍𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 =j0.0875+j0.55+j0.7125-2× 𝑗𝑗0.05 = j1.25
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Zero-Sequence Bus Impedance Matrix
𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟒 ∆𝒁𝒁×∆𝒁𝒁𝑻𝑻
𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 =𝒁𝒁𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 −
𝒁𝒁𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗0.15
5 1
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.0875 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.0375 × j0.15, −j0.0375, j0.5
𝑗𝑗𝑗.25
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.55 𝑗𝑗𝑗.5
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗0.018 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.0045 𝑗𝑗0.06
5
𝑍𝑍𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.0875 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 − −𝑗𝑗𝑗.0045 𝑗𝑗𝑗.001125 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.015
𝑗𝑗0.2 𝑗𝑗𝑗.05 𝑗𝑗𝑗.55 𝑗𝑗0.06 −𝑗𝑗𝑗.015 𝑗𝑗𝑗.2
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒁𝒁𝟓𝟓𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 = 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 = 𝒁𝒁𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛
𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃
𝒋𝒋𝟎𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒋𝒋𝒋𝒋. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
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