// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART III : SWITCHGEAR AND PROTECTION // CHAPTER 1: SYMMETRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT CAPACITY CALCULATIONS // EXAMPLE : 1.12 : // Page number 473-474 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data kVA_G = 625.0 // Generator rating(kVA) V_G = 2.4 // Voltage rating of generator(kV) X_st_G = 8.0/100 // Sub-transient reactance of generator rating_M = 250.0 // Motor rating(HP) V_M = 2.4 // Voltage rating of motor(kV) n = 90.0/100 // Efficiency of motor X_st_M = 20.0/100 // Sub-transient reactance of motor // Calculations kVA_base = 625.0 // Base kVA input_M = rating_M*0.746/n // Each motor input(kVA) X_st_m_pu = X_st_M*kVA_base/input_M // Sub-transient reactance of motor(p.u) I_base = kVA_base/(3**0.5*V_M) // Base current(A) Z_th = %i*X_st_m_pu/3*X_st_G/(X_st_m_pu/3+X_st_G) // Thevenin impedance(p.u) I_st = 1.0/Z_th // Initial symmetrical current at F(p.u) I_st_g = I_st*(X_st_m_pu/3/(X_st_m_pu/3+X_st_G)) // Fault current rating of generator breaker(p.u) I_st_m = (I_st-I_st_g)/3 // Fault current rating of each motor breaker(p.u) // Results disp("PART III - EXAMPLE : 1.12 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nSub-transient fault current at F = %.2fj p.u", imag(I_st)) printf("\nFault current rating of generator breaker = %.1fj p.u", imag(I_st_g)) printf("\nFault current rating of each motor breaker = %.2fj p.u", imag(I_st_m))