// 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 4: UNSYMMETRICAL FAULTS IN POWER SYSTEMS // EXAMPLE : 4.13 : // Page number 522 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data kV = 6.9 // Alternator rating(kV) MVA = 10.0 // Alternator rating(MVA) X_st = 0.15 // Sub-transient reactance(p.u) X_2 = 0.15 // Negative sequence reactance(p.u) X_0 = 0.05 // Zero sequence reactance(p.u) X = 0.397 // Grounding reactor(ohm) // Calculations MVA_base = 10.0 // Base MVA kV_base = 6.9 // Base kV Z_base = kV_base**2/MVA_base // Base impedance(ohm) Z_n = X/Z_base // Grounding reactor(p.u) Z_1 = %i*X_st // Positive sequence impedance(p.u) Z_2 = %i*X_2 // Negative sequence impedance(p.u) Z_0 = %i*(X_0+3*Z_n) // Zero sequence impedance(p.u) E_a = 1.0 // Phase voltage(p.u) I_a_pu = 3*E_a/(Z_1+Z_2+Z_0) // Sub-transient current in the faulty phase(p.u) I_base = kV_base*1000/(3**0.5*Z_base) // Base current(A) I_a = abs(I_a_pu)*I_base // Sub-transient current in the faulty phase(A) // Results disp("PART III - EXAMPLE : 4.13 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nSub-transient current in the faulty phase, I_a = %.f A\n", I_a) printf("\nNOTE: Changes in the obtained answer from that of textbook is due to more precision here")