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Problem 9.

1
Assume for this problem that the 69 kV system (Figure given below) is open and make the
following calculation:

A. Calculate the fault current in the three phases for a solid phase-Ato-ground fault on the
kV terminals.
MVA MW

pu 1

SB 50MVA

VBH 69kV

IBH

SB

IBL

3 VBH

VBL 13.8kV

SB
3 VBL

XS1 .12pu

XS2 .12pu

XT1 .08pu

XT2 .08pu

XT0 .08pu

X1 XS1 XT1

X2 X1

X0 XT0

a 1 e

1 1 1
2
A012 1 a a

2
1 a a

j 120deg

VF
I0_69
j X1 X2 X0

I1_69 I0_69

VF 1pu

I2_69 I0_69

I0_69

IABC_69_pu A012 I1_69


I

2_69
6.25

0 pu
IABC_69_pu

6.25i
IABC_69_pu 0 pu

0
90
arg IABC_69_pu 18.435 deg

18.435
2614.811i
A
IABC_69
0

IABC_69 IBH IABC_69_pu

IABC_69

90
arg IABC_69 18.435 deg

18.435

2614.811
0 A pu

B. Calculate the three-phase voltages existing at the fault.


V0_69 0 j X0 I0_69

V1_69 1 j X1 I1_69

V2_69 0 j X2 I2_69

V0_69

VABC_69_pu A012 V1_69


V

2_69

VABC_69_pu 0.25 0.866i pu

0.25 0.866i

VABC_69_pu 0.901 pu

0.901

arg VABC_69_pu 106.102 deg

106.102

VABC_69 VBH VABC_69_pu

VABC_69 17.25 59.756i kV

17.25 59.756i

VABC_69 62.196 kV

62.196

arg VABC_69 106.102 deg

106.102
C. For this 69 kV ground fault, determine the currents flowing in the13.8 kV system.
Note: Zero sequence current gets cancelled of since the transformer blocks zero sequence current,
both positive and negative sequence currents have phase shifts due to -Y transformer
Therefore
I1_13.8 I1_69 e

j 30deg

I2_13.8 I2_69 e

j 30deg

I0_13.8 0

IABC_13.8_pu A012 I1_13.8


I

2_13.8

IABC_13.8_pu

3.608i
IABC_13.8_pu 0 pu

3.608i
90
arg IABC_13.8_pu 97.125 deg

90

3.608
0 pu

3.608

IABC_13.8 IBL IABC_13.8_pu

7548.309i
A
IABC_13.8
0

7548.309i

7548.309
90
0 A pu
arg IABC_13.8 97.125 deg

7548.309
90
D. What are the voltage s for the three phase s at the 1 3.8 kV transformer terminal s for th
69 kV fault?

IABC_13.8

V0_13.8 0

V1_13.8 1 j XS1 I1_13.8

V0_13.8

VABC_13.8_pu A012 V1_13.8


V

2_13.8

VABC_13.8_pu

0.567
1 pu

0.869

VABC_13.8 VBH VABC_13.8_pu

VABC_13.8

39.122
69 kV

59.934

V2_13.8 0 j XS2 I2_13.8


0.567

VABC_13.8_pu
0.5 0.866i pu

0.067 0.866i

0
arg VABC_13.8_pu 120 deg

94.423
39.122

VABC_13.8 34.5 59.756i kV

4.622 59.756i

0
arg VABC_13.8 120 deg

94.423

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