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1 Description of the Indus- The first study case (”01 - Load Flow”) is pre-
trial Network Model pared to perform load flow calculations. This
enables the user to have an overview of the
resulting voltages as well as the impact of
The industrial network example contains automatic tap changing of the transformers
two subsystems, each of them is supplied and the automatic shunt adjustment to con-
by an HV/MV transformer. In case of a trol the power factor.
transformer outage both systems can be
linked on the MV level. In total the sys-
tems consists of three synchronous motors,
14 medium voltage asynchronous motors,
3 Harmonics
four DC motors, one generation unit (syn-
chronous generator), one emergency gen- The rectifiers of the four DC motors are con-
erator (synchronous generator) and one low nected via Yy0 and Yd5 transformers to form
voltage equivalent motor, which represents two 12-pulse rectifiers. There is another rec-
10 LV asynchronous motors. Even though tifier connected to the busbar of the Priority
∗ DIgSILENT GmbH, Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 9, 72810 Load. The rectifiers are causing harmonic
Gomaringen, Germany, www.digsilent.de distortions in the AC grid.
In the Study Case ”02 - Harmonics” there the corresponding result boxes. On the pre-
are some predefined harmonic distortion di- pared Time-Overcurrent diagrams inside the
agrams with the allowed limits shown. For previously mentioned Study Case the char-
the priority busbar user-defined limits are ap- acteristics of relays are visible.
plied, which represent some special needs
for harmonic sensitive loads. By calculat-
ing the harmonic load flow, the actual har-
monic distortions can be analysed. Without 6 DC Short-Circuit
further measures these distortions would ex-
ceed the limits. Therefore local filters are Since PowerFactory Version 15.1 calcula-
connected to reduce the harmonic voltages tions of short-circuit currents within DC grids
to acceptable levels. up to 250 V are supported [2]. An appropri-
ate DC short-circuit calculation is prepared
in the Study Case ”05 - DC Short-Circuit”.
4 Motor Start