Temperature Rise

80.00 60 50 30
current density 2.61 2.43 2.067 1.55
CSA (mm2) 965.20
CSA (cmils) 1,910.00 Final short cir 185
ambient temp 30.00 material consta 1.166 0.52
normal temp 50.00 Temp coefficie 0.00403 0.00393
actual current load 3,609.00 temp rise 113.95 107.65 89.55 38.61
rated current load 2,519.17 2345.436 1995.068 1496.06

initial short circuit temp 71.05 77.35 95.45 146.39 rated load current 2519.172 2345.436 1995.068 1496.06

Short Circuit Current 122.21 118.21 106.37 67.45

1 desired current rating of busbar 5,000.00 3609

2 current rating after de-rating 0.64 0.8 0.9 1.11
3,200.00 4,000.00 4,500.00 5,550.00
2,309.76 2,887.20 3,248.10 4,005.99

3 busbar CSA as per current 1,226.05 1,646.09 2,177.07 3,580.65

884.97 1,188.15 1,571.41 2,584.51

4 busbar CSA as per Short circuit current 1,402.08 1,409.00 1,428.24 1,477.91
933.73 938.17 950.50 982.41
Temperature Rise
80.00 60.00 50.00 30.00
current density 2.61 2.43 2.07 1.55
1 ampacity for 1 bar of 3/8" x 4" busbar 2,519.17 2,345.44 1,995.07 1,496.06
2 number of busbar to handle normal operation 1.98 2.13 2.51 3.34
1.43 1.54 1.81 2.41
3 min CSA needed to clear fault 1,527.63 1,477.57 1,329.63 843.11
4 no. of busbars per phase to clear fault current 2,386.93 1,846.96 1,477.37 759.56
5 no. of busbars to clear fault based on CSA 2.47 1.91 1.53 0.79