this chapter deals with fault analysis of a power system. under this topic, only symmetrical fault analysis is given. it will describe the methods used to determine fault current and voltage values.
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Computer Application in Power system: Chapter three - fault studies
1. ASTU
SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND
COMPUTING
DEPT. OF POWER AND CONTROL ENGINEERING
COMPUTER APPLICATION IN POWER SYSTEM
(PCE5307)
CHAPTER THREE
FAULT STUDIES
BY: MESFIN M.
3. INTRODUCTION
οΆ The main objective of fault analysis is to calculate fault
currents and voltages for the determination of circuit
breaker capacity and protective relay performance.
οΆEarly methods used in the calculation of fault levels
involved the following approximations.
οΆAll voltage sources assumed a one pu magnitude and zero relative phase,
which is equivalent to neglecting the pre-fault load current contribution.
οΆTransmission plant components included only inductive parameters.
οΆTransmission line shunt capacitance and transformer magnetizing
impedance were ignored.
4. CONT.β¦
οΆBased on the above assumptions, simple equivalent
sequence impedance networks were calculated and these
were interconnected according to the fault specification.
Conventional circuit analysis was then used to calculate the
sequence voltage and currents
οΆAlthough the basic procedure of the computer solution is
still the same, the need for the various approximations has
disappeared.
5. ANALYSIS OF THREE-PHASE FAULTS
οΆ A preliminary stage to the analysis is the collection of
appropriate data specifying the system to be analyzed in
terms of:
οΆPre-fault voltage,
οΆloading and
οΆGenerating conditions.
οΆ Such data is then processed to form a nodal equivalent
network constituted by admittances and injected currents.
7. CONT.β¦.
οΆThe injected nodal current for the above circuit is given by:
π°π = π¬π
π΄
ππ
π΄
But using KVL
π¬π
π΄
= π½π +
π°π
π΄
ππ
π΄
Thus,
π°π = π½π ππ
π΄
+ π°π
π΄
οΆπ°π
π΄
is the current required at the voltage π½π to produce the
machine power π·π
π΄
+ ππΈπ
π΄
, so
8. CONT.β¦
(πΌπ
π
)β
ππ = ππ
π
+ πππ
π
Thus, from load flow data for P, Q and V we can calculate the
injected nodal current πΌπ.
πΌπ = π½π ππ
π΄
+
ππ
π
β πππ
π
π½π
β
13. CONT.β¦
οΆ or in matrix form after grouping together the terms
common to each voltage
πΌ1
πΌ2
πΌ3
πΌ4
πΌ5
=
π11 π12 π13 π14 π15
π21 π22 π23 π24 π25
π31
π41
π51
π32
π42
π52
π33
π43
π53
π34
π44
π54
π35
π45
π55
β
π1
π2
π3
π4
π5
Where
πππ =
π
π¦ππ and πππ = βπ¦ππ π β π
14. CONT.β¦
οΆ The matrix is usually written as;
πΌ = π β π
οΆwhere [I] and [V] are the current and voltage vectors and [Y] is
the nodal admittance matrix of the system.
οΆIn the admittance matrix nonzero elements only occur where
branches exist between nodes.
οΆSuch sparsity is exploited by only storing and processing the
nonzero elements.
οΆMoreover, the symmetry of the matrix ( Yij = Yji) permits using
only the upper right-hand terms in the calculations.
15. IMPEDANCE MATRIX EQUATION
οΆ The nodal admittance equation is inefficient as it requires a
complete iterative solution for each fault type and location. Thus,
π = π β1
β πΌ
π = π β πΌ
16. FAULT CALCULATIONS
οΆ From the initial machine data, the values of [I] are first
calculated from equation for injected nodal current using one
per unit voltages.
οΆThese may now be used to obtain a better estimate of [V], the
pre-fault voltage at every node from equation π = π β πΌ .
οΆThe program now has sufficient information to calculate the
voltages and currents during a fault.
ππ
π
= π π
πΌ π
where k is the bus to be faulted, Zf is the fault impedance and
πΌ π
is the fault current.
17. CONT.β¦
οΆThe equation π = π β πΌ for a fault at K bus can be expanded
as,
π1
π2
β
ππ
β
ππ
=
π11 π12 β π1π β π1π
π21 π22 β π2π β π2π
β
π π1
β
π π1
β
π π2
β
π π2
β
β
β
β
β
π ππ
β
π ππ
β β
β π ππ
β β
β π ππ
β
πΌ1
πΌ2
β
πΌ π
β
πΌ π
Selecting row k and expanding gives
ππ = π π1 πΌ1 + π π2 πΌ2 + β― + π ππ πΌ π + β― + π ππ πΌ π
οΆThis equation describes the voltage at bus k prior to the fault.
18. CONT.β¦
οΆDuring a fault a large fault current If flows out of bus k thus,
ππ
π
= π π πΌ π = π π1 πΌ1 + π π2 πΌ2 + β― + π ππ πΌ π + β― + π ππ πΌ π β π ππ πΌ π
Or
π π πΌ π = ππ β π ππ πΌ π
Thus, the fault current can be found as,
πΌ π =
ππ
π π + π ππ
οΆAlso during fault voltage at any other bus j is.
ππ
π
= ππ β πππ πΌ π