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Introduction
A fault in a circuit is any failure that
interferes with the normal system
operation.
Lighting strokes cause most faults on highvoltage transmission lines producing a
very high transient that greatly exceeds
the rated voltage of the line.
This voltage usually causes flashover
between the phases and/or the ground
creating an arc.
Since the impedance of this new path is
usually low, an excessive current may
flow.
Faults involving ionized current paths are
also called transient faults. They usually
clear if power is removed from the line for
a short time and then restored.
Introduction
If one, or two, or all three phases break or
if insulators break due to fatigue or
inclement weather, this fault is called a
permanent fault since it will remain after a
quick power removing.
Approximately 75% of all faults in power
systems are transient in nature.
Knowing the magnitude of the fault
current is important when selecting
protection equipment (type, size, etc..)
EA
I ss
Xs
EA
X "
I"
EA
X '
I'
I L,base
Sbase
100, 000, 000
4,184 A
3VL,base
3 13,800
EA
1.0
I"
8.333 pu34,900 A
X " 0.12
E A 1.0
I'
4 pu, 700 A
X ' 0.25
E
1.0
I ss A
1 pu4,184 A
X s 1.0
I t I " I ' e
T"
I ' I ss e
T'
I ss 18,200 e
t
0.04
12,516 e
1
I 7,910 12,142 4,184 24, 236 A
30
At 5 s, the current reduces to
1.1
4,184 A
Z new
Vgiven
Z given
Vnew
Snew
S given
Therefore:
2
X T 0.08 pu
Vpu
1.044 pu
basevalue 115, 000
Ybus
j5.0
0
j 6.667
j16.212
j 5.0
j
12.5
j
5.0
j
2.5
0
j 5.0 j13.333
j 5.0
j
6.667
j
2.5
j
5.0
j
14.167
Ybus V = I
Y11
Y
21
Y31
Y41
Y12 Y13
Y22 Y23
Y32 Y33
Y42 Y43
Y14 V1 0
Y24 V f I "f
Y34 V3 0
Y44 V4 0
where V1, V3, and V4 are the changes in the voltages at those busses due to the
current If injected at bus 2 by the fault.
The solution is found as
-1
V = Ybus
I = ZbusI
V1 Z11
V Z
f 21
V3 Z 31
V
4 Z 41
Z12
Z 22
Z 32
Z 42
Z13
Z 23
Z 33
Z 43
Z14 0
Z 24 I "f
Z 34 0
Z 44 0
where Zbus = Ybus-1. Since only bus 2 has current injected at it, the system (12.38.1)
reduces to
V1 Z12 I "f
V f Z 22 I "f
V3 Z 32 I "f
V4 Z 42 I "f
I
"
f
Vf
Z 22
The voltage differences at each of the nodes due to the fault current can be
calculated by substitution:
Z12
V1 Z I
Vf
Z 22
"
12 f
V2 V f V f
V3 Z 32 I "f
Z 32
Vf
Z 22
V4 Z 42 I "f
Z 42
Vf
Z 22
Z12 Z12
Z V f 1 Z
22
22
V1 V f V1 V f
V V V V V f 0
V
2 f 2 f Z
Z
V3 V f V3 V f 32 V f 1 32 f
Z 22 Z 22
V4 V f V4 V f Z
Z
42 V 1 42
Z 22 f Z 22
The current through a line between bus i and bus j is found by
Iij Yij Vi V j
Solution:
1. The per-phase per-unit equivalent circuit and the bus admittance matrix was
previously calculated as
Ybus
j5.0
0
j 6.667
j16.212
j 5.0
j
12.5
j
5.0
j
2.5
0
j 5.0 j13.333
j 5.0
j
6.667
j
2.5
j
5.0
j
14.167
Z bus
0
0
j 0.1515
j 0.1232
j 0.0934
j 0.1260
0
0
0
0
j 0.1232
j 0.2104
j 0.1321
j 0.1417
0
0
0
0
j 0.0934
j 0.1321
j 0.1726
j 0.1282
0
0
0
0
j 0.1260
j 0.1417
j 0.1282
j 0.2001
For the given power system, the no-load voltage at every bus is equal to the prefault voltage at the bus that is
V f 1.000 pu
The current at the faulted bus is computed as
"
f ,2
Vf
Z 22
1.000
4.753 90 pu
j 0.2104
j 0.1232
V1 1 12 V f 1
1.00 0.4140 pu
j 0.2104
Z 22
V2 0.00 pu
Z
V3 1 32 V f 1
Z 22
Z
V4 1 42 V f 1
Z 22
j 0.1321
1.00 0.3720 pu
j 0.2104
j 0.1417
1.00 0.3270 pu
j 0.2104