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TutorialANSIShortCircuitAnalysis

Inthistutorial,youwillbeshownhowtouseseveralofEasyPowersshortcircuitanalysisfeatures.

ShortCircuitFocus
Torunshortcircuitanalysis,youmustbeintheShortCircuitfocus.
1.FromtheFilemenu,clickOpenFile.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickOpenOnelineinstead.
2.OpentheSimple.dezileinyourSamplesdirectory.
3.Click
4.Click

Maximizeontheonelinewindow,ifneeded,toillthesessionwindowwiththeoneline.
ShortCircuittoopentheShortCircuitfocus.

CalculatingFaultCurrents
DoubleclickonBUS3.Thebusturnslightblueanddisplaysfaultcurrentsinsymmetricalkiloamps.AsshowninFigure1,
themotorcontributes0.863kAandthecable4.481kAtothefault.Thetotalbusfaultcurrent,shownatafortyivedegree
angle,is5.344kA.

Figure1:CalculatingFaultCurrents
ThereareseveraldifferentmethodstofaultbuseswhileintheShortCircuitfocus:
Doubleclickonabus.
Selectabusormultiplebuses(sotheyturngreen)andclick

FaultBus(es).

Note:Toselectasinglebus,clickonit.Toselectmultiplebuses,clickoneachbuswhileholdingdownthe
SHIFTkey.
Click

FaultBus(es)withoutselectinganybuses.Thisrunsabatchfaultonallthebusesinyoursystem.

RemoteVoltagesandCurrents
1.Bus3shouldstillbefaulted.
2.SelectBUS1byclickingonit.WiththeSHIFTkeypressed,alsoselectBUS2.
3.Click
RemoteV/I.Theremotecurrentsare0.896kAontheprimarysideofthetransformerand4.481kAonthe
secondaryside(asshownintheigurebelow).Theremotevoltages,shownatafortyivedegreeangle,are0.643pu
onBUS1and0.000puonBUS2.

Figure2:RemoteV/I

ChangingtheANSIStandardTimeInterval
ANSIStandardslistthreedistincttimeintervalsforshortcircuitcurrents.Thesearemomentary(cycle),interrupting(5
cycle),and30cycle.Bydefault,EasyPowerdisplaysthemomentarycurrents,asindicatedby
thetoolbar.

Momentaryselectedin

Click
Interruptingtoviewtheinterruptingresults.(TheyaredisplayednexttotheCyclecurrents.)Notethat
theoverallbuscurrentmagnitudedropsto4.826kAduetothedecayofthemotorcontribution.
Click
30Cycletoviewthe30cyclecurrents(seeigurebelow).Noticethatthemotorcurrentcontribution
decaystozeroleavingonly4.481kAfromtheutility.

Figure3:Cycle,Interrupting,and30CycleCurrents

UnsymmetricalFaults

Thecurrentscalculatedtothispointhavebeen3phasecurrents.EasyPoweralsocalculatesunsymmetricalfaults.According
toconvention,singlelinetogroundfaultcalculationsassumetheAphaseisfaulted.Fordoublelinetogroundandlineto
linefaults,conventionsaysthatphasesBandCarefaulted.RefertoElementsofPowerSystemAnalysisbyWilliamD.
Stevenson,Jr.forexamplesofunsymmetricalfaultcalculations.

SingleLinetoGroundFaults
1.Click

Interruptingand

30Cycletoremovethoseselections,andleave

Momentaryselected.

2.Click
LinetoGround.Thecurrentswillshowzero(seeigurebelow).Thisisbecausethetransformer(delta
deltaconnectiontype)andmotorarenotgrounded.(Bydefault,EasyPowerdisplaysAphasecurrents.)

Figure4:SingleLinetoGround

DoubleLinetoGroundFaults
1.Click

DoubleLinetoGround.Thegreendotsinthebuttonindicategroundfault.

2.Inthemessagethatisdisplayed,clickYestofaulttheBphaselineratherthantheAphase.Allfaultswillnowbe
doublelinetogroundfaults.
3.TheBphasedoublelinetogroundfaultcurrentsaredisplayed(seeigurebelow).

Figure5:DoubleLinetoGround

LinetoLineFaults
1.Click
fault.

LinetoLine.Faultsarenowlinetolinefaults.Theyellowdotsinthebuttonindicatethisisnotground

2.TheprogramdisplaystheBphaselinetolinefaultcurrents(seeigurebelow).

Figure6:LinetoLineFault

TextReports
1.Click

SCReportsintheShortCircuittab.

2.Inthedialogbox,selecttheCreateHV&LVMomentary(Cycle)Reportscheckboxontheupperleftandthen
clickOK.
3.Click

3Phasetoreturnto3phasefaultcalculations.

4.Click
FaultBus(es).Ahighvoltagemomentarytextreportwindowiscreated.Youcanviewthisreporteitherby
selectingHVMomentaryReportforsimple.dez(Basecase)fromtheWindowbuttonorbydoubleclickingon
thewindowiconcreatedinthelowerleftcorner.Yourtextreportwilllooksimilartothatintheigurebelow.

Figure7:ShortCircuitTextReport
5.YoucanreturntotheonelinebyselectingSimple.dezfromtheWindowmenu.

OtherOptions
1.Click

SCOptionsintheShortCircuittab,andthenclicktheOnelineOutputtab.

Inthisdialog(shownintheigurebelow)youcanspecifyasymmetricalfaultcurrentstobedisplayedontheoneline.
YoucanalsoshowfaultcurrentsinPerUnitorMVAunitsandremotevoltagesinkVunits.

Figure8:ShortCircuitOnelineOutputDialogBox
2.SelecttheControltab.
Hereyoucanspecifyothershortcircuitsettingsforyourfaultcalculations.Thesechangestakeeffectonall
subsequentfaultsafterclosingthisdialogbox.

Conclusion
ThishasbeenabriefoverviewofEasyPowersshortcircuitprogram.TheEasyPowerHelptopicscoverthisandother
featuresingreaterdepth.ToopenHelp,click

HelpintheupperrightcorneroftheEasyPowerwindoworpressF1.

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