Diesel Generator Sizing Voltage Dip Calculations Worksheet

Load summary Largest Motor Connected to DG Data

Here you just add your load connected to DG bus. Rated power 450 kW
Make sure the load is in kVA, if it's in kW then divide it by system Power factor 0.89
power factor. Make sure to also include largest motor kW in this. Efficiency 0.962
Full load current 632 A 632.187
Load kVA 1665 kVA Starting current 2 times
Starting power factor 0.2
Total power consumption 2081.25 kVA Rated voltage 480 V
@ 0.85 power factor
Starting capacity 1051.181 kVA

Angels Section
Power consumption of all other loads 1424.262 kVA θ1 0.554811
31.78833 degree
tan θ2 1.252918 θ2 0.897192 sin θ1 0.526783
51.40534 degree cos θ1 0.85
A 1210.623
B 210.2362 θ 1.369438
C 750.2766 78.46304 degree
D 1029.943 sin θ 0.979796
cos θ 0.2

Minimum DG size 2277.723 kVA θ2 0.897192

51.40534 degree
sin θ2 0.781579
cos θ2 0.623807

data to be entered by user

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calculated data

Generator terminal voltage 480 V Voltage dip at DG bus formula:

Transit reactance X'd 0.25 pu

initial pu current 0.625301 pu

final pu current 0.95 pu (use 1.0 pu)

a 0.26125
b 0.171958

Vg 0.905503 pu Calculations of motor per units currents

Vdip 0.094497 or 9.449717 % for full pu current you can always use 1.0 pu current, assuming that
the system runs at full load at its rated kW.
the above reading is the voltage dip at the main bus connected
to the DG, which also will affect all other connected loads. the initial pu current is the total load connected to the DG without
10% voltage dip due to starting of the largest motor while all including the largest motor.
other loads connected, is acceptable reading.
Initial power 1424.262 kVA
Next step, should be to calculate the voltage drop at motor Initial current 1713.121 A
terminal during motor starting. And this reading should not
exceed 20% of system rated voltage. Refer to worksheet #3 Total power 2277.723 kVA
for the final step in the calculations. Total current 2739.675 A

Initial pu Current 0.625301 pu

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Cable voltage drop at largest motor terminal:

Cable length 180 m

Cable resistance 0.0495 Ω/km Cable resistance data must be entered manually from manufacturer's catalogue.
Cable Rreactance 0.045 Ω/km Cable reactance data must be entered manually from manufacturer's catalogue.

Vd 0.044339 pu or 4.433915 %

Vd is the voltage drop on the cable caused by motor starting current.

Total Voltage Drop at Largest Motor Starting

13.883632059 %

and this value should be at all times kept less than 20%, otherwise re-do the calculations again.
Maybe try different cable size (larger cable, or double run per phase).

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