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    i i i i i i Hl i t Short Circuit Currents of the SEPTA Traction Power Distribution System T: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporta~ ‘Jon Authority (SEPTA) is undertaking a multi-phase modernization progeam of various cleecvical and infiastrucruse facilities. Lo this effort, considerable amount of che facilities will be upgraded or ceplaced, The electrical power supply system is planned to be upgraded with modern state-of-the-art equipment, The overall sim ofthis effar s eo increase the system perform- ance and reliability while maintaining passenger and operator sary In order to further the implementacion of the ‘ongoing modernization program, SEPTA author ized a preliminary engineering study of its electsi- cal system, This effort included a comprehensive set of system load flow studies, voltage drop analy- ses, short cireuie studies, grounding grid analyses for the new substations, and protective relay coor dination studies. Ths article disewsees the method developed eo perform the shore circuit studies. The method is readily adaptable t many different feeder, rolley, and track configurations. System Description “The Philadelphia and Reading Railrosd Company was formed in 1833 to teansport anthracite coal from the Schuylkill coal fields to Pore Richmond in Philadelphia. The railroad berween Reading and Philadelphia was completed in 1842. The system ‘was developed inco a passenger and ieight steam nilroad extending, from Philadelphia to Reading, and Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and Bound Brook in New Jersey, In 1931 che suburban network was ‘This ace appuared nits orginal form at the 1994 TAS Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Confir- cence i Irving, Calif. Natarajan, Lopec-Lipss, and Bucci are with Ebasca Service, Lyndburt, NJ. Kine- ibe and Hong are with LIK Enginering Services, Bw Bell, Pa, Nagot i withthe Soutbsatern Ponnsyl- sania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, Pa All ‘ut Nagui are IEEE Senior Members. Bo cleccrified ucilizing a 12 KV erolley, 24 KV’ feeder, and autotransformer system fed from Wayne Junc- tion Substation. The original electrified eerritory extended feom Reading, Terminal in Philadelphia co Norristown, Doylestown, Chestnut Hill, Har- boro, and West Trenton. The Fos Chase line was electrified in the late 1960s, and the electrification was extended feom Hatboro to Warminster in the early 1970s, 1077-2618'97/$10.006 1997 IEEE ‘The reilroad was owned and operated by the Reading Company until 1975. SEPTA assumed ‘ownership of che commuter sil Lines in 1976, and ‘CONRAIL operated the service unl 1983, when SEPTA took over the operations {1, 2). The loca tions of the power supply substation at Wayne Junction and he eleven aurocransformer substa- ions are shown in Fig. L A schematie diagram of the power supply sys- tem used by SEPTA is shown in Fig. 2. The Wayne Junction substation is supplied by ewo independ ‘ene 230 kV, 60 He, three-phase ransmission lines from Philadelphia Electric Company. One of the Lines is normally in service while che other line serves as ¢ backup, The lines terminate at the Wayne Junction switchysed, which includes high-voltage citcuie breakers, disconnect switches, bus bars, and eransformers co provide flexible elec” teical power supply to three state frequency con verters (SECS). The 230 kV substation and che ‘SFCs were installed becween 1985 and 1988.s pare ‘of SEPTA’s modernization program (3). “The SFCs age modern state-of-the at unis that replaced the original rotary-type frequency con verters. ach converter is tated at 13 MVA and is ‘equipped with its own input step-down and out put step-up transformers, as well as power factor correcting equipment and harmonic Frequency fil- ters, The SFCs convert the three-phase, 60 Hz power to single-phase, 25 Hz power. The SFC out pput transformers provide 12 kV and 24 kV vole- ages with respect to ground. “The traction power from Wayne Junction is delivered to the locomotives using an autotrans- former (¢heee-wiee) disteiburion system, Io the rotransformer supply system (see Fig. 2), the SFC outpue transformer terminals are connected to the feeder and catenary system, which are in urn connected to the primary windings of auco- transformers located in subseations along the sys- tem route, The secondary windings of the autotransformers are connected berween the cate nary system and ils. This connection arrange- ment effectively enables the traction power to be distributed to trains ae higher than traction volt= age magnicudes, which eesults in lower voltage sleops along the system, In the SEPTA system che SRC step-up crans. former output voltages are 12 KV and 24 kV, power discribution is elfecively at 36 KV, while the eeuins are operating at 12 kV. This system en. rs Eatonermt) Short Gat Caen per | Tapeot Foot) a "A Fad} ley 13504 (ltferod [VDA Trey Gromd Terminology Truly condacto. The trolley conductor isa rooved bronze alloy wite suspended above tracks by auxiliary and messenger wires. The ‘conductor supplies traction power vo trains via pantographs at 12 kV, 25 He, Ausiliary condrctr: ‘The auxiliary messen net wire ica bronzealloy conductor supporting the trolley wire, _Mestongrcondactor: The messenger wire is ‘stranded bronze alloy wiee used eo suppore auxiliary and trolley conductors from way- side poles. Catenary sy1tem: The group of messenger. auxiliary, and crolley conductors. The term is derived from the catenary cueve assumed by the messenger wite. Within SEPTA, the catenary system is called che “trolley sys. com"; cherefore, this eeminology isalso used in the article. Fader: "The feeder is hard drawn stranded copper conductor used for distribution of power at 24 kV, 25 Hz along the eal ouce “Theconductor is supported from wayside poles by insulators Static wire: The static wite is provided co enhance the system grounding and to shield all the power conductors from dicece lightning strikes. The static wire is con- nected ro the ground or ground grids at ap- propriate locations. Rails: In che eleceric eeaction syscem the rails are connected to the ground via im- pedance bonds together wit Wire and che earth, as ae retuen circuit For the traction euerent. Static Frequency Converter (SFC): 8 solid-state, chyristor-controlled equip- ment chac ‘converts 60 Hz, three-phase electric utility supply into 25 Hz, single phase traction power ables SEPTA to operate its excensive traction net= work with only one central substation at Wayne Junction and Lt autotransformer substations lo- ‘ated along che system, Short Gruit Currents ‘Three-Phase Short Circuit Currents “The magnitude of ehe short circuit current tobe in- cerrupred by a circuit breaker depends on system resistance, reactance, timing of the faule incerrup- tion in the waveform cycle, and the source imped= ance. ANSI has developed several standards «0 evaluate the momentary and interrupcing faule current levels in connection wih ratings of eleceri- yas ae» Hr/Day 197 ' t 1 1 H i i i i i Hl 1 Hl i i ' ' 1 t i Hl i i ' i 1 i i i i i ' cal equipment, including ANSI C37.5, ANSI €37.10, and ANSI C37.13 [-6}, ‘The shore-ciewut curents on the three-phase, 60 He system ate calculated using a commercially available software package (7), which computes che shore circu cutzene in accordance with che above g Doylestoun standards, This part of che analysis is well standard ined, and is mentioned here for completeness only. Hosvever, che calculation f shore cirenit eurrencs in aan aurocransformer-supported, seven-condluctor, ddual-voltage (24 KV feeder and 12 KV erolley), 25 Ha traction power system is not well documented. ‘This article provides calculation method for this type of system. Short Circuit Currents in the ‘Traction Power System ‘Three eypes of faules are analyzed on the SEPTA traction power

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