SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATIONS

UNIT

SIZE OF TRANSFORMER 2500 KVA

415
LINE TO LINE VOLTAGE V
6.25
% IMPEDANCE OF TRANFORMER (Z)
=KVA X 1000/(1.732 X VL-VL)
FULL LOAD CURRENT ( IL )
SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT OF TRANSFORMER = IL X 100 / Z
(ISC)
IL 3478.12 A

Isc 55649.85 A

KA RATING 55.65 KA

LIGHTINING PROTECTION
UNITS
LENGTH OF BUILDING (L)
BREADTH OF BUILDING (B)
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
PERIMETER OF BUILDING =2( L+B)

=2(L+B)/H
NO. OF DOWN CONDUCTOR REQUIRED(D)
MAX SC CURRENT DUE TO LIGHTINING 200KA
CURRENT PASSING THROUGH EACH DOWN =200KA/D
CONDUCTOR ( C )
MAX AREA REQIRED FOR PASSING SC = C/205
CURRENT CONSIDERING COPPER
13000
SC CURRENT OCCURRED EXAMPLE
LENGTH OF BUILDING IN METRE 100 M
BREADTH OF BUILDING IN METRE 80 M
HEIGHT OF BUILDING 21 M
PERIMETER OF BUILDING(P) 360 M
18.00
NO. OF DOWN CONDUCTOR REQUIRED(D) NOS

CURRENT PASSING THROUGH EACH DOWN 11.11

CONDUCTOR ( C ) KA
MAX AREA REQIRED FOR PASSING SC 63.41
CURRENT CONSIDERING COPPER SQMM

CONSIDERING 10 PERCENT EXTRA 75 SQMM

 LIGHTING
UNITS
LUX LEVEL REQUIRED L
AREA TO BE COVERED A
MAINTAIENCE FACTOR M.F
UTILITY FACTOR U.F
LUMEN OUTPUT OF FITTING L.O
L= 250 LUX
A= 400 SQM
M.F= 0.8
U.F= 1
L.O= 3625 LUMEN

NO. OF FITTING REQUIRED =(L*A)/(M.F*U.F*LO)

35 NOS

KVAR RATING FOR CAP BANKS

LOAD (kw) 5692 KW
CURRNT P.F FOR THE SYSTEM 0.8
REQUIRED P.F FOR THE SYSTEM 0.95
TOTAL RATING OF CAPACITOR BANK =P*( tan ø1-tanø2)
REQUIRED IS
ø1=cos-1 (CURRENT PF) 36.87 DEGREES
=tan ø1 0.75
ø2=cos-1 (REQUIRED PF) 18.19 DEGREES
=tan ø2 0.33

TOTAL RATING OF CAPACITOR BANK

REQUIRED IS 2396.24 KVAR

SO KVA REQUIRED PER PHASE IS =TOTAL KVAR/3

798.748230517205 KVAR
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