IEC 60909 - 2016

IEC 60909 classify the fault current according to their magnitude (maximum or
minimum) and fault distance from the source (far or near). Far from source and near
to source classification will determine whether to include the decay of the AC
component of the fault current.
In IEC 60909, an equivalent voltage source at the fault location will replace ALL
VOLTAGE SOURCES. A voltage factor(C factor) will adjust the value of the
equivalent voltage source for the maximum and minimum fault current calculations.

Typically both a maximum fault level (used for rating equipment), and minimum
level (used for protections settings) are calculated. When evaluating the maximum
and minimum, the following condtions are taken into account:

1. Use the cmax or cmin voltage factor as appropriate.

2. When calculating external network impedances, use the maximum or minimum

value of short circuit current as appropriate

IEC 61363-1998

The short circuit current calculation of IEC 61363 standards is intended for
installations of three-phase ac system that operates at a frequency of 50 Hz or 60 Hz
in a ships or offshore installations. The system has one or more levels
which are different in voltages, consisting of generators, motors, transformers,
reactors, cables and unit converter.

When the short circuit occurs, the active components of the system, which are the
generators and the motors,will feed electric currents into the faulty point. Having the
first and highest maximum short circuit current at some milliseconds (T/2), the current
will decrease after the beginning of the short circuit condition until reaching a steady
state level after several hundreds of milliseconds [1].

The short-circuit current of a typical synchronous generator for islanded systems are
divided into the following different components: dc current, sub-transient current,
transient current and steady state current

.The short-circuit current of an asynchronous motor is comprised of an ac-component

and a dc-component decaying typically faster than the current of a generator.
Asynchronous motors do not supply a steady short-circuit current.The decreasing of
the short-circuit current of both generators and motors may be expressed
mathematically by means of exponential functions as carried out by this program, to
calculate the upper envelope of the current marked by the maximal values.
Non-active components of an islanded system are cables and transformers, which
attenuate the short currents and change the time constants of motors and generators.