220 kV Bus Fault Level

Case Study of Dr. NTTPS 220 kV Switchyard

( Formerly known as VTPS)
 Switchyard Layout at VTPS
• Largest switchyard with 32 Bays
– Generator Bays : 6 Nos
– Station Transformers : 6 Nos
– Outgoing Feeders : 15 Nos
– Transfer Buses : 2 Nos
– Bus Coupler : 1 No
– Power Transformer 25 MVA : 1 No
– ICT ( 220 / 400 kV) 315 MVA : 1 No

• Expecting Two more bays shortly

– Tallapalli-3 and Tallapalli-4 Feeders
 Bus Fault Level
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Sources of Fault Current for a Bus Fault

 Bus Fault Level at VTPS
• Bus Fault level at VTPS is mainly
contributed from:
– Our own Generators – 6 Nos
– 220 kV feeders - 15 Nos
• Out of the above contributions, Each
generator contribution is approximately
666 MVA ( 1750 Amps). Calculations are
given in next slide
Contribution by each Generator
15 MVA
15.75 kV / 6.9 kV
UAT-1A % Z = 7.5 240 MVA
247 MVA
15.75 kV / 236 kV
15.75 KV.0.85 PF
% Z = 15
Xd" = 0.214
Star / Delta
G
GT
GENERATOR
15 MVA
UAT-1B 15.75 kV / 6.9 kV
ST
% Z = 7.5
Delta / Delta

31.5 MVA
220 kV / 7.1 kV
% Z = 15
Star / Delta
 Contribution by each Generator
• Assume Base MVA : 100 MVA

Equipment Own Base % Z on its Own MVA New Base % Z on its

New
Base
MVA

GENERATOR 0.214 247 100 0.09

GEN.TRANS 0.15 240 100 0.06
UAT 0.075 15 100 0.50
ST 0.15 31.5 100 0.48
 Contribution by each Generator
Contribution for 3-Ph fault by each Gen + GT for a Fault at 220 kV Bus
Bars:

% Imp. Of Generator Zgen 0.09

% Imp. Of Generator Transformer Zgt 0.06

Total Impedance Zgen+Zgt 0.15

Fault MVA for each Generator (Base MVA/%Zth) 666.67

Fault Current in Amps 1750