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Thread:UtilityX/RRatio
030712, 10:38AM #1
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UtilityX/RRatio
Hello.
IjuststarteddoingShortCircuitCalulationsandrequireavailableshortcircuitcurrent
andX/RRatiofromtheUtility.CananyonetellmehowtheX/Rratioisusedinthe
shortcircuitcalculationwhenitcomesformtheUtilityandthenisreferredthrougha
transformer?
Thanks.
030712, 01:06PM #2
JoinDate: Feb2003
ron Location: NewYork,
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Posts: 4,031
X/Ristheimpedanceofthesystem.Z=R+jX
Ifyouareusingasoftwarepackage,itwillneedittocalculatedownstreamcurrent.
Ron
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030712, 01:38PM #3
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rcwilson Location: Redmond,WA
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X/Rratioisusedtoestimatetheasymmetryofashortcircuitcurrent,ortheDC
currentoffsetanditsduration.Itiscalculatedatthepointofafault.AhighX/R
meansalongDCoffset.AveryhighX/Rcanresultintheshortcircuitcurrentsine
wavebeingsooffsetthatthecurrentneverreacheszeroduringthe38cyclesthe
breakeristryingtoopen.Somebreakers'interruptingratingshavetobereducedfor
highX/Rfaults.
ForafaultonthesecondaryofthetransformertheX/Rwouldbethesumofthe
utilityXandtransformerXdividedbythesumoftheutilityRandtransformerR,ifwe
negelectfaultcontributionfromdownstreamloads.
X/Rfault=(Xutil+Xtxmr)/(Rutil+Rtxmr).AllX'sandR'shavetobeonthesame
base.
Ifthereareothersourcesoffaultcurrents,likemotorsorgenerators,their
impedancesandtheimpedancesoftheinterconnectingcableshavetobecombinedin
theproperseriesorparallelequationstocomeupwiththeequivalentXandRatthe
faultlocation.Mostshortcircuitprogramsdothisautomatically.
BobWilson
030712, 10:01PM #4
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ron
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OriginallyPostedby rcwilson
X/Rratioisusedtoestimatetheasymmetryofashortcircuitcurrent,ortheDCcurrent
offsetanditsduration.Itiscalculatedatthepointofafault.AhighX/RmeansalongDC
offset.AveryhighX/Rcanresultintheshortcircuitcurrentsinewavebeingsooffsetthat
thecurrentneverreacheszeroduringthe38cyclesthebreakeristryingtoopen.Some
breakers'interruptingratingshavetobereducedforhighX/Rfaults.
ForafaultonthesecondaryofthetransformertheX/RwouldbethesumoftheutilityX
andtransformerXdividedbythesumoftheutilityRandtransformerR,ifwenegelectfault
contributionfromdownstreamloads.
X/Rfault=(Xutil+Xtxmr)/(Rutil+Rtxmr).AllX'sandR'shavetobeonthesamebase.
Ifthereareothersourcesoffaultcurrents,likemotorsorgenerators,theirimpedancesand
theimpedancesoftheinterconnectingcableshavetobecombinedintheproperseriesor
parallelequationstocomeupwiththeequivalentXandRatthefaultlocation.Mostshort
circuitprogramsdothisautomatically.
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That'swhatImeanttosay
Ron
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