CALCULATION SHEETS Appendix-C

Fault Level Calculations for 33/11 kV North Awqad-II Primary Substation

System Voltage at = 132 kV

3 Phase bolted fault current at 132kV bus Ikr = 31.50 kA (Maximum Design Fault Level
at 132kV end)

Base MVA (MVAb) = 125 MVA

(132/33kV, Transformer MVA is considered as Base MVA)

Base kV (kVb) = 33 kV

Source Fault MVA = Sqrt(3) *132* 31.5

= 7201.87

Source Impedance, Zs Zs = Base MVA

Fault MVA
= 0.017 pu =0 + j0.017 pu

Single 125 MVA Trafo. impedance = 16.65 % (Refer Appendix - E)

ZT1 = 0.167 pu = 0 + j0.167 pu
ZT2 = 0.167 pu = 0 + j0.167 pu

1.1 Earth fault current at North Awqad-II Primary Substation

Source positive sequence impedance Zs1 = 0.00 + j 0.017 pu

Source negative sequence impedance Zs2 = 0.00 + j 0.017 pu
Transformer impedance ZT = 0.00 + j 0.167 pu
Base Impedance Zb = 8.712 ohm (kVb2/MVAb)
EAT zero sequence impedance Z0EAT = 12.50 ohm (As per Past project data)
= 1.435 pu (Z0EAT / Zb)
= 0 + j 1.435 pu
Cable Data
3C x 300 Sq.mm, 33kV, Cu/XLPE/SWA/PVC cable is used
Approximate cable length = 4.5 km (Refer Appendix - E)
Cable positive sequence impedance/km = 0.079 +j 0.107 ohm/km (Refer Appendix - E)
Cable positive sequence impedance Zc 1 = 0.35550 +j 0.48150 ohm
= 0.04081 +j 0.05527 pu [=Zc1/Zb]
Cable negative sequence impedance Zc2 = 0.04081 +j 0.05527 pu

Cable zero sequence impedance/km = 0.935 +j 0.124 ohm/km (Refer Appendix - E)

Cable zero sequence impedance ZC0 = 4.20750 +j 0.55800 ohm
= 0.48295 +j 0.06405 pu [=Zc0/Zb]
EAT zero sequence impedance Z0EAT = 12.50 ohm (As per Past project data)
= 1.435 pu
= 0.000 +j 1.435 pu

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1.1.1 Equivalent circuit for 1 ph Fault level at 33kV Bus at North Awqad-II Primary Substation
(Considering the worse case i.e two 125MVA trafo with Solid Earthing of EAT neutral
in parallel and two cable lines in parallel)
Z0EAT = 12.50 ohm
= 1.435 pu = 0 + j1.435 pu
Reference Bus

Source
ZT1 Zc1
U0=1 pu

ZS1 ZT1 Zc1

ZT2 Zc2

ZS2 ZT2 Zc2

Z0EAT
Zc0
ZS0
Z0EAT Zc0

1.1.2 Symmetrical Ground Fault Current Calculations

Z1 = ZS1 + ((ZT1//ZT1) + (Zc1 // Zc1))
= [(0+ j 0.017) + {(0+ j 0.167) // (0+ j 0.167)} +
{(0.040805+j0.05527) // (0.040805+j0.05527)}]
= [(0+ j 0.017) + (0+ j 0.0835) + (0.0204025+j0.027635)]
= 0.0204025 +j 0.128135 pu
Z2 = 0.0204025 +j 0.128135 pu
Z0 = (Z0EAT1//Z0EAT2) + (Zc0//Zc0)
= [{(0+j1.435) // (0+j1.435)} + {(0.48295+j0.06405) //
(0.48295+j0.06405)}]
= [(0+j0.7175) + (0.241475 +j 0.032025)]
= 0.241475 +j 0.749525 pu

Total Impedance Zt = Z1 + Z2 + Z0
= (0.0204025 +j 0.128135) + (0.0204025 +j 0.128135) +
(0.241475 +j 0.749525)
= 0.28228 +j 1.005795
= 1.045 pu
Z (ohms) = 9.10 ohm [=Zt*Zb]
33kV Earth Fault current is determined for Solid Earthing of EAT neutral with both feeders
operating in parallel at 33kV Bus of NA PSS. = 3 * (33/sqrt(3))/Zt)
= 6.28 kA

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