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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Whydothecalculation?
1.2 Whentodothecalculation?
2 CalculationMethodology
2.1 Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
2.2 Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
2.2.1 NetworkFeeders
2.2.2 SynchronousGenerators
2.2.3 Transformers
2.2.4 Cables
2.2.5 StandingLoads
2.2.6 Motors
2.3 Step3:ReferringImpedances
2.4 Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
2.5 Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
2.6 Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
3 WorkedExample
3.1 Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
3.2 Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
3.3 Step3:ReferringImpedances
3.4 Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
3.5 Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
3.6 Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
4 ComputerSoftware
5 WhatNext?

Introduction
Thisarticleconsidersthetransienteffectsofmotorstartingonthesystemvoltage.Usuallyonlythelargestmotor
onabusorsystemismodelled,butthecalculationcaninprinciplebeusedforanymotor.It'simportanttonote
thatmotorstartingisatransientpowerflowproblemandisnormallydoneiterativelybycomputersoftware.
Howeverastaticmethodisshownhereforfirstpassestimatesonly.

Whydothecalculation?

Whenamotorisstarted,ittypicallydrawsacurrent67timesitsfullloadcurrentforashortduration(commonly
calledthelockedrotorcurrent).Duringthistransientperiod,thesourceimpedanceisgenerallyassumedtobefixed
andtherefore,alargeincreaseincurrentwillresultinalargervoltagedropacrossthesourceimpedance.This
meansthattherecanbelargemomentaryvoltagedropssystemwide,fromthepowersource(e.g.transformeror
generator)throughtheintermediarybuses,allthewaytothemotorterminals.

Asystemwidevoltagedropcanhaveanumberofadverseeffects,forexample:
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Equipmentwithminimumvoltagetolerances(e.g.
electronics)maymalfunctionorbehaveaberrantly
Undervoltageprotectionmaybetripped
Themotoritselfmaynotstartastorqueis
proportionaltothesquareofthestatorvoltage,so
areducedvoltageequalslowertorque.Induction
motorsaretypicallydesignedtostartwitha
terminalvoltage>80%

Whentodothecalculation?

Thiscalculationismoreorlessdonetoverifythatthelargest
motordoesnotcausesystemwideproblemsuponstarting.
Thereforeitshouldbedoneafterpreliminarysystemdesignis
complete.Thefollowingprerequisiteinformationisrequired:
Figure1.Highvoltagemotor(courtesyofABB)
Keysinglelinediagrams
Preliminaryloadschedule
Tolerablevoltagedroplimitsduringmotorstarting,whicharetypicallyprescribedbytheclient

CalculationMethodology
ThiscalculationisbasedonstandardimpedanceformulaeandOhm'slaw.Totheauthor'sknowledge,thereareno
internationalstandardsthatgovernvoltagedropcalculationsduringmotorstart.

Itshouldbenotedthattheproposedmethodisnot100%accuratebecauseitisastaticcalculation.Inreality,the
voltagelevelsarefluctuatingduringatransientcondition,andthereforesoaretheloadcurrentsdrawnbythe
standingloads.Thismakesitessentiallyaloadflowproblemandamoreprecisesolutionwouldsolvetheload
flowproblemiteratively,forexampleusingtheNewtonRhapsonorGaussSiedelalgorithms.Notwithstanding,the
proposedmethodissuitablyaccurateforafirstpasssolution.

Thecalculationhasthefollowingsixgeneralsteps:

Step1:Constructthesystemmodelandassembletherelevantequipmentparameters
Step2:Calculatetherelevantimpedancesforeachequipmentiteminthemodel
Step3:Referallimpedancestoareferencevoltage
Step4:Constructtheequivalentcircuitforthevoltagelevelsofinterest
Step5:Calculatetheinitialsteadystatesourceemfbeforemotorstarting
Step6:Calculatethesystemvoltagesduringmotorstart

Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters

Thefirststepistoconstructasimplifiedmodelofthesystemsinglelinediagram,andthencollecttherelevant
equipmentparameters.Themodelofthesinglelinediagramneedonlyshowthebusesofinterestinthemotor
startingcalculation,e.g.theupstreamsourcebus,themotorbusandpossiblyanyintermediateordownstream
busesthatmaybeaffected.Allrunningloadsareshownaslumpedloadsexceptforthemotortobestartedasitis
assumedthatthesystemisinasteadystatebeforemotorstart.

Therelevantequipmentparameterstobecollectedareasfollows:

Networkfeeders:faultcapacityofthenetwork(VA),X/Rratioofthenetwork
Generators:perunittransientreactance,ratedgeneratorcapacity(VA)
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Transformers:transformerimpedancevoltage(%),ratedtransformercapacity(VA),ratedcurrent(A),
totalcopperloss(W)
Cables:lengthofcable(m),resistanceandreactanceofcable(

km

)
Standingloads:ratedloadcapacity(VA),averageloadpowerfactor(pu)
km
Motor:fullloadcurrent(A),lockedrotorcurrent(A),ratedpower(W),fullloadpowerfactor(pu),
startingpowerfactor(pu)

Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances

Usingthecollectedparameters,eachoftheequipmentitemimpedancescanbecalculatedforlateruseinthemotor
startingcalculations.

NetworkFeeders

Giventheapproximatefaultlevelofthenetworkfeederattheconnectionpoint(orpointofcommoncoupling),the
impedance,resistanceandreactanceofthenetworkfeederiscalculatedasfollows:
2
cV n
Zf =
Sf

2
cVn
Zf =
Sf Zf
Rf =

()1+
X 2
R

Zf
Rf =

1 + (
X
)
2
X
R Xf = Rf
R

X
Xf = Rf
Where R

Zf

isimpedanceofthenetworkfeeder(
Zf

Rf

isresistanceofthenetworkfeeder(
R
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Rf

)

Xf

isreactanceofthenetworkfeeder(
Xf

)

Vn

isthenominalvoltageattheconnectionpoint(Vac)
Vn
Sf

isthefaultlevelofthenetworkfeeder(VA)
Sf
c

isavoltagefactorwhichaccountsforthemaximumsystemvoltage(1.05forvoltages<1kV,1.1for
voltages>1kV)
c

X
R

isX/Rratioofthenetworkfeeder(pu)
X

R
SynchronousGenerators

Thetransientresistanceandreactanceofasynchronousgeneratorcanbeestimatedbythefollowing:
2
Vg
Xd = d Kg
Sg

2

Vg

X = d Kg
d
Sg
Xd
Rg = X
R

X
d
Rg =
X
Vn c
R
Kg =
V g 1 + d sin g

Vn c
Kg =

Vg 1 + d sin g

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g d g

Where

Xd

isthetransientreactanceofthegenerator(

X
d

Rg

istheresistanceofthegenerator(
Rg

)

Kg

isavoltagecorrectionfactor(pu)
Kg
d

istheperunittransientreactanceofthegenerator(pu)

d
Vg

isthenominalgeneratorvoltage(Vac)
Vg
Vn

isthenominalsystemvoltage(Vac)
Vn
Sg

istheratedgeneratorcapacity(VA)
Sg
X
R

istheX/Rratio,typically20for
X

R Sg

100MVA,14.29for
Sg
Sg <

100MVA,and6.67forallgeneratorswithnominalvoltage
Sg <
Vg

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1kV
Vg
c

isavoltagefactorwhichaccountsforthemaximumsystemvoltage(1.05forvoltages<1kV,1.1for
voltages>1kV)
c

cos g

isthepowerfactorofthegenerator(pu)
cos g

Transformers

Theimpedance,resistanceandreactanceoftwowindingtransformerscanbecalculatedasfollows:
2
Vt
Zt = uk
St

2
V
t
Zt = u k
St P kt
Rt = 2
3I t

P kt
Rt =
2
2 2

3I
t
Xt = Zt Rt


2 2
Xt = Z R
t t
Where

Zt

istheimpedanceofthetransformer(
Zt

Rt

istheresistanceofthetransformer(
Rt

)

Xt

isthereactanceofthetransformer(
Xt
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Xt

)

uk

istheimpedancevoltageofthetransformer(pu)
uk
St

istheratedcapacityofthetransformer(VA)
St
Vt

isthenominalvoltageofthetransformeratthehighorlowvoltageside(Vac)
Vt
It

istheratedcurrentofthetransformeratthehighorlowvoltageside(I)
It
P kt

isthetotalcopperlossinthetransformerwindings(W)
P kt

Cables

CableimpedancesareusuallyquotedbymanufacturersintermsofOhmsperkm.Theseneedtobeconvertedto
Ohmsbasedonthelengthofthecables:

Lc
Rc = R
1000

Lc
Rc = R
1000 Lc
Xc = X
1000

Lc
Xc = X
Where 1000

Rc

istheresistanceofthecable{
Rc

Xc

isthereactanceofthecable{
X
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Xc

)

R

isthequotedresistanceofthecable{
R
/ km

)
/km
X

isthequotedreactanceofthecable{
X
/ km

)
/km
Lc

isthelengthofthecable{m)
Lc

StandingLoads

Standingloadsarelumpedloadscomprisingallloadsthatareoperatingonaparticularbus,excludingthemotorto
bestarted.Standingloadsforeachbusneedtobecalculated.

Theimpedance,resistanceandreactanceofthestandingloadiscalculatedby:
2
Vl
Zl =
Sl

2
V
l
Zl =
Sl R l = Z lcos

R l = Zl cos
2 2
Xl =
Z l Rl


2 2
Xl = Z R
l l
Where

Zl

istheimpedanceofthestandingload{
Zl

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Rl

istheresistanceofthestandingload{
Rl

)

Xl

isthereactanceofthestandingload{
Xl

)

Vl

isthestandingloadnominalvoltage(Vac)
Vl
Sl

isthestandingloadapparentpower(VA)
Sl
cos

istheaverageloadpowerfactor(pu)
cos

Motors

Themotor'stransientimpedance,resistanceandreactanceiscalculatedasfollows:
2
1 V mcos m
Zm =
I LRC / I FLC Pm

2
1 Vm cos m
Zm =
ILRC /IF LC Pm P m I LRC / I FLC cos s
Rm = 2
3I LRC cos m

P m ILRC /IF LC cos s


Rm =
2
2 2
Z
3I cos m
LRC Xm = m Rm


2 2
Xm = Zm R m
Where

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Zm

istransientimpedanceofthemotor(
Zm

Rm

istransientresistanceofthemotor(
Rm

)

Xm

istransientreactanceofthemotor(
Xm

)

I LRC / I FLC

isratioofthelockedrotortofullloadcurrent
ILRC /IF LC
I LRC

isthemotorlockedrotorcurrent(A)
ILRC
Vm

isthemotornominalvoltage(Vac)
Vm
Pm

isthemotorratedpower(W)
Pm
cos m

isthemotorfullloadpowerfactor(pu)
cos m
cos s

isthemotorstartingpowerfactor(pu)
cos s

Step3:ReferringImpedances

Wheretherearemultiplevoltagelevels,theequipmentimpedancescalculatedearlierneedtobeconvertedtoa
referencevoltage(typicallytheHVside)inorderforthemtobeusedinasingleequivalentcircuit.

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Thewindingratioofatransformercanbecalculatedasfollows:

(
V t2 1 + t p )
n=
V t1

Vt2 (1 + tp )
n =
Where Vt1

isthetransformerwindingratio
n
V t2

isthetransformernominalsecondaryvoltageattheprincipaltap(Vac)
Vt2
V t1

isthetransformernominalprimaryvoltage(Vac)
Vt1
tp

isthespecifiedtapsetting(%)
tp
Usingthewindingratio,impedances(aswellasresistancesandreactances)canbereferredtotheprimary(HV)
sideofthetransformerbythefollowingrelation:

Z LV
Z HV =
n2

ZLV
ZH V =
2
Where n

Z HV

istheimpedancereferredtotheprimary(HV)side(
ZH V

Z LV

istheimpedanceatthesecondary(LV)side(
ZLV

)

n
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isthetransformerwindingratio(pu)
n
Conversely,byrearrangingtheequationabove,impedancescanbereferredtotheLVside:

Z LV = Z HV n 2

2
ZLV = ZH V n

Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit

Theequivalentcircuitessentiallyconsistsofavoltagesource(froma
networkfeederorgenerator)plusasetofcompleximpedances
representingthepowersystemequipmentandloadimpedances.

Thenextstepistosimplifythecircuitintoaformthatisnearlythe
Thveninequivalentcircuit(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A
9venin%27s_theorem),withacircuitcontainingonlyavoltage
source(

Vs

),sourceimpedance(
Vs Figure2."Near"Thveninequivalentcircuit
Zs

)andequivalentloadimpedance(
Zs
Z eq

).
Zeq
Thiscanbedoneusingthestandardformulaeforseriesandparallelimpedances,keepinginmindthattherulesof
complexarithmeticmustbeusedthroughout.Thissimplificationtoa"Near"Thveninequivalentcircuitshouldbe
donebothwiththemotoroff(opencircuit)andthemotorinastartingcondition.

Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF

Assumingthatthesystemisinitiallyinasteadystatecondition,weneedtofirstcalculatetheinitialemfproduced
bythepowersource(i.e.feederconnectionpointorgeneratorterminals).Thisvoltagewillbeusedinthetransient
calculations(Step6)astheinitialsourcevoltage.

Assumptionsregardingthesteadystatecondition:

Thesourcepointofcommoncoupling(PCC)isatitsnominalvoltage
Themotorisswitchedoff
AllstandingloadsareoperatingatthecapacitycalculatedinStep2
AlltransformertapsaresetatthosespecifiedinStep2
Thesystemisatasteadystate,i.e.thereisnoswitchingtakingplacethroughoutthesystem

SinceweassumethatthereisnominalvoltageatthePCC,theinitialsourceemfcanbecalculatedbyvoltage
divider:

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E0 = Vn 1 +
( )
Zs
Z eq

Zs
= Vn (1 + )
WhereE0 Zeq

E0

istheinitialemfofthepowersource(Vac)
E0
Vn

isthenominalvoltage(Vac)
Vn
Zs

isthesourceimpedance(
Zs

)

Z eq

istheequivalentloadimpedancewiththemotorswitchedoff(
Zeq

Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart

Itisassumedinthiscalculationthatduringmotorstarting,theinitialsourceemfcalculatedinStep5remains
constantthatis,thepowersourcedoesnotreactduringthetransientperiod.Thisisasimplifyingassumptionin
ordertoavoidhavingtomodelthetransientbehaviourofthepowersource.

Next,weneedtocalculatetheoverallsystemcurrentthatissuppliedbythepowersourceduringthemotorstarting
period.Todothis,weusethe"Near"Theveninequivalentcircuitderivedearlier,butnowincludethemotor
startingimpedance.Anewequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstarting

Z eq , s

willbecalculated.
Zeq,s
Thecurrentsuppliedbythepowersourceistherefore:

E0
Is =
Z eq , s + Z s

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E0
Is =
Where Zeq,s + Zs

Is

isthesystemcurrentsuppliedbythesource(A)
Is
E0

istheinitialsourceemf(Vac)
E0
Z eq , s

istheequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstart(
Zeq,s

)

Zs

isthesourceimpedance(
Zs

)

Thevoltageatthesourcepointofcommoncoupling(PCC)is:

V PCC = E 0 I sZ s

VP C C = E0 Is Zs
Where

V PCC

isthevoltageatthepointofcommoncoupling(Vac)
VP C C
E0

istheinitialsourceemf(Vac)
E0
Is

isthesystemcurrentsuppliedbythesource(A)
Is
Zs

isthesourceimpedance(
Zs

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)

ThedownstreamvoltagescannowbecalculatedbyvoltagedivisionandsimpleapplicationofOhm'slaw.
Specifically,we'dliketoknowthevoltageatthemotorterminalsandanybusesofinterestthatcouldbeaffected.
Ensurethatthevoltagesareacceptablywithintheprescribedlimits,otherwisefurtheractionneedstobetaken
(refertotheWhat'sNext?section).

WorkedExample
Theworkedexamplehereisaverysimplepowersystemwithtwovoltagelevelsandsuppliedbyasingle
generator.Whileunrealistic,itdoesmanagetodemonstratethekeyconceptspertainingtomotorstarting
calculations.

Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters

Thepowersystemhastwovoltagelevels,11kVand415V,and
isfedviaasingle4MVAgenerator(G1).The11kVbushasa
standingloadof950kVA(S1)andwewanttomodeltheeffects
ofstartinga250kWmotor(M1).Thereisastandingloadof
600kVAat415V(S2),suppliedbya1.6MVAtransformer
(TX1).Theequipmentandcableparametersareasfollows:

Equipment Parameters

S g1

=4,000kVA
Sg1

V g1

=11,000V
GeneratorG1 Figure3.Simplifiedsystemmodelformotor
Vg1
startingexample


d

=0.33pu

cos

=0.85pu
cos

GeneratorCableC1
Length=50m
Size=500

mm 2

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2
mm
(R=0.0522

\km,X=0.0826

\km)

S s1

=950kVA
Ss1

11kVStandingLoadS1 V s1

=11,000V
Vs1

cos

=0.84pu
cos

MotorM1

P m1

=250kW
P m1

V m1

=11,000V
Vm1

I LRC

=106.7A
ILRC

I LRC / I FLC

=6.5pu
ILRC /IF LC

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cos m

=0.85pu
cos m

cos s

=0.30pu
cos s

Length=150m
Size=35

mm 2

2
mm
(R=0.668
MotorCableC2

\km,X=0.115

\km)

TransformerTX1

S tx1

=1,600kVA
Stx1

V t1

=11,000V
Vt1

V t2

=415V
Vt2

uk

=0.06pu
uk

P kt

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=12,700W
P kt

tp

=0%
tp

Length=60m
Size=120

mm 2

2
mm
(R=0.196
TransformerCableC3

\km,X=0.096

\km)

S s2

=600kVA
Ss2

415VStandingLoadS2 V s2

=415V
Vs2

cos

=0.80pu
cos

Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances

Usingthepatametersaboveandtheequationsoutlinedearlierinthemethodology,thefollowingimpedanceswere
calculated:

Equipment Resistance( Reactance(

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) )

GeneratorG1 0.65462 9.35457
GeneratorCableC1 0.00261 0.00413
11kVStandingLoadS1 106.98947 69.10837
MotorM1 16.77752 61.02812
MotorCableC2 0.1002 0.01725
TransformerTX1(PrimarySide) 0.60027 4.49762
TransformerCableC3 0.01176 0.00576
415VStandingLoadS2 0.22963 0.17223

Step3:ReferringImpedances

11kVwillbeusedasthereferencevoltage.Theonlyimpedancethatneedstobereferredtothisreferencevoltage
isthe415VStandingLoad(S2).Knowingthatthetransformerissetatprincipaltap,wecancalculatethewinding
ratioandapplyittoreferthe415VStandingLoadimpedancetothe11kVside:

n=\frac{415\left(1+0%\right)}{11,000}=0.03773\,

n=\frac{415\left(1+0%\right)}{11,000}=0.03773\,

Theresistanceandreactanceofthestandingloadreferredtothe11kVsideisnow,R=161.33333

andX=121.00

Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit

Theequivalentcircuitforthesystemisshown
inthefiguretotheright.The"Near"Thevenin
equivalentcircuitisalsoshown,andwenow
calculatetheequivalentloadimpedance

Z eq

inthesteadystatecondition(i.e.withoutthe
motorandmotorcableimpedancesincluded):
Zeq

Figure4.Equivalentcircuitformotorstartingexample
[ (
Z eq = Z C1 + Z S1 | | Z C3 + Z TX1 + Z S2 )]
Zeq = ZC 1 + [ZS1 || (ZC 3 + ZT X1 + ZS2 )]

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= 64.59747 + j44.80458

= 64.59747 + j44.80458
Similarlytheequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstarting(withthemotorimpedancesincluded)canbe
calculatedasasfollows:

[ ( )
Z eq , s = Z C1 + Z S1 | | Z C3 + Z TX1 + Z S2 | | Z C2 + Z M1 ]
Zeq,s = ZC 1 + [ZS1 || (ZC 3 + ZT X1 + ZS2 ) ||ZC 2 + ZM 1 ]
= 20.371997 + j31.22116

= 20.371997 + j31.22116

Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF

Assumingthatthereisnominalvoltageatthe11kVbusinthe
steadystatecondition,theinitialgeneratoremfcanbecalculatedby
voltagedivider:

E0 = Vn 1 +
( )
Z G1
Z eq

ZG1
E0 = Vn (1 +
= 11,)821.25 + j1, 023.33 = 11, 865
Zeq
Figure5."Near"Theveninequivalentcircuit
Vac
= 11, 821.25 + j1, 023.33 = 11, 865
formotorstartingexample

Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart

Nowwecancalculatethetransienteffectsofmotorstartingonthesystemvoltages.Firstly,thecurrentsuppliedby
thegeneratorduringmotorstartiscalculated:

E0
I G1 =
Z eq , s + Z G1

E0
IG1 =
Zeq,s + ZG1 = 138.8949 j219.36166 = 259.64A

= 138.8949 j219.36166 = 259.64A


Next,thevoltageatthe11kVbuscanbefound:

V 11kV = E 0 I G1(Z G1 + Z C1)

V11kV = E0 IG1 (ZG1 + ZC 1 )

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= 9, 677.024 j132.375 = 9, 677.9

Vac(or87.98%ofnominalvoltage)
= 9, 677.024 j132.375 = 9, 677.9
Thevoltageatthemotorterminalscanthenbefoundbyvoltagedivider:

Z M1
V M1 = V 11kV
Z C2 + Z M1

ZM 1
VM 1 = V11kV
ZC 2 + ZM 1 = 9, 670.597 j118.231 = 9, 671.3

Vac(or87.92%ofnominalvoltage)
= 9, 670.597 j118.231 = 9, 671.3
Thevoltageatthelowvoltagebusis:

Z S2
V 415V = V 11kV
Z C3 + + Z TX1 + Z S2

ZS2
V415V = V11kV
ZC 3 + +ZT X1 + ZS2 = 9, 521.825 j280.698 = 9, 525.6

Vac,thenreferredtotheLVside=359.39Vac(or86.60%ofnominalvoltage)
= 9, 521.825 j280.698 = 9, 525.6
Anyothervoltagesofinterestonthesystemcanbedeterminedusingthesamemethodsasabove.

Supposethatourmaximumvoltagedropatthemotorterminalsis15%.Fromabove,wehavefoundthatthe
voltagedropis12.08%atthemotorterminals.Thisisaslightlymarginalresultanditmaybeprudenttosimulate
thesysteminasoftwarepackagetoconfirmtheresults.

ComputerSoftware
Motorstartingisastandardcomponentofmostpowersystemsanalysissoftware(e.g.ETAP,PTW,ERAC,etc)
andthiscalculationisreallyintendedtobedoneusingthissoftware.Thenumericalcalculationperformedbythe
softwareshouldalsosolvethepowerflowproblemthroughaniterativealgorithm(e.g.suchasNewtonRhapson).

WhatNext?
Iftheresultsofthecalculationconfirmthatstartingthelargestmotordoesnotcauseanyunacceptablevoltage
levelswithinthesystem,thenthat'stheendofit(orperhapsitcouldbesimulatedinapowersystemsanalysis
softwarepackagetobedoublysure!).Otherwise,theissueneedstobeaddressed,forexampleby:

Reducethemotorstartingcurrent,e.g.viasoftstarters,stardeltastarters,etc
Reducethesourceimpedances,e.g.increasethesizeofthegenerator,transformer,supplycables,etc

Thecalculationshouldbeperformediterativelyuntiltheresultsareacceptable.

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