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Contents
1Introduction
1.1Whydothecalculation?
1.2Whentodothecalculation?
2CalculationMethodology
2.1Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
2.2Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
2.2.1NetworkFeeders
2.2.2SynchronousGenerators
2.2.3Transformers
2.2.4Cables
2.2.5StandingLoads
2.2.6Motors
2.3Step3:ReferringImpedances
2.4Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
2.5Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
2.6Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
3WorkedExample
3.1Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
3.2Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
3.3Step3:ReferringImpedances
3.4Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
3.5Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
3.6Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
4ComputerSoftware
5WhatNext?
Introduction
Thisarticleconsidersthetransienteffectsofmotorstartingonthesystemvoltage.Usuallyonlythelargest
motoronabusorsystemismodelled,butthecalculationcaninprinciplebeusedforanymotor.It's
importanttonotethatmotorstartingisatransientpowerflowproblemandisnormallydoneiterativelyby
computersoftware.Howeverastaticmethodisshownhereforfirstpassestimatesonly.
Whydothecalculation?
Whenamotorisstarted,ittypicallydrawsacurrent67timesitsfullloadcurrentforashortduration
(commonlycalledthelockedrotorcurrent).Duringthistransientperiod,thesourceimpedanceisgenerally
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assumedtobefixedandtherefore,alargeincreasein
currentwillresultinalargervoltagedropacrossthe
sourceimpedance.Thismeansthattherecanbelarge
momentaryvoltagedropssystemwide,fromthepower
source(e.g.transformerorgenerator)throughthe
intermediarybuses,allthewaytothemotorterminals.
Asystemwidevoltagedropcanhaveanumberof
adverseeffects,forexample:
Equipmentwithminimumvoltage
tolerances(e.g.electronics)may
malfunctionorbehaveaberrantly
Undervoltageprotectionmaybetripped
Themotoritselfmaynotstartastorqueis
proportionaltothesquareofthestator
voltage,soareducedvoltageequalslower
torque.Inductionmotorsaretypically
designedtostartwithaterminalvoltage>80%
Figure1.Highvoltagemotor(courtesyofABB)
Whentodothecalculation?
Thiscalculationismoreorlessdonetoverifythatthelargestmotordoesnotcausesystemwideproblems
uponstarting.Thereforeitshouldbedoneafterpreliminarysystemdesigniscomplete.Thefollowing
prerequisiteinformationisrequired:
Keysinglelinediagrams
Preliminaryloadschedule
Tolerablevoltagedroplimitsduringmotorstarting,whicharetypicallyprescribedbytheclient
CalculationMethodology
ThiscalculationisbasedonstandardimpedanceformulaeandOhm'slaw.Totheauthor'sknowledge,there
arenointernationalstandardsthatgovernvoltagedropcalculationsduringmotorstart.
Itshouldbenotedthattheproposedmethodisnot100%accuratebecauseitisastaticcalculation.In
reality,thevoltagelevelsarefluctuatingduringatransientcondition,andthereforesoaretheloadcurrents
drawnbythestandingloads.Thismakesitessentiallyaloadflowproblemandamoreprecisesolution
wouldsolvetheloadflowproblemiteratively,forexampleusingtheNewtonRhapsonorGaussSiedel
algorithms.Notwithstanding,theproposedmethodissuitablyaccurateforafirstpasssolution.
Thecalculationhasthefollowingsixgeneralsteps:
Step1:Constructthesystemmodelandassembletherelevantequipmentparameters
Step2:Calculatetherelevantimpedancesforeachequipmentiteminthemodel
Step3:Referallimpedancestoareferencevoltage
Step4:Constructtheequivalentcircuitforthevoltagelevelsofinterest
Step5:Calculatetheinitialsteadystatesourceemfbeforemotorstarting
Step6:Calculatethesystemvoltagesduringmotorstart
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Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
Thefirststepistoconstructasimplifiedmodelofthesystemsinglelinediagram,andthencollectthe
relevantequipmentparameters.Themodelofthesinglelinediagramneedonlyshowthebusesofinterest
inthemotorstartingcalculation,e.g.theupstreamsourcebus,themotorbusandpossiblyanyintermediate
ordownstreambusesthatmaybeaffected.Allrunningloadsareshownaslumpedloadsexceptforthe
motortobestartedasitisassumedthatthesystemisinasteadystatebeforemotorstart.
Therelevantequipmentparameterstobecollectedareasfollows:
Networkfeeders:faultcapacityofthenetwork(VA),X/Rratioofthenetwork
Generators:perunittransientreactance,ratedgeneratorcapacity(VA)
Transformers:transformerimpedancevoltage(%),ratedtransformercapacity(VA),rated
current(A),totalcopperloss(W)
Cables:lengthofcable(m),resistanceandreactanceofcable(
)
Standingloads:ratedloadcapacity(VA),averageloadpowerfactor(pu)
Motor:fullloadcurrent(A),lockedrotorcurrent(A),ratedpower(W),fullloadpowerfactor
(pu),startingpowerfactor(pu)
Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
Usingthecollectedparameters,eachoftheequipmentitemimpedancescanbecalculatedforlaterusein
themotorstartingcalculations.
NetworkFeeders
Giventheapproximatefaultlevelofthenetworkfeederattheconnectionpoint(orpointofcommon
coupling),theimpedance,resistanceandreactanceofthenetworkfeederiscalculatedasfollows:
Where
isimpedanceofthenetworkfeeder()
isresistanceofthenetworkfeeder()
isreactanceofthenetworkfeeder()
isthenominalvoltageattheconnectionpoint(Vac)
isthefaultlevelofthenetworkfeeder(VA)
isavoltagefactorwhichaccountsforthemaximumsystemvoltage(1.05forvoltages<1kV,
1.1forvoltages>1kV)
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isX/Rratioofthenetworkfeeder(pu)
SynchronousGenerators
Thetransientresistanceandreactanceofasynchronousgeneratorcanbeestimatedbythefollowing:
Where
isthetransientreactanceofthegenerator()
istheresistanceofthegenerator()
isavoltagecorrectionfactor(pu)
istheperunittransientreactanceofthegenerator(pu)
isthenominalgeneratorvoltage(Vac)
isthenominalsystemvoltage(Vac)
istheratedgeneratorcapacity(VA)
istheX/Rratio,typically20for
100MVA,14.29for
100MVA,and6.67for
allgeneratorswithnominalvoltage
1kV
isavoltagefactorwhichaccountsforthemaximumsystemvoltage(1.05forvoltages<1kV,
1.1forvoltages>1kV)
isthepowerfactorofthegenerator(pu)
Transformers
Theimpedance,resistanceandreactanceoftwowindingtransformerscanbecalculatedasfollows:
Where
istheimpedanceofthetransformer()
istheresistanceofthetransformer()
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isthereactanceofthetransformer()
istheimpedancevoltageofthetransformer(pu)
istheratedcapacityofthetransformer(VA)
isthenominalvoltageofthetransformeratthehighorlowvoltageside(Vac)
istheratedcurrentofthetransformeratthehighorlowvoltageside(I)
isthetotalcopperlossinthetransformerwindings(W)
Cables
CableimpedancesareusuallyquotedbymanufacturersintermsofOhmsperkm.Theseneedtobe
convertedtoOhmsbasedonthelengthofthecables:
Where
istheresistanceofthecable{)
isthereactanceofthecable{)
isthequotedresistanceofthecable{/km)
isthequotedreactanceofthecable{/km)
isthelengthofthecable{m)
StandingLoads
Standingloadsarelumpedloadscomprisingallloadsthatareoperatingonaparticularbus,excludingthe
motortobestarted.Standingloadsforeachbusneedtobecalculated.
Theimpedance,resistanceandreactanceofthestandingloadiscalculatedby:
Where
istheimpedanceofthestandingload{)
istheresistanceofthestandingload{)
isthereactanceofthestandingload{)
isthestandingloadnominalvoltage(Vac)
isthestandingloadapparentpower(VA)
istheaverageloadpowerfactor(pu)
Motors
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Themotor'stransientimpedance,resistanceandreactanceiscalculatedasfollows:
Where
istransientimpedanceofthemotor()
istransientresistanceofthemotor()
istransientreactanceofthemotor()
isratioofthelockedrotortofullloadcurrent
isthemotorlockedrotorcurrent(A)
isthemotornominalvoltage(Vac)
isthemotorratedpower(W)
isthemotorfullloadpowerfactor(pu)
isthemotorstartingpowerfactor(pu)
Step3:ReferringImpedances
Wheretherearemultiplevoltagelevels,theequipmentimpedancescalculatedearlierneedtobeconverted
toareferencevoltage(typicallytheHVside)inorderforthemtobeusedinasingleequivalentcircuit.
Thewindingratioofatransformercanbecalculatedasfollows:
Where
isthetransformerwindingratio
isthetransformernominalsecondaryvoltageattheprincipaltap(Vac)
isthetransformernominalprimaryvoltage(Vac)
isthespecifiedtapsetting(%)
Usingthewindingratio,impedances(aswellasresistancesandreactances)canbereferredtotheprimary
(HV)sideofthetransformerbythefollowingrelation:
Where
istheimpedancereferredtotheprimary(HV)side()
istheimpedanceatthesecondary(LV)side()
isthetransformerwindingratio(pu)
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Conversely,byrearrangingtheequationabove,impedancescanbereferredtotheLVside:
Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
Theequivalentcircuitessentiallyconsistsofavoltagesource
(fromanetworkfeederorgenerator)plusasetofcomplex
impedancesrepresentingthepowersystemequipmentand
loadimpedances.
Thenextstepistosimplifythecircuitintoaformthatis
nearlytheThveninequivalentcircuit
Figure2."Near"Thveninequivalentcircuit
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9venin%27s_theorem),withacircuitcontainingonlyavoltage
source( ),sourceimpedance(
)andequivalentloadimpedance(
).
Thiscanbedoneusingthestandardformulaeforseriesandparallelimpedances,keepinginmindthatthe
rulesofcomplexarithmeticmustbeusedthroughout.Thissimplificationtoa"Near"Thveninequivalent
circuitshouldbedonebothwiththemotoroff(opencircuit)andthemotorinastartingcondition.
Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
Assumingthatthesystemisinitiallyinasteadystatecondition,weneedtofirstcalculatetheinitialemf
producedbythepowersource(i.e.feederconnectionpointorgeneratorterminals).Thisvoltagewillbe
usedinthetransientcalculations(Step6)astheinitialsourcevoltage.
Assumptionsregardingthesteadystatecondition:
Thesourcepointofcommoncoupling(PCC)isatitsnominalvoltage
Themotorisswitchedoff
AllstandingloadsareoperatingatthecapacitycalculatedinStep2
AlltransformertapsaresetatthosespecifiedinStep2
Thesystemisatasteadystate,i.e.thereisnoswitchingtakingplacethroughoutthesystem
SinceweassumethatthereisnominalvoltageatthePCC,theinitialsourceemfcanbecalculatedby
voltagedivider:
Where
istheinitialemfofthepowersource(Vac)
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isthenominalvoltage(Vac)
isthesourceimpedance()
istheequivalentloadimpedancewiththemotorswitchedoff()
Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
Itisassumedinthiscalculationthatduringmotorstarting,theinitialsourceemfcalculatedinStep5
remainsconstantthatis,thepowersourcedoesnotreactduringthetransientperiod.Thisisasimplifying
assumptioninordertoavoidhavingtomodelthetransientbehaviourofthepowersource.
Next,weneedtocalculatetheoverallsystemcurrentthatissuppliedbythepowersourceduringthemotor
startingperiod.Todothis,weusethe"Near"Theveninequivalentcircuitderivedearlier,butnowinclude
themotorstartingimpedance.Anewequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstarting
willbe
calculated.
Thecurrentsuppliedbythepowersourceistherefore:
Where
isthesystemcurrentsuppliedbythesource(A)
istheinitialsourceemf(Vac)
istheequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstart()
isthesourceimpedance()
Thevoltageatthesourcepointofcommoncoupling(PCC)is:
Where
isthevoltageatthepointofcommoncoupling(Vac)
istheinitialsourceemf(Vac)
isthesystemcurrentsuppliedbythesource(A)
isthesourceimpedance()
ThedownstreamvoltagescannowbecalculatedbyvoltagedivisionandsimpleapplicationofOhm'slaw.
Specifically,we'dliketoknowthevoltageatthemotorterminalsandanybusesofinterestthatcouldbe
affected.Ensurethatthevoltagesareacceptablywithintheprescribedlimits,otherwisefurtheractionneeds
tobetaken(refertotheWhat'sNext?section).
WorkedExample
Theworkedexamplehereisaverysimplepowersystemwithtwovoltagelevelsandsuppliedbyasingle
generator.Whileunrealistic,itdoesmanagetodemonstratethekeyconceptspertainingtomotorstarting
calculations.
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Step1:ConstructSystemModelandCollectEquipmentParameters
Thepowersystemhastwovoltagelevels,11kVand
415V,andisfedviaasingle4MVAgenerator(G1).The
11kVbushasastandingloadof950kVA(S1)andwe
wanttomodeltheeffectsofstartinga250kWmotor
(M1).Thereisastandingloadof600kVAat415V(S2),
suppliedbya1.6MVAtransformer(TX1).The
equipmentandcableparametersareasfollows:
Equipment
GeneratorG1
Parameters
=4,000kVA
=11,000V
=0.33pu
=0.85pu
GeneratorCableC1
Length=50m
Size=500mm2
Figure3.Simplifiedsystemmodelformotor
startingexample
(R=0.0522\km,X=0.0826
\km)
11kVStandingLoad
S1
MotorM1
MotorCableC2
=950kVA
=11,000V
=0.84pu
=250kW
=11,000V
=106.7A
=6.5pu
=0.85pu
=0.30pu
Length=150m
Size=35mm2
(R=0.668\km,X=0.115
\km)
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=1,600kVA
=11,000V
=415V
=0.06pu
=12,700W
=0%
TransformerTX1
TransformerCable
C3
Length=60m
Size=120mm2
(R=0.196\km,X=0.096
\km)
415VStandingLoad
S2
=600kVA
=415V
=0.80pu
Step2:CalculateEquipmentImpedances
Usingthepatametersaboveandtheequationsoutlinedearlierinthemethodology,thefollowing
impedanceswerecalculated:
Equipment
Resistance() Reactance()
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.Theonlyimpedancethatneedstobereferredtothisreference
voltageisthe415VStandingLoad(S2).Knowingthatthetransformerissetatprincipaltap,wecan
calculatethewindingratioandapplyittoreferthe415VStandingLoadimpedancetothe11kVside:
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Theresistanceandreactanceofthestandingloadreferredtothe11kVsideisnow,R=161.33333andX
=121.00.
Step4:ConstructtheEquivalentCircuit
Theequivalentcircuitforthesystemis
showninthefiguretotheright.The
"Near"Theveninequivalentcircuitis
alsoshown,andwenowcalculatethe
equivalentloadimpedance
inthe
steadystatecondition(i.e.withoutthe
motorandmotorcableimpedances
included):
Figure4.Equivalentcircuitformotorstartingexample
Similarlytheequivalentloadimpedanceduringmotorstarting(withthemotorimpedancesincluded)canbe
calculatedasasfollows:
Step5:CalculatetheInitialSourceEMF
Assumingthatthereisnominalvoltageatthe11kVbusinthe
steadystatecondition,theinitialgeneratoremfcanbe
calculatedbyvoltagedivider:
Figure5."Near"Theveninequivalentcircuit
formotorstartingexample
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Vac
Step6:CalculateSystemVoltagesDuringMotorStart
Nowwecancalculatethetransienteffectsofmotorstartingonthesystemvoltages.Firstly,thecurrent
suppliedbythegeneratorduringmotorstartiscalculated:
Next,thevoltageatthe11kVbuscanbefound:
Vac(or87.98%ofnominalvoltage)
Thevoltageatthemotorterminalscanthenbefoundbyvoltagedivider:
Vac(or87.92%ofnominalvoltage)
Thevoltageatthelowvoltagebusis:
Vac,thenreferredtotheLVside=
359.39Vac(or86.60%ofnominalvoltage)
Anyothervoltagesofinterestonthesystemcanbedeterminedusingthesamemethodsasabove.
Supposethatourmaximumvoltagedropatthemotorterminalsis15%.Fromabove,wehavefoundthatthe
voltagedropis12.08%atthemotorterminals.Thisisaslightlymarginalresultanditmaybeprudentto
simulatethesysteminasoftwarepackagetoconfirmtheresults.
ComputerSoftware
Motorstartingisastandardcomponentofmostpowersystemsanalysissoftware(e.g.ETAP,PTW,ERAC,
etc)andthiscalculationisreallyintendedtobedoneusingthissoftware.Thenumericalcalculation
performedbythesoftwareshouldalsosolvethepowerflowproblemthroughaniterativealgorithm(e.g.
suchasNewtonRhapson).
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WhatNext?
Iftheresultsofthecalculationconfirmthatstartingthelargestmotordoesnotcauseanyunacceptable
voltagelevelswithinthesystem,thenthat'stheendofit(orperhapsitcouldbesimulatedinapower
systemsanalysissoftwarepackagetobedoublysure!).Otherwise,theissueneedstobeaddressed,for
exampleby:
Reducethemotorstartingcurrent,e.g.viasoftstarters,stardeltastarters,etc
Reducethesourceimpedances,e.g.increasethesizeofthegenerator,transformer,supply
cables,etc
Thecalculationshouldbeperformediterativelyuntiltheresultsareacceptable.
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