• DocumentCode
    1370273
  • Title

    Short-circuit current calculations for DC systems

  • Author

    Berizzi, Alberto ; Silvestri, Andrea ; Zaninelli, Dario ; Massucco, Stefano

  • Author_Institution
    Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    990
  • Lastpage
    997
  • Abstract
    The aim of the paper is to describe the methods contained in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) draft standard “Calculation of short-circuit currents in DC auxiliary installations in power plants and substations”, and to test them using the dynamic computer simulation. The test network is a 220-V DC auxiliary system in a power station fed by a static converter. The limits of application of the proposed standard are also discussed with particular reference to DC traction systems
  • Keywords
    digital simulation; power convertors; power stations; power system analysis computing; short-circuit currents; standards; substations; traction; 220 V; DC auxiliary installations; DC systems; DC traction systems; IEC; International Electrotechnical Commission; draft standard; dynamic computer simulation; power plants; short-circuit current calculations; static converter; substations; Batteries; Capacitors; Circuit faults; Current limiters; DC motors; Equivalent circuits; Fuses; IEC standards; IEL; Smoothing methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/28.536856
  • Filename
    536856