LV system, short cable, all parameters given including voltage factor
Three Phase Fault Current
Computes initial symmetrical (Ik'') and peak (ip) short-circuit currents for a radial network using the IEC 60909-0 simplified method. Sums source, transformer, and cable impedances in series referred to the system voltage level, then applies the voltage factor c and peak factor kappa to determine fault currents for switchgear rating and protection coordination.
8 fields
4 archetypes
with-tool
6 scored fields
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Parameter Map
8 inputs to 6 scored outputs
system_voltage_kv
floatNominal system voltage at the fault location
0.4 to 33kVsource_fault_level_mva
floatUpstream source fault level (short-circuit power)
50 to 2000MVAtransformer_rated_power_mva
floatTransformer rated apparent power
0.1 to 100MVAtransformer_impedance_percent
floatTransformer short-circuit impedance (uk%)
4 to 12%cable_resistance_ohm_per_km
floatCable resistance per unit length
0.05 to 1.5ohm/kmcable_reactance_ohm_per_km
floatCable reactance per unit length
0.06 to 0.15ohm/kmcable_length_m
floatCable route length from transformer to fault point
5 to 500mvoltage_factor_c
floatoptionalfrom archetypehidden in hardIEC 60909 voltage factor c for maximum fault current
1 to 1.1
Source impedance referred to system voltage (ohm)
Transformer impedance referred to system voltage (ohm)
Cable impedance magnitude (ohm)
Total short-circuit impedance at fault point (ohm)
Initial symmetrical short-circuit current Ik'' (kA)
Peak short-circuit current ip (kA)
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Difficulty Ladder
Any voltage level and archetype, all parameters given
Voltage factor hidden, agent must determine c from IEC 60909 Table 1
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
lv_commercial
2 contextsLow-voltage commercial distribution board
sydney-commercial / melbourne-commercial
lv_industrial
2 contextsLow-voltage industrial motor control centre
hunter-valley-industrial / gladstone-industrial
mv_distribution
2 contextsMedium-voltage distribution switchboard
perth-substation / brisbane-substation
mv_heavy_industrial
2 contextsMedium-voltage heavy industrial switchgear
pilbara-mining / bowen-basin-mining
rendered task
Generation Preview
perth-substation-mv-distribution-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- mv_distribution
- site context
- perth-substation
visible fields
- system_voltage_kv11 to 11 kV
- source_fault_level_mva250 to 1000 MVA
- transformer_rated_power_mva5 to 30 MVA
- transformer_impedance_percent6 to 10 %
- cable_resistance_ohm_per_km0.05 to 1.5 ohm/km
- cable_reactance_ohm_per_km0.06 to 0.15 ohm/km
- cable_length_m50 to 500 m
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Medium-voltage distribution switchboard. perth-substation. Required outputs: source_impedance_ohm, transformer_impedance_ohm, cable_impedance_ohm, total_impedance_ohm, initial_symmetrical_current_ka, peak_current_ka