ANSIStandards.

Xdv

TransientreactanceinpercentongeneratorsMVAbase.Thisvaluetypicallyrangesfrom1530%.Thetransientreactanceisnot
usedinANSIstandardcalculationsexceptforhydroandsalientpolegeneratorswithoutamortisseurwindings(Xpu=0.75X).

X0v

ZerosequencereactanceinpercentongeneratorsMVAbase.Thisvaluemayrangefrom315%fortypicalgenerators.Zero
sequencevaluesareusedinallgroundfaultcalculations.

Xlr

Lockedrotorimpedanceforinductionmachines.Whenactualdataisnotavailable,use16.7%.

Ground
Generatorneutralgroundresistanceinohms.Thisisthemostcommonmethodofgroundinggeneratorneutralsandisusually
R
giveninamperes.Theimpedanceisfoundfromthefollowingequation.
R=Vln/I
Ifthegeneratorisgroundedthroughagroundingtransformerwithasecondaryresistance,thisresistancemustbeconvertedto
theprimarywinding.IfyouknowtheAmpvaluefortheresistor,youcanentertheampvalueintheAmpClass ieldandusethe
Calculatebuttonto indtheresistance.
Ground Generatorneutralgroundreactanceinohms.
jX
Amp
Class

Thisisthecurrentinampsthroughthegroundimpedanceattheratedvoltage.Youcanenterdatainthis ielddirectlyinAmpsor
calculateitbasedonthevoltageandgroundimpedanceR+jXusingtheCalculatebutton.

TCC

Figure7:TCCtabofGeneratorDatadialog
Option

Description

Plot
Generator Youcanplotshortcircuitdecrementcurveswithandwithoutexcitation ieldforcingforcomparisonpurposes.
Decrement
WithoutFieldForcing:PlotsTCCforwithout ieldforcingoption.
Curves
WithFieldForcing:PlotsTCCforwith ieldforcingoption.
MaximumPlotTime:Theamountoftimeinsecondsthatthegeneratorcansustainovercurrentswithoutexceeding
safetemperaturelimits.
Synchronous
Xd

Synchronousreactanceofthegenerator,expressedasapercent.

Td

Directaxissubtransientshortcircuittimeconstant.

Td

Directaxistransientshortcircuittimeconstantinseconds.

Ta

Armaturetimeconstantinseconds.
AtypicalgeneratordatasheetwillprovidetheTavalue.However,somemanufacturersmaynotprovideTainthedatasheet.
Thearmaturetimeconstantisassociatedwiththerateofchangeofdccurrentinthestatorwhenthegeneratorissubjected
toa3phasefault.TafordifferenttypesofgeneratorsisprovidedinthebookPowerSystemControlandStability,byPaulM.
AndersonandA.A.Fouad,IEEEPress,1994.
Ta=(Ld+Lq)/2r
WhereLdisthedaxistransientinductanceandLqisqaxisinductance.AtypicalvalueofTais0.15secondsforfaultonthe
machineterminal.
PrabhaKundursbookPowerSystemStabilityandControl,McGrawHill,1994,providesthefollowingequationforTa:
Ta=(Ld+Lq)/2/Ra
TypicalvalueforTaliesbetween0.03and0.35s.

Forcing
Field

Forcedexcitationcurrentatagivenloadexpressedasperunitvalueof ieldcurrentatnoload,Ifd0.

ThermalDamageCurve
ThissectionallowsyoutoplotI^2tthermaldamagecurveforthegenerator.
Plot
Thermal
Damage
Curve

Selectthischeckboxtoenableplottingofthedamagecurveandtoenterdataforthissection.

I2tValue

Thisde inesthe(I^2)tlineforthedamagecurve.Iisinperunitofgeneratorratedcurrentandtisinseconds.IfI2tValueis
20,thentheextrapolateddamagecurvelinewouldintersectwiththeFLAofthegeneratorat20seconds.

Plot
From/To

ThedamagecurveisdrawnontheTCCplotwithinthesevaluesasthelowerandupperlimitsinseconds.

Harmonics
UsetheHarmonicstabtoindicatewhetherthisequipmentitemisintroducingharmonicsintoyourpowersystem.

Figure8:HarmonicsTab
Option

Description

Resistance
Factor

EasyPowerofferstwomethodsforcalculatingRH:
Resistancevaryingwithapoweroftheharmonic(REXP):
RH=RFund*HREXP
Resistancevaryingwithapercenteddycurrentfactor(%ECF):
RH=RFund*(1+ECF*H2)/(1+ECF)