Custom Unit Declarations

MVA 1000 kV A

Mvar 1000 kV A

pu 1

kVA kV A

kvar kVA

Variable Declarations

Generator voltage,
VGEN 13.8 kV
line-line

System frequency f 60 Hz

Generator stator winding

CGEN 0.39 μF
capacitance per phase

GSU transformer low-side

CGSU 0.0091 μF
capacitance per phase

UAT transformer high-side

CUAT 0.00 μF
capacitance per phase

Generator isolated phase bus

CBUS 0.0038 μF
capacitance per phase

Generator surge CSURGE 0.25 μF

capacitance per phase

Generator VT CVT 0.0002 μF

capacitance per phase

Neutral transformer VNGT_p 12 kV

primary voltage

Neutral transformer VNGT_s 240 V

secondary voltage

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Calculations

Generator voltage, VGEN

line-neutral VGLN VGLN 7967.43 V
3

Total capacitance per phase CT CGEN CGSU CUAT CBUS CSURGE CVT CT 0.6531 μF

Capacitive reactance
1
per phase Xco Xco 4062 Ω
2 π f CT

Capacitive reactance seen Xco

Xcg Xcg 1354 Ω
at the neutral
3

The NGR must be less than or equal to the capacitive reactance seen at the neutral,

Grounding transformer VNGT_p

turns ratio N N 50
VNGT_s

Xcg
Neutral grounding resistor RNGR RNGR 0.5415 Ω
initial value 2
N

Resistor tolerance and

RTC 20 %
contingency value

RNGR
Neutral grounding resistor RNGR
RTC RNGR 0.4513 Ω
final value 1

VGLN
Neutral grounding transformer Ir_s Ir_s 353 A
secondary current N RNGR

System charging current 3 VGLN

I3co I3co 5.89 A
Xco

Is the resistance component of the ground-fault current greater than the capacitive current?
Ir_s
Icheck I3co Icheck 1
N

Neutral grounding resistor 2

PNGR Ir_s RNGR PNGR 56.27 kW
wattage

Charging reactive power 2

S3co I3co Xcg S3co 46.89 kvar

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Is the resistor power loss greater than the capacitive reactive power?

Pcheck PNGR S3co Pcheck 1

Neutral grounding transformer

SNGTC VNGT_s Ir_s SNGTC 84.74 kVA
thermal rating, continuous

Short-time rating factor, TSTRF 7%

1 min

Neutral grounding transformer

SNGT SNGTC TSTRF SNGT 5.93 kVA
thermal rating, continuous

SNGT 15 kVA
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