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Author:  Tesla13 [ Mon May 29, 2023 11:56 am ]
Post subject:  Grid short circuit data

Hi all,

I would like to have your view regarding external grid short circuit scenarios in Arc Flash calculations. I have some doubts about how this issue should be addressed.

What should I do if there is no info about the available short circuit power in the grid?

As far as I understand, considering only hypothetical maximum and minimum short circuit scenarios for calculation I may not be achieving the “Worst Case” incident energy scenario. The reason is that there may be some intermediate Scc scenarios in which the combination of FCT + Icc may lead to a higher Incident Energy. So the correct approach may be doing a sweep with different values. There is also some scientific literature with conclusions pointing in the same direction.

Similar happens when the utility gives you the data: what about short circuit intermediate scenarios?

How do you see it?

Thanks for your support.

Regards,

Author:  Tesla13 [ Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Grid short circuit data

Up!

Author:  mpparent [ Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Grid short circuit data

I think Jim has an article somewhere about this topic.

Mike

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