Faults - Note 1
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SITUATION In 2017 PEC Appendix D Example D14 Steps 10.2.d and 10.3.d, computing the fault currents yields almost 19,000 Amperes for point "b" and 11,000 Amperes for point "c". However, this same example as presented in the previous scenario results in fault currents of only around 17,000 Amperes for point "b" and 10,000 Amperes for point "c". Why are they different? ANALYSIS 1.) PROCEDURE IN 2017 PEC EXAMPLE D14 By inspection, it can be verified that all values in 2017 PEC D14 and in the previous scenario are almost identical, except for the new motor per-unit values used in the impedance diagrams of 2017 PEC D14 Steps 10.2.b and 10.3.b. 1.1.) 2017 PEC D14 Step 8 Motor Contribution In this step, the motor per-unit impedance is initially estimated at 0.25 pu (equivalent to a 25% subtransient reactance neglecting resistance), after considering the recommendation in IEEE Std 141-1993 Section 4.5.4.1. Conversion to the common