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Per unit values: 100 MVA generator, two motors

Short answer

On a 100 MVA, 6/120/6 kV base: generator j0.06 pu, each transformer j0.0403 pu (T2 assumed identical, 4%), line 0.0694+j0.3472 pu, motor M1 j0.12 pu, motor M2 j0.15 pu.

Compute the per unit values of a power system shown in figure below taking the common base of the generator. [Figure: G (100 MVA, 6 kV, X = 6%, Y grounded) → T1 (Δ–Y grounded, 120 MVA, 6.6/132 kV, X = 4%) → transmission line (10 + j50) Ω → T2 (Y grounded on line side, Δ on motor side, 120 MVA, 6.6/132 kV; no reactance printed) → bus feeding motors M1 (50 MVA, 6 kV, X = 6%) and M2 (40 MVA, 6 kV, X = 6%).]

Common base: 100 MVA, 6 kV in the generator circuit. The reactance of T2 is not printed; it is taken equal to T1, X = 4 % on 120 MVA, 6.6/132 kV (an identical transformer).

Base voltages

  • Generator zone: Vb1=6V_{b1} = 6 kV
  • Line zone (T1 6.6/132 kV): Vb2=6×1326.6=120V_{b2} = 6\times\frac{132}{6.6} = 120 kV, Zb2=1202100=144 ΩZ_{b2} = \frac{120^2}{100} = 144\ \Omega
  • Motor zone (T2 132/6.6 kV): Vb3=120×6.6132=6V_{b3} = 120\times\frac{6.6}{132} = 6 kV

Per-unit values (100 MVA)

XG=0.06×100100=0.06 puXT1=0.04×100120×(6.66)2=0.0403 puZline=10+j50144=0.0694+j0.3472 puXT2=0.04×100120×(6.66)2=0.0403 puXM1=0.06×10050×(66)2=0.12 puXM2=0.06×10040=0.15 pu\begin{aligned} X_G &= 0.06\times\frac{100}{100} = 0.06\ \text{pu}\\ X_{T1} &= 0.04\times\frac{100}{120}\times\left(\frac{6.6}{6}\right)^2 = 0.0403\ \text{pu}\\ Z_{line} &= \frac{10 + j50}{144} = 0.0694 + j0.3472\ \text{pu}\\ X_{T2} &= 0.04\times\frac{100}{120}\times\left(\frac{6.6}{6}\right)^2 = 0.0403\ \text{pu}\\ X_{M1} &= 0.06\times\frac{100}{50}\times\left(\frac{6}{6}\right)^2 = 0.12\ \text{pu}\\ X_{M2} &= 0.06\times\frac{100}{40} = 0.15\ \text{pu} \end{aligned}
ElementBase kVpu value
G6j0.06
T16 / 120j0.0403
Line1200.0694 + j0.3472
T2 (assumed 4 %)120 / 6j0.0403
M16j0.12
M26j0.15

Impedance diagram

    j0.0403  0.0694+j0.3472  j0.0403
 +--/\/\/-------/\/\/--------/\/\/--+-------+
 |   T1          line          T2   |       |
j0.06                             j0.12   j0.15
 |                                  |       |
(Eg)                             (Em1)   (Em2)
 |                                  |       |
 +----------------------------------+-------+
              reference bus

Answer: XG=0.06X_G = 0.06, XT1=XT2=0.0403X_{T1} = X_{T2} = 0.0403, Zline=0.0694+j0.3472Z_{line} = 0.0694 + j0.3472, XM1=0.12X_{M1} = 0.12, XM2=0.15X_{M2} = 0.15 pu on 100 MVA (6 / 120 / 6 kV).

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