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Reactance diagram: 90 MVA generator (15%), two motors

Short answer

On a 90 MVA base, generator voltage 11 kV, line base 145.2 kV, motor base 12.70 kV. Per-unit reactances: G j0.15, T1 j0.0446, line j0.4269, T2 j0.0310, M1 j0.2231, M2 j0.2789. Values found by adjusting old p.u. with ratio of bases.

A 90 MVA, 11 kV 3-phase generator has a reactance of 15%. The generator supplies two motors through transformers and transmission line shown in figure below. The transformer T1 is a 3-phase transformer, 100 MVA, 10/132 kV, 6% reactance. The transformer T2 is composed of 3 single phase units each rated at 30 MVA, 66/10 kV with 5% reactance. The connection of T1 and T2 are as shown. The motors rated at 50 MVA and 40 MVA, both 10 kV and 20% reactance. Taking the generator rating as base, draw the reactance diagram and indicate the reactance in per unit. The reactance of the line is 100 Ω. [Figure: G (Y, grounded) → T1 (Δ–Y, Y grounded) → Line → T2 (Y grounded–Δ) → bus feeding motor M1 (Y, grounded) and motor M2 (Δ).]

Choice of bases

  • Sb=90S_b = 90 MVA and Vb=11V_b = 11 kV in the generator circuit.
  • Line: through T1 (10/132 kV), Vb=11×13210=145.2V_b = 11\times\dfrac{132}{10} = 145.2 kV.
  • T2 is a Y–Δ bank of three single-phase 66/10 kV units. Its line-voltage ratio is 3×66=114.32\sqrt3\times66 = 114.32 kV / 10 kV, and its three-phase rating is 3×30=903\times30 = 90 MVA.
  • Motor circuit: Vb=145.2×10114.32=12.70V_b = 145.2\times\dfrac{10}{114.32} = 12.70 kV.

Per-unit reactances

Use Xnew=Xold SbSrated(VratedVb)2X_{new} = X_{old}\,\dfrac{S_{b}}{S_{rated}}\left(\dfrac{V_{rated}}{V_b}\right)^2.

G:0.15 (same base)T1:0.06×90100×(1011)2=0.0446Line:Zb=145.2290=234.26 Ω,X=100234.26=0.4269T2:0.05×9090×(1012.70)2=0.0310M1:0.2×9050×(1012.70)2=0.2231M2:0.2×9040×(1012.70)2=0.2789\begin{aligned} G&: 0.15\ \text{(same base)}\\ T_1&: 0.06\times\frac{90}{100}\times\left(\frac{10}{11}\right)^2 = 0.0446\\ \text{Line}&: Z_b = \frac{145.2^2}{90} = 234.26\ \Omega,\quad X = \frac{100}{234.26} = 0.4269\\ T_2&: 0.05\times\frac{90}{90}\times\left(\frac{10}{12.70}\right)^2 = 0.0310\\ M_1&: 0.2\times\frac{90}{50}\times\left(\frac{10}{12.70}\right)^2 = 0.2231\\ M_2&: 0.2\times\frac{90}{40}\times\left(\frac{10}{12.70}\right)^2 = 0.2789 \end{aligned}

(T2 gives the same value on its HV side: 0.05×(114.32/145.2)2=0.03100.05\times(114.32/145.2)^2 = 0.0310.)

Elementp.u. reactance (90 MVA base)
Generatorj0.150
T1j0.0446
Linej0.4269
T2j0.0310
Motor M1j0.2231
Motor M2j0.2789

Reactance diagram

  j0.15    j0.0446   j0.4269   j0.031
 +-/\/\-----/\/\------/\/\-----/\/\---+-----+
 |                                     |     |
(Eg)                              j0.2231 j0.2789
 |                                     |     |
 |                                   (Em1) (Em2)
 +------------- reference --------------+-----+

The transformer winding connections (Y, Δ, earthing) do not change the positive-sequence p.u. reactances. They only introduce a phase shift, which is ignored in the reactance diagram.

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