Calculation of Switching Overvoltage for the Case of a Bolted Three-Phase Short Circuit on a Medium-Voltage Feeder with Connected Induction and/or Synchronous Generators

Vladica Mijailović; Aleksandar Ranković

doi:10.62762/TEPNS.2025.181085

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ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2025: 82-92

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Calculation of Switching Overvoltage for the Case of a Bolted Three-Phase Short Circuit on a Medium-Voltage Feeder with Connected Induction and/or Synchronous Generators

Vladica Mijailović 1 *

Aleksandar Ranković 1

1 Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac, Čačak 32000, Serbia

* Corresponding Author: Vladica Mijailović, [email protected]

DOI: 10.62762/TEPNS.2025.181085

Received: 08 December 2025, Accepted: 19 December 2025, Published: 29 December 2025

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Abstract

This paper presents a procedure for calculating switching overvoltage on the main circuit breaker of a medium-voltage (MV) cable feeder, to which induction and/or synchronous generators are connected, during a three-phase short circuit. When a fault occurs, the feeder is disconnected by the circuit breaker located at its beginning. After the set operating time of the relay protection, since islanded operation is not permitted, the connected distributed generators will also be disconnected. It is shown that, during the period when the network is disconnected while the generators remain connected, the overvoltage factor reaches values between 2.2 and 2.5, depending on the types of generators and the location of points of common coupling. The individual transient responses of the distribution network and the mentioned types of distributed generators differ significantly. Using the superposition theorem, the calculation of switching overvoltage is demonstrated with elementary computer assistance.

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Calculation of Switching Overvoltage for the Case of a Bolted Three-Phase Short Circuit on a Medium-Voltage Feeder with Connected Induction and/or Synchronous Generators

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distribution network

induction generator

superposition

switching overvoltage

synchronous generator

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, and these results are parts of the Grant No. 451-03-136/2025-03/200132, with University of Kragujevac - Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak.

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Mijailovic, V., & Ranković, A. (2025). Calculation of Switching Overvoltage for the Case of a Bolted Three-Phase Short Circuit on a Medium-Voltage Feeder with Connected Induction and/or Synchronous Generators. ICCK Transactions on Electric Power Networks and Systems, 1(2), 82–92. https://doi.org/10.62762/TEPNS.2025.181085

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  abstract = {This paper presents a procedure for calculating switching overvoltage on the main circuit breaker of a medium-voltage (MV) cable feeder, to which induction and/or synchronous generators are connected, during a three-phase short circuit. When a fault occurs, the feeder is disconnected by the circuit breaker located at its beginning. After the set operating time of the relay protection, since islanded operation is not permitted, the connected distributed generators will also be disconnected. It is shown that, during the period when the network is disconnected while the generators remain connected, the overvoltage factor reaches values between 2.2 and 2.5, depending on the types of generators and the location of points of common coupling. The individual transient responses of the distribution network and the mentioned types of distributed generators differ significantly. Using the superposition theorem, the calculation of switching overvoltage is demonstrated with elementary computer assistance.},
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