Capacitor Inrush Current Calculations

This shows the derivation of the inrush calculations from IEEEC37.99.

Energizing A Isolated Bank:

CB
IMAX = 2 ∗ V LG (1)
LS

CB is the bank capacitance in microfarads

LS is the system inductance in microhenries.

V 2 ∗ 2Π F ∗ C ∗ 10 −6
As stated KVAR = from (16)
1000
KVAR ∗ 10 9
ˆ CB = 2 (2)
V ∗ (2Π F )

Then Substitute CB from (20) with formula (21) we get

 KVAR ∗ 10 9 

IMAX = 2 ∗V L −G
(
 2
)
 V ∗ (2Π F )  (3)
LS

Peak to Peak

10 9 . 31,622.8
(
 KVAR ∗ 10 9
 ) 
IMAX = 2 ∗ V L −G
(
 V 2 ∗ (2Π F )
∗  L−L
) (4)
LS

(2ΠF ) ≈ 19.4163@60Hz
17.7245@50Hz

1
Then

 KVAR 
 
2 ∗ VL −G ∗ 31,622.8  V2 
IMAX = ∗ (5)
19.4163 LS

(
LET = VL −G ∗ 3 )
2

This will allow us to re-arrange (5) to the following

2 ∗ VL −G ∗ 31,622.8 KVAR
IMAX = ∗ (6)
3 ∗ VL −G ∗ 19.4163 LS

≅ ((0.81649658) ∗ (1628.673)) ∗
KVAR
(7)
LS

Giving us the following inrush formulas

KVAR
≅ 1330 For 60 Hz (8)
LS

KVAR
≅ 1456.7 For 50 Hz (9)
LS

Neal S. Ciurro
Neal S. Ciurro
2/12/04