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DB105060
Short-circuit currents
Calculation of the short-circuit current across the terminals of
a battery
During a short-circuit, the battery discharges a current equal to
Example
b consider a set of four 500 Ah batteries connected in parallel
b discharge voltage of one battery: 240 V (110 cells 2.2 V each)
b discharge current of one battery: 300 A with a run-time of 30 minutes
b discharge current of all four batteries: 1200 A with a run-time of 30 minutes
b internal resistance 0.5 mW per cell, i.e. for one battery:
Ri = 110 x 0.5 x 10-3 = 55 x 10-3 W
b short-circuit current of one battery: Isc = 240 V / 55 x 10-3 W = 4.37 kA
b neglecting the resistance of the connections, for all four batteries discharging the
short-circuit current in parallel, the total short-circuit current is four times that of one
battery, i.e. Isc = 4 x 4.37 kA = 17.5 kA.
Note: if the internal resistance is not known, it is possible to use the following rough
approximation: Isc = kc where c is the capacity of the battery in ampere-hours and k is a
coefficient close to 10 and always less than 20.
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