5.

4 Cable Evaluation
5.4.1 Medium-voltage Cable Minimum Sizing
Aside from the normal load current flowing into the
conductor, it is expected that the cable should be able to carry
short-circuit current at a specified duration without damaging.
From equation 5.5, the relation between the short-circuit
current I in Ampere, conductor cross-sectional area A in mm2
and tripping time t in seconds is generally referred as the cable
damage equation or curve for a given type of cable having
short-circuit current temperature TF and maximum continuous
current temperature Ti.
2

ISC
234.5 TF
5
A t 1.18x10 log10 234.5 Ti

From Table 9-2 of IEEE Std 242-2001, for XLPE cable,

as TF=250oC and Ti=90oC. Substituting these temperature
values to above equation yields

I
t
A SC
143
This represents the minimum cross-sectional area
required to withstand the maximum short-circuit current ISC at
tripping time t of the protective device. In this study, the author
will consider the tripping time of the backup protective device
and applying the coordination time interval. This scheme will
ensure that the cable selected is fully protected by the primary
protective device and by the backup protection device in case
the primary protection device fails.

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For KM5806
From the TCC of KM5806 in Figure 5.4, the tripping time of
the instantaneous relay at a maximum fault current of 20.34kA is
0.05s and with the same fault current, the tripping of 6.9kV bus
protection is 0.578s. The minimum required cross-sectional area is

I
t (20,340) 0.578
A SC

108.14mm2
143
143
The cross sectional area of the cable used for KM5806 is
185mm2 which is more than the calculated minimum size of
108.14mm2 therefore the cable used is acceptable.
The table below shows the summary of results by performing
the same calculation procedure for the rest of MV equipment. Based
on the calculation results, all medium-voltage cables used are
satisfactory and can handle short-circuit condition with appropriate
primary and backup protection.
Table 5.24 Summary of Calculation for Minimum Cable
Ampacity for Medium-voltage Cable
Equipment

Isc (A)

t (s)

KM5806

20,340

0.578

Calculated
Minimum
Cable Size
(mm2)
108.14

YM7601

17,850

0.673

102.40

240

Satisfactory

KM8639

21,500

0.55

111.50

185

Satisfactory

KM8601

19,200

0.617

105.46

185

Satisfactory

PC001

22,490

0.521

113.52

185

Satisfactory

TRL3A

22,124

0.482

107.41

185

Satisfactory

TRL3B

22,000

0.461

104.46

185

Satisfactory

TRM1
(primary
Cable)

22,318

0.886

146.90

630

Satisfactory

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Actual
Cable
Size
(mm2)

Remarks

185

Satisfactory

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5.4.2 Equipment Grounding Cable Verification

For Medium-voltage
PEC Sizing For KM5806 equipment grounding conductor
As per PEC 2009 Article 2.50.6.13 (d) Motor Circuits, Where the
overcurrent device consists of an instantaneous trip circuit breaker
or a motor short-circuit protector, as allowed in 4.30.4.2, the
equipment grounding conductor size shall be permitted to be based
on the rating of the motor overload protective device but shall
not be less than the size shown in Table 2.50.6.13.
The motor overload pickup setting for KM5806 is 68.75 A
and based in Table 2.50.6.13 (Table 5.25), the minimum size of the
equipment grounding conductor should be 8.0mm2. Note that the
actual equipment grounding conductor is 30mm2 which means that
it can safely handle the fault current flow back to the source.
Table 5.25 Minimum Size of Equipment Conductors (PEC 12009)

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The same procedure is repeated for the rest of the mediumvoltage loads and the results are summarized in Table 5.26 below.
Table 5.26 Summary of Equipment Grounding Conductor
Sizing for MV Loads
Motor
Overload
Required
Actual
Protection/
Minimum
Equipment
Remarks
Equipment
Rating of
Size PEC
Grounding
Protective
2.50.6.13
Conductor
2
Device
(mm )
Size (mm2)
(A)
KM5806
68.5
8
30
Satisfactory
YM7601
550
38
38
Satisfactory
KM8639
37.5
5.5
30
Satisfactory
KM8601
30.5
5.5
30
Satisfactory
PC001
TRL3A
TRL3B
TRM1
Based

224
277
277
1840
on

the

22
22
22
125
sizing

evaluation

30
30
30
125
results,

Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
the

size

of

equipment grounding conductors of all medium-voltage loads are

sufficient.
For Low-voltage
From Table 5.22 and 5.23, the comparison of actual
equipment grounding conductor size and the minimum required as
per PEC is presented. Based on these tables, the size of equipment
grounding conductors of all low-voltage loads are sufficient.

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