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Unit – 3
Voltage Sag
Effects of Voltage Sag on Power Systems and Equipment
• Generally speaking, electrical equipment work best under rated V and will
stop operating if V=0 for a certain period.
• Effects of Voltage Sag on Power Systems and Equipment: will stop within
one second (desktop computers) and others longer (e.g., lap-tops for
hours).
• For each equipment it is possible to determine how long it operates after
interruption by performing a simple test.
• The same test can be repeated for different voltage magnitudes (e.g., 90%,
80%,…., 10% of Vrated).
• Connecting points >>>>> “Voltage-Tolerance Curve”.
• Equipment have different voltage-tolerance curves.
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A voltage tolerance of “ ms, %” implies that the equipment can tolerate a zero voltage of “ ms” and
a voltage of “%” of the nominal indefinitely.
• 3 PHASE SAGS
• Symmetrical 3 phase sags account for less than 20% of all sag events and are caused
either by switching or tripping of a 3 phase circuit breaker, switch or recloser which will
create a 3 phase voltage sag on other lines fed from the same substation.
• 3 phase sags will also be caused by starting large motors but this type of event typically
causes voltage sags to approximately 80% of nominal voltage and are usually confined
to an industrial plant or its immediate neighbours
• VEHICLE PROBLEMS
• Utility power lines frequently run alongside public roads. Vehicles occasionally collide
with utility poles causing lines to touch, protective devices trip and voltage sags occur.
• CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
• Even when all power lines are underground, digging foundations for new building
construction can result in damage to underground power lines and create voltage sags
• Once the arc becomes stable, the current draw becomes more uniform. Due to the
nature of the current drawn by the arc furnace, which is extremely nonlinear, large
harmonic currents are also produced. Severe voltage sags are common in power lines
that supply large arc furnaces.
• furnaces are operated in conjunction with large capacitor banks and harmonic filters to
improve the power factor and also to filter the harmonic frequency currents so they do
not unduly affect other power users sharing the same power lines
• It is not uncommon to see arc furnaces supplied from dedicated utility power lines try to
minimize their impact on other power users. The presence of large capacitance in an
electrical system can result in voltage rise due to the leading reactive power demands of
the capacitors, unless they are adequately canceled by the lagging reactive power
required by the loads. This is why capacitor banks, whether for power factor correction
or harmonic current filtration, are switched on when the furnace is brought on line and
switched off when the arc furnace is off line.
Voltage Sag
Causes of Voltage Sag
• Short interruptions and most long interruptions usually originate in the
local distribution network.
• However, voltage sag is much more of a “global problem” than
interruptions. It can be causes by short-circuit faults hundreds of kilometers
away in the transmission system.
• Primary causes of voltage sags are (see figure next page):
– Starting of large motors
– Energization of heavy loads (e.g., arc furnace).
– Transmission and distribution faults.
– Local starting faults.
– Protection system faults.
– Load transferring from one power source to another.
Voltage Sag
Voltage Sag Characteristics
Most common terms to define voltage sags are: sag magnitude, sag duration, and phase-angle
jump.
• There are various ways of obtaining the sag magnitude from the RMS voltages.
• Most power quality monitors take the lowest value obtained during the event. As sags
normally have a constant RMS value during the deep part of the sag, using the lowest value
is an acceptable approximation.
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Vrms vi
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Sag Magnitude from Vfun
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SAG DURATION
• For three phase system, consider the three RMS values to find the duration
• The voltage sag starts when at least one of the RMS voltages drops below the sag-
starting threshold. The sag ends when all three voltages have recovered above the sag-
ending threshold
SAG DURATION……..
• The commonly used definition of sag duration is the number of cycles during which the
RMS voltage is below a given threshold.
• This threshold will be somewhat different for each monitor. But typical values are around
90% of the nominal voltage.
• A power quality monitor will typically calculate the RMS value once every cycle
SAG DURATION……..
• This post-fault sag can last several seconds, much longer than the actual sag
SAG DURATION……..
• Magnitude-duration plot is a common tool used to show the quality of supply at a certain
location or the average quality of supply of a number of locations as the fault clearing
time depends on the type of transmission distribution system
• Faults in transmission systems are cleared faster than faults in distribution systems. In
transmission systems, the critical fault-clearing time is rather small
• Fast protection and fast circuit breakers are essential
• Distance protection or differential protection, both of which allow for fast clearing of the
fault
• The protection schemes used should have the ability to clear a fault within one half-cycle
Voltage Sag
Voltage Sag Duration
• Protection circuits require different fault-clearing time.
• Downstream faults on transmission are cleared faster than in distribution,
as differential and distance protection are used.
Fault clearing times (longer duration sags occur at lower voltage levels)
• These longer sags are due to faults in local distribution (due to improper start of large induction
motors). They are deeper and last longer than remote distribution faults (due to current-limiting
fuses clearing and Ztransformer btw the fault and load).
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• The rms voltage is typically calculated every cycle or half-cycle of
the power system.
• We can conclude that magnitude and duration are the main
characteristics of voltage sag.
• However, the during-sag voltage also contains a rather large
amount of higher frequency components.
• It is important to note the difference between voltage sag and
voltage dip:
– North America states voltage dips as the amount nominal voltage declines
– For example a voltage dip of 30% is the same as a voltage sag to 70%.
Voltage Sag
Calculations of Voltage Sag
Voltage Sag in Radial Systems
Typical distribution network with load
(letters) and fault positions (numbers)
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Vsag V pcc E
Z S ZF Z S ZF Z S z L
ZS V
Lcrit (wehre z=Zfeeder, L=distance btw fault & pcc)
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different fault levels
Fault
Sag MagnitudeSingle
Function of Distance to the
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Voltage Sag
Calculations of Voltage Sag
Voltage Sag in Non-Radial Systems
• Radial systems are common in low- and medium-voltage networks. At
higher voltage levels, other arrangements are common. Some typical cases
will be discussed:
• Voltage Sag with Local Generators
• Voltage Sag in Subtransmission Loops
• Voltage Sag in Branches From Loops
Voltage Sag with Local Generators
• This will mitigate voltage sags of the load in two ways:
– LG increases fault level (especially for a week system) at distribution bus which
mitigates voltage sags due to faults on distribution feeders,
– LG will also mitigate sags due to faults in rest of system by keeping up voltage at its
local bus & feeding into fault.
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Example of a
Sub-transmission loop
pZ 1 E
( 1 p ) Z1 2E
pZ 1 Z0 p( 1 p ) Z1
Vsag
( 1 p ) Z1
pZ 1 Z0
Z2 pZ 1 Z0 Z 2 ( pZ 1 Z0 ) ( 1 p ) Z 1 ( pZ 1 Z0 )
pZ 1 Z0
2
p( 1 p ) Z1
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Voltage Sag in Branches from Loops
Z 5 Z 2 Z 5 Z3 Z5 Z 4 Z 4 Z 3
Vsag
Z1Z 2 Z1Z3 Z1Z 4 Z5 Z 2 Z5 Z3 Z5 Z 4 Z 4 Z 2 Z 4 Z3
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Voltage Sag
Calculations of Voltage Sag
Voltage Sag in Meshed Systems
• When system becomes more complicated, closed expressions for
voltage sag get very complicated/unfeasible.
• Therefore, matrix calculations based on Thevenin’s superposition
theorem and nodal impedance matrix.
• Current & voltages during a sag are sum of two contributions:
• Current & voltages before fault- which are due to all generators across
the system.
• Current & voltages due to change in voltage at fault position- which
are due to the fault originate at a voltage source at fault position with
all other sources short-circuited.
(0 ) Z kf
Vf Z kf
c If &
(0 )
Vk Vk
(0 )
Vf c Vk 1
Z ff Z ff Z ff
at fault position (k = f), Pre-fault voltages are
we know ΔVf= - Vf(0) normally close to unity
• Short circuit faults >>> always cause sag for some consumers.
• Faults in radial parts >>> interruption (due to protection device)
• If resulting event exceeds a certain severity >>> equipment trip.
• Other events such as capacitor switching >>> equipment tripping; however, majority are due to
short-circuit faults.
• Installing mitigation equipment- such UPS, DVR,& StatCom. Popular (only place customer has control
over situation).
• Improving equipment immunity- most effective solution; but not a short time solution (customer
finds out about equipment immunity after equipment has been installed).
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Tutorial
Problem 1.1: Sag calculation (radial power system)
An example of a radial power system supplying an industrial customer
with several large ac and dc adjustable-speed drives is shown in Figure
E1.1.1. The dc and ac drives are fed via dedicated transformers at 420 V
and 660V, respectively. System information including source impedance,
feeder and transformer data are provided in Tables E1.1.1 to E1.1.3.
• Identify pcc points for faults on one of the 11 kV, 33 KV, 132 kV and
400 kV feeders.
• Compute the critical distances (Lcrit) for sag magnitudes of 10%, 30%,
50%, 70% and 90% on the 11 kV, 33 KV, 132 kV and 400 kV feeders.
• Magnitude of the most shallow sag due to a fault at 11 kV.
• Plot the sag magnitude versus distance for faults at various voltage
levels in the supply.
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Tutorial
Problem 1.1: Sag calculation (radial power system)
An example of a system with on-site generation is given in Figure E1.2.1. The industrial loads are fed from a 66 kV, 1700 MVA
substation via two parallel 66/11 kV transformers. The fault level at the 11 kV bus is 720 MVA, which includes the contribution of
two local (on-site) 20 MVA generators with a transient reactance of 17%. The industrial loads are fed from the 11 kV bus. The
feeder impedance at 66 kV is 0.3 /km.
With reference to Figure 1.9 (and Eqs. 1.9) of the notes, we get the following impedance values referred to 66 kV: Z1=2.56 ,
Z3=6.42 , Z4=18.5 , and Z2=(0.3 /km) Lfault where Lfault is the distance of the fault from pcc (the 66 kV bus) in kilometers.
• Calculate the minimum sag magnitude without and with the on-site generator.
• For fault distances of Lfault=10 km and Lfault=20 km, compute the sag magnitude without and with the on-site generator.
• Plot the sag magnitude versus distance without and with the on-site generator.