Short-Circuit Current Calculation: A Comparison between Methods of IEC and ANSI Standards Using Dynamic Simulation as Reference

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1099-1106

  Massucco, Stefano ^b   Silvestri, Andrea ^a   Zaninelli, Dario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CODES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS;

ANSI STANDARDS; IEC 909 STANDARDS; IEEE C37.010.1979 STANDARDS;

SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

EID: 0028466859     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.297928     Document Type: Article

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