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Modern Power 
System 
Analysis
large 
,tyrt"-r.  In orcler to apply the four steps of short 
circuit computation
developed earlier 
to 
large 
systems, it is necessary to evolve a systematic 
general
algorithm so that a digital computer 
can 
be used.
Gen 2
Fig. 9.20  n-bus system under steady 
load
Consider 
an n-bus system shown 
schematically in Fig.9.20 operating 
at steady
load. 
The first step towards short ciicuit  computation 
is to obtain 
prefault
voltages at all buses and 
currents in all lines through 
a load flow study. Let us
indicate 
the 
prefault 
bus voltage vector as
_ 
Symmetr.ic-,.....,*",,;al 
Fault Anatlrsis
4V 
= 
Z"urJf
where
.7 
-'l 
'-
otn 
I
i 
I 
= 
bus 
impedance 
matrix 
of 
the 
e.2D
Znn 
) 
passive 
Thevenin 
network
rth 
bus
(e.20)
(e.22)
(e.23)
(e.24)
u// 
= 
bus 
current 
injection 
vector
Since 
the 
network 
is 
injected 
with 
current 
- 
1/ 
only 
at 
the 
rth 
bus, 
we 
have
0
0
Let 
us assume that the  rth 
bus is 
faulted 
through  a fault  impedance 
Zf . The
postfault bus voltage vector 
will  be 
given 
by
V{ur= 
VBus 
+ 
AV
:
rf  ,f
I, 
: 
-I'
:
Substituting 
Eq. (9.22) 
in 
Eq. 
(g.20), 
we 
have 
for 
rhe
AV, 
= 
- 
ZrJf
By 
step 
4, 
the 
voltage 
at 
the 
nh 
bus 
under 
fault 
is
v!= 
vor+ 
avo,- 
vor- 
Z,Jf
However, 
this 
voltage 
must 
equal
Vd 
= 
7f 
1f
We 
have 
from 
Eqs. (9.23) 
and (g.24)
zftf 
- 
vo,_ 
z,Jf
or 
f= 
V:
Zr, 
+ 
Zf
At 
the 
rth 
bus (from 
Eqs (9.20) 
and (g.22))
AV, 
= 
- 
Z,Jf
v{= 
v?- 
Z,Jf, 
i 
= 
1,2, 
...,
substituting 
for 
// 
from 
Eq. (9.25). 
we 
have
vI= 
vf 
- 
: 
zl';rv!
z*+L
/-
(e.18)
(e.1e)
where AV is 
the vector of changes 
in 
bus 
voltages caused by 
the fault.
As'step 
2, 
we drawn 
the 
passive 
Thevenin 
network of the system with
generators 
replaced by transient/subtransient 
reactances with their emfs shorted
(Fie.9.21).
Fig. 
9.21  Network of 
the 
system of 
Fig. 
9.20 
for 
computing 
changes in
bus 
voltages 
caused by the 
fault
(e.2s)
(e.26)
(e.27)
network. 
_--.rr.vv\, 
rrrv 
u(rr 
vurraegcs 
oI 
mls
Now