Short Circuit IEC 61363 Standard

ETAP Short Circuit Analysis complies with IEC 61363 standard, required for electrical installations on ships or mobile and fixed offshore units.  It includes pre-fault loading conditions using load-flow analysis to calculate short circuit currents precisely along with detailed device duty reports and OLV alerts.

Key Features

  • Transient short circuit calculations using IEC 61363
  • Include pre-fault loading conditions using load-flow analysis to perform short circuit analysis
  • User-definable voltage c factor
  • Compares protective device ratings with calculated short-circuit values
  • Enhanced short circuit analyzer compatible to device duty ratings based on IEC 61363 with alerts
  • Select worst-case device duty among multiple reports
  • Detailed IEC 61363 device duty reports & OLV alerts
    
IEC 61363 device duty reports

Interactive Plots

  • Graphical plots
    • Generates relay test set compatible plots for transient short circuits
    • Graphical plot representations for all three-phases for project frequency
    • Three phase plots for Idc, iac (RMS), ip
  • Display datablock device duty results on the one-line diagram.

Short Circuit Standards

IEC 62271-100 High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 100:High-Voltage Alternating-Current Circuit Breakers
IEC 62271-200 High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 200: AC Metal-Enclosed Switchgear and Controlgear for Rated Voltages
Above 1 kV and up to and including 52 kV
IEC 62271-203 High-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 203: Gas-Insulated Metal-Enclosed Switchgear for Rated Voltages Above 52 kV
IEC 60282-2 High-Voltage Fuses, Part 2: Expulsion Fuses
IEC 60909-0 Short Circuit Currents in Three-Phase AC Systems, Part 0: Calculation of Currents Edition 2.0 2016-01
IEC 60909-1 Short Circuit Currents in Three-Phase AC Systems, Part 1: Factors for the Calculation of Short Circuit Currents According to IEC 60909-0
IEC 60909-2 Electrical Equipment – Data for Short Circuit Current Calculations in Accordance with IEC 909
IEC 60909-4 Short Circuit Currents in Three-Phase AC Systems, Part 4: Examples for the Calculation of Short Circuit Currents
IEC 60947-1 Low Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 1: General Rules
IEC 60947-2 Low Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear, Part 2: Circuit Breakers
IEC 61363-1 Electrical Installations of Ships and Mobile and Fixed Offshore Units, Part 1: Procedures for Calculating Short Circuit Currents in Three-Phase AC
IEC 60781 Application guide for calculation of short circuit currents in low-voltage radial systems