IEC 61363 Standard

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