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What is short circuit?

When very low resistance / impedance is connected across potential difference, as per Ohm’s law, very high amount current flows for which system is not designed to carry such high amount of current. This is called short circuit. This may be either due to insulation failure or unintentional human mistake. This short circuit current is also called fault current.

The fault current, varies depending on impedance of network at the point of fault. The impedances of transformers, cables, transmission lines, Generators will decides fault current. The capacity to feed fault current at any point in network is called fault level at that point. This is specified in MVA. This may damage upstream equipments if fault sustains for longer period. This also creates voltage dips, frequency and power swings. This faulty part of network must be isolated as early as possible to reduce its effect on other healthy portion of network. A well designed protection system makes network reliable and stable.

 

For designing reliable and efficient protection system, it is essential calculate fault currents at all stages of network. 

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Question ajoutée par sandip dobariya , substation engineer , Reliance jio infocomm ltd, Reliance corporate park
Date de publication: 2015/12/17
Abdulla Kunhi
par Abdulla Kunhi , Electrical Engineer , Dar Massader

short circuit is simply a low resistance connection between the two conductors supplying electrical power to any circuit. This results in excessive current flow in the power source through the 'short,' and may even cause the power source to be destroyed.

When two different paths of current join together then it is said to be a short circuit.

Tariq shah
par Tariq shah , Internee , National Development Complex

the current haas no load or resistance in their path and the maximum current passes through the circuit 

 

YASSINE Hassen
par YASSINE Hassen , Electronics Technician , ACTIA Engineering Services

A short circuit is an connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages wich causes circuit damage 

short circuit is that which complets the circuit to flow the electric current.

short circuit  is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or a very low electrical impedance. The electrical opposite of ashort circuit is an "open circuit", which is an infinite resistance between two nodes.

DAMODAR TIWARI
par DAMODAR TIWARI , Senior Engineer , Samsung Engineering

prepare sld and then perform LL,LN,LLL Analysis on each node ,branch / bus

The short circuit is the moment that the current through a wire vary large - we can talk that’s equal infinity - so from ohm’s law (v=I*R) how we can make the current infinity ? by substitute the resistor equal zeroo ( I = V/0 ) so the current will be infinite

We can observe when the imbedance be vary small value the current will be high value then the short circuit will happen

Nithin Kamal
par Nithin Kamal , Bms Engineer (Electrical Automation) , Johnson Controls International

Generally,the electrical current is supposed to follow a path through a load or a higher impedance, but in some cases due to damage, human error or other reasons, it follows a low impedance path, causing high currents, thus heat and smoke,damage to devices in the new formed loop and also blown fuses in the immediate section of circuit.

Sabheeh Ali
par Sabheeh Ali , Electronics/Control Engineer , Marine Services Co. Ltd.

It means that the path have no resistance and hence maximum current will flow through it. 

Davirai Chapeyama
par Davirai Chapeyama , Electrician , Mimosa mining company

Short circuit is when a low impedance is put across potential difference causing follow of excessive current at point of fault which causes heat and burn at point of fault.At times if power is not cut off quickly a short circuit is detrimental to conductors or electrical apparatus. Short circuit are mainly caused by breakdown of insulation.

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