15EE73 High Voltage Engineering syllabus for EE

Conduction and Breakdown in Gases:

Gases as Insulating Media, Collision Process, Ionization Processes, Townsend's Current Growth Equation, Current Growth in the Presence of Secondary Processes, Townsend's Criterion for Breakdown, Experimental Determination of Coefficients α and γ, Breakdown in Electronegative Gases, Time Lags for Breakdown, Streamer Theory of Breakdown in Gases, Paschen's Law, Breakdown in Non-Uniform Fields and Corona Discharges.

Conduction and Breakdown in Liquid Dielectrics:

Liquids as Insulators, Pure Liquids and Commercial Liquids, Conduction and Breakdown in Pure Liquids, Conduction and Breakdown in Commercial Liquids.

Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics:

Introduction, Intrinsic Breakdown, Electromechanical Breakdown, Thermal Breakdown.

Generation of High Voltages and Currents:

Generation of High Direct Current Voltages, Generation of High Alternating Voltages, Generation of Impulse Voltages, Generation of Impulse Currents, Tripping and Control of Impulse Generators.

Measurement of High Voltages and Currents:

Measurement of High Direct Current Voltages, Measurement of High AC and Impulse Voltages, Measurement of High Currents – Direct, Alternating and Impulse, Cathode Ray Oscillographs for Impulse Voltage and Current Measurements.

Overvoltage Phenomenon and Insulation Coordination in Electric Power Systems:

National Causes for Overvoltages - Lightning Phenomenon, Overvoltage due to Switching Surges, System Faults and Other Abnormal, Principles of Insulation Coordination on High Voltage and Extra High Voltage Power Systems.

Non-Destructive Testing of Materials and Electrical Apparatus:

Introduction, Measurement of Dielectric Constant and Loss Factor, Partial Discharge Measurements.

High Voltage Testing of Electrical Apparatus:

Testing of Insulators and Bushings, Testing of Isolators and Circuit Breakers, Testing of Cables, Testing of Transformers, Testing of Surge Arrestors, Radio Interference Measurements, Testing of HVDC Valves and Equipment.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Explain conduction and breakdown phenomenon in gases, liquid dielectrics.
• Explain breakdown phenomenon in solid dielectrics. 
• Explain generation of high voltages and currents
• Discuss measurement techniques for high voltages and currents.
• Discuss overvoltage phenomenon and insulation coordination in electric power systems.
• Discuss non-destructive testing of materials and electric apparatus andhigh-voltage testing of electric apparatus

Graduate Attributes (As per NBA)

Engineering Knowledge, Problem Analysis, Design/ Development of Solutions, Modern Tool Usage, Ethics, Individual and Team Work, Communication, Life-long Learning.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question is for 16 marks.
• There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions in one full question) from each module.
• Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.
• Students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook

1 High Voltage Engineering M.S. Naidu, V.Kamaraju McGraw Hill 5 th Edition, 2013.

Reference Books

1 High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals E. Kuffel, W.S. Zaengl, J. Kuffel Newnes 2 nd Edition, 2000

2 High Voltage Engineering Wadhwa C.L. New Age International 3 rd Edition, 2012

3 High-Voltage Test and Measuring Techniques Wolfgang Hauschild • Eberhard Lemke Springer 1 st Edition2014

4 High Voltage Engineering Farouk A.M. Rizk CRC Press 1 st Edition2014