High Voltage Engineering

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Department of Electroenergetics

Synopsis:

Subject deals with high voltage engineering from the viewpoint of its application in electrical power engineering. Students get information about the properties of different high voltage insulation systems and methods for the determination of their state. Practice lessons are based on the laboratory measurements.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. High voltage engineering in electrical power engineering

2. High voltage testing sources

3. Measurement of high voltages

4. Methods for evaluation of high voltage measurements

5. Determination of electric field

6. Electrical strength of air and gas insulation

7. Electrical strength of liquid and solid insulation

8. Electrical strength of composite insulation systems

9. Electrical discharges in insulation systems

10. Diagnosis of high voltage insulation system

11. High voltage tests

12. Transient behaviour of transformer windings

13. High voltage equipment

14. Electrostatic precipitators

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Safety rules for high voltage equipment operation

2. Determination of impulse generator parameters

3. Response evaluation of high voltage dividers for impulse measurement

4. Evaluation of high voltage impulse measurement

5. Evaluation of electric field by numerical methods

6. Experimental evaluation of electric field

7. Measurement of partial discharges

8. Breakdown voltages of different electrode arrangements in air

9. Electrical strength of liquid

10. Measurement of inception voltages of surface discharges

11. Volt-ampere characteristics of precipitators

12. High voltage tests of insulation systems

13. Response of transformer windings to an impulse voltage

14. Solving of high voltage examples

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Veverka A. High Voltage Engineering. Praha: SNTL/ALFA. 1982

2. Kuffel E., Zaengl W.S. High Voltage Engineering. New York: Pergamon Press. 1984

3. Kind D., Feser K. High-Voltage Test Techniques. Vieweg/SBA Publications. 1999

4. Barták A. et al. Diagnostika poruch izolací elektrických strojů. Praha: SNTL. 1984

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Heavy-current Engineering - Electroenergetics- structured studies (compulsory course)