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SYLLABUS:

EE 2353          HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING                                                                L T P C

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AIM

To expose the students to various types of over voltage transients in power system and its effect on power system.

-           Generation of over voltages in laboratory.

-           Testing of power apparatus and system.

OBJECTIVES

i.          To  understand  the  various  types  of  over  voltages  in  power  system  and  protection methods.

ii.          Generation of over voltages in laboratories. iii.          Measurement of over voltages.

iv.        Nature of Breakdown mechanism in solid, liquid and gaseous dielectrics.

v.         Testing of power apparatus and insulation coordination.

UNIT I OVER VOLTAGES IN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS            6

Causes  of  over  voltages  and  its  effects  on  power  system  –  Lightning,  switching  surges  and temporary over voltages – protection against over voltages – Bewley’s lattice diagram.

UNIT II            ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN IN GASES, SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS         10

Gaseous breakdown in uniform and non-uniform fields – Corona discharges – Vacuum breakdown – Conduction and breakdown in pure and commercial liquids – Breakdown mechanisms in solid and composite dielectrics.

UNIT III           GENERATION OF HIGH VOLTAGES AND HIGH CURRENTS  10

Generation of High DC, AC, impulse voltages and currents. Tripping and control of impulse generators.

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UNIT IV           MEASUREMENT OF HIGH VOLTAGES AND HIGH CURRENTS          10

Measurement of High voltages and High currents – Digital techniques in high voltage measurement.

UNIT V            HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING & INSULATION COORDINATION  9

High voltage testing of electrical power apparatus – Power frequency, impulse voltage and DC

testing – International and Indian standards – Insulation Coordination.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOK:

1.  M.  S.         Naidu   and      V.         Kamaraju,       ‘High    Voltage            Engineering’,   Tata     McGraw          Hill,

3rd Edition, 2004.

REFERENCES:

1.  E.  Kuffel  and W.  S.  Zaengel,  ‘High  Voltage  Engineering  Fundamentals’,  Pergamon  Press, Oxford, London, 1986.

2.  E. Kuffel and M. Abdullah, ‘High Voltage Engineering’, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1970.

3.  L. L. Alston, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, First Indian Edition, 2006.