Syllabus
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Course Code: EI-OE-402 Course Name: Open Elective- V - (iii) High Voltage Engineering |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | CONDUCTION AND BREAKDOWN: Recent trends in high voltage transmission Conduction & breakdown in gases, liquids and solid dielectrics, insulator breakdown, insulation characteristics of long air gaps. | |
| 2 | METHODS OF HIGN VOLTAGE GENERATION: Methods of generation of power frequency high voltage: cascaded transformers and resonance transformers Generation of high voltage DC, voltage multiplier circuits. Electrostatic Generation:Van de Graff machine and its voltage stabilization. Impulse voltage Generation: Basic impulse circuit, single stage impulse generator, multistage impulse generator (Marx circuit). | |
| 3 | PROTECTION OF SYSTEM AGAINST SURGES:Ground wires, protective angle,tower footing resistance,surge diverters, Gap type and gapless lightning arresters, Insulation coordination, basic insulation levels, Voltage-time curve, impulse ratio. | |
| 4 | LIGHTENING: Lightening phenomenon, lightning stroke mechanism, principle of lightning protection, tower foot resistance, insulator flash over and withstand voltage, lightning arresters and their characteristics, testing, generation of direct voltage, measurement of high voltage, general layout of H.V. Laboratory. | |
