Advanced High Voltage Engineering

Introduction to high voltage engineering; uses of high voltage in industry and research; high voltage AC,DC, and impulse generation; high voltage measurement techniques; high voltage insulation fundamental properties and practical applications; power loss in a dielectric, loss angle and dissipation factor; life-controlling parameters for insulation; electric breakdown of gases, liquids, and solids; high voltage apparatus for power systems; high voltage testing: philosophy, classification and test voltages; procedures of testing high voltage equipment; non-destructive high voltage tests; equipment short-circuit current endurance tests; overvoltage and insulation coordination; integrity of substations’ grounding grid.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course