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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER– VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:2160904 Date:02/12/2021
Subject Name:High Voltage Engineering
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

Q.1 (a) Define the front and tail times of an impulse wave. What are the tolerances 03
allowed as per the specifications?
(b) Explain treeing and tracking related to solid breakdown. 04

(c) Describe the working of a Van de Graff generator with a neat sketch. 07
Q.2 (a) Define the terms: Statistical time lag, formative time lag, total time. 03
(b) How is the condition for breakdown obtained in Townsend discharge? 04
(c) Give methods for electric field computation and explain any one. 07
OR
(c) Explain how a sphere gap can be used to measure the peak value of voltages. 07
What are the parameters and factors that influence such voltage
measurement?
Q.3 (a) What is a mixed potential divider? 03
(b) What are the commercial liquids? Explain purification test cell system related 04
to liquids.
(c) What is paschen’s law? Explain minimum voltage for breakdown under a 07
given pd condition.
OR
Q.3 (a) Why is the breakdown strength higher in electronegative gases than in other 03
gases?
(b) Explain suspended particle theory related to liquid breakdown. 04
(c) Explain generating voltmeters used for measuring high voltage. 07
Q.4 (a) List out advantages and disadvantages of a resonant transformer. 03
(b) Obtain current growth equation due to Townsend’s first and second ionization 04
coefficients.
(c) Discuss the modified Marx circuit and components used in it, for generating 07
an impulse wave.
OR
Q.4 (a) What is Thermal Breakdown in solid dielectrics? 03
(b) Explain with neat sketch, testing transformer construction. 04
(c) Explain cascade transformer unit with isolating transformer for high 07
alternating voltage generation.

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Q.5 (a) What is surge arrester? 03
(b) Explain the tests to be carried out on an insulator. 04

(c) What are the mechanisms by which lightning strokes develop and induce over 07
voltages on overhead power lines?
OR
Q.5 (a) What is insulation coordination? 03
(b) Explain Metal Oxide Arrestor. 04
(c) Explain how partial discharges in an insulation system or equipment can be 07
detected and displayed.

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