Introduction to

High Voltage
Engineering
Course Structure

– Theory : 3 hours/week
– Practicals : 2 hours/wee
Examination Scheme:
– Continuous Internal Evaluation: 10 marks
– Teachers’ Assessment: 10 marks
– Mid Semester Examination 1: 15 marks
– Mid Semester Examination 2: 15 marks
– End Semester Examination: 50 marks
– Teachers’ Assessment (practical) : 25 marks
– Credits : 3/1
Syllabus

– UNIT 1: Introduction to High Voltage Engineering

– UNIT 2: Conduction & breakdown in gases
– UNIT 3: Breakdown in Dielectric Materials
– UNIT 4: Over voltage due to lightening phenomenon
– UNIT 5: Generation & Measurement of high voltages & currents
– UNIT 6: Non Destructive Testing
Books

– Reference Books:

– High Voltage Engineering: Fundamentals by E.Kuffel, W.S.Zaengl, J.Kuffel by Elsevier, 2nd

Edition
– High Voltage Insulation Engineering by Ravindra Arora, Wolfgang Mosch, New Age
International (P) Limited, 1995.
– High Voltage Engineering, Theory and Practice by Mazen Abdel Salam, Hussein Anis, Ahdan
El-Morshedy, Roshdy Radwan, Marcel Dekker

– Text Books:
– 1. Kamaraju V. & Naidu M. S., ‘High Voltage Engineering’, Tata-McGraw Hill
– 2. C. L. Wadhwa, “High Voltage Engineering”, New Age International Pvt. Ltd
Introduction

– Applications of High Voltage

– Laboratories for Nuclear research, in particle accelerators, for transmission of
bulk power over large distances, electrostatic precipitators, in automobile
ignition coils, Xray equipment and industrial applications like testing.
– The diverse conditions under which high voltage apparatus is used, necessitates
careful design of its insulation and electrostatic profiles.
– The commonly used insulating media are gases, liquids and solids or a
combination of either of these materials.
Introduction

– For achieving reliability and economy, a knowledge of causes of deterioration,

how it occurs, is essential.
– The tendency to increase in voltage stresses for optimum design calls for
judicious selection of insulation in relation to dielectric strength, corona
discharges, and other relevant factors.
– Hence, the subject includes study of electric stresses, insulating media,
generation and measurement of high voltages, effects and causes of natural
high voltages and non destructive high voltage testing.