High Voltage and Electrical Insulation Engineering

by Arora, Ravindra; Mosch, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780470609613
• ISBN10: 0470609613
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-30
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press

Summary

The book is written for students as well as for teachers and researchers in the field of High Voltage and Insulation Engineering. It is based on the advance level courses conducted at TU Dresden, Germany and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. The book has a novel approach describing the fundamental concept of field dependent behavior of dielectrics subjected to high voltage. There is no other book in the field of high voltage engineering following this new approach in describing the behavior of dielectrics.The contents begin with the description of fundamental terminology in the subject of high voltage engineering. It is followed by the classification of electric fields and the techniques of field estimation. Performance of gaseous, liquid and solid dielectrics under different field conditions is described in the subsequent chapters. Separate chapters on vacuum as insulation and the lightning phenomenon are included.

Author Biography

Dr. Ravindra Arora retired from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in May 2008, where he worked for thirty-four years. At IITK, he established a unique high voltage laboratory, where he conducted research activity for more than forty master's theses, two PhDs, and a large number of undergraduate projects, besides having completed several industry-sponsored projects. He has been a Senior Member of IEEE since 1988 and is a Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India).

Dr. Wolfgang Mosch retired as head and chair professor of the Institute of High Voltage Technology in the Electrical Engineering (Power) Division of Technical University Dresden, Germany, in 1993. He has been actively involved with teaching, research, and industry in high voltage and insulation engineering since 1960.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Electric Charge and Discharge

Electric & Management Fields and Electromagnetics

Dielectric and Electrical Insulation

Electrical Breakdown

Corona, Streamer and Aurora

Capacitance and Capacitor

Electric Fields, their Control and Estimation

Electric Field Intensity, âÇ EâÇÖ

Breakdown and Electric Strength of Dielectrics, âÇ EbâÇÖ

Classification of Electric Fields

Control of Electric Field Intensity (Stress Control)

Estimation of Electric Field Intensity

Field dependent Behaviour of Air and other Gaseous Dielectrics

Fundamentals of Field Assisted Generation of Charge Carriers

Breakdown in uniform and weakly nonuniform fields

Breakdown in Extremely Nonuniform Fields and Corona

Electric Arcs and Their Characteristics

Properties of Sulphurhexafluoride, SF6 Gas and Its Application in Electrical Installations

Lightning and Ball Lightning, Development Mechanisms, Deleterious Effects and Protection

The Globe, a Capacitor

Mechanisms of lightning strike

Electrical Properties of Vacuum as High Voltage Insulation

Prebreakdown Electron Emission in Vacuum

Prebreakdown Conduction and Spark Breakdown in Vacuum

Vacuum as Insulation in Space Applications

Conclusion

Liquid Dielectrics, their Classification, Properties and Breakdown Strength

Classification of Liquid Dielectrics

Dielectric Properties of Insulating Materials

Breakdown in Liquid Dielectrics

Ageing in Mineral Insulating Oils

Solid Dielectrics, their Sources, Properties and Behaviour in Electric Fields

Classification of Solid Insulting Materials

Partial Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics

Breakdown and Prebreakdown Phenomena in Solid

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.