High Voltage and Electrical Insulation

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.

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.

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
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