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  • High Voltage Techniques
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Code - Course Title EEM466 - High Voltage Techniques
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 5.0
Course Instructor(s) DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ ABDULKADİR ZİREK
Mode of Delivery in class, presentation + question-answer
Prerequisites No prerequisites
Courses Recomended Electromagnetics, Power systems, Principles of Energy conversion, Power Electronics
Recommended Reading List M.S. Naidu and V. Kamaraju, High Voltage Engineering, second edition, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1999.E. Kuffel, W. S. Zaengl, High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 1999T. J. Gallagher and A. J. Pearmain, High Voltage Measurement, Testing and Design, NY: Wiley, 1983.
Assessment methods and criteria 25% (midterm 1) + 25% (homework) + 50% (Final exam)
Work Placement N/A
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Introduction about High Voltage Concepts, Electric Field Stresses, Insulators
Week - 2 Introduction about High Voltage Concepts. Breakdown in Solids and Liquids. Estimation and Control of Electric Stress Surge Voltages
Week - 3 Conduction and Breakdown in Gases. Gases as insulating media and Ionization. Townsend’s Current growth equation and Current growth in the presence of secondary processes. Townsend’s criterion for breakdown. Experimental determination of coefficients α and γ (homework). Breakdown in electronegative gases and Time lags for breakdown. Streamer theory for breakdown in gases Paschen’s law. Breakdown in non-uniform fields and corona discharges. Vacuum insulation
Week - 4 Conduction and Breakdown in Liquids and Solids. Liquids as insulating media. Pure liquids and commercial liquids. Conduction and breakdown in pure liquids. Conduction and breakdown in commercial liquids. Introduction to breakdown in solid dielectrics. Breakdown of solid dielectrics in practice. Breakdown in composite dielectrics. Solid dielectrics used in practice
Week - 5 Applications of Insulating Materials. Introduction Applications in Power Transformers. Applications in Rotating Machines. Applications in Circuit Breakers. Applications in Cables. Applications in Power Capacitors. Applications in Electronic Equipment
Week - 6 Generation of High Voltages and Currents. Generation of High DC Voltages. Generation of High AC Voltages. Generation of Impulse Voltages. Generation of Impulse Currents. Tripping and Control of Impulse Generators
Week - 7 Measurement of High Voltages and Currents. Measurement of High DC Voltages. Measurement of High AC Voltages. Measurement of High Impulse Voltages. Measurement of High DC, AC and Impulse Currents. Cathode Ray Oscillographs for Impulse Voltage and Current
Week - 8 Overvoltage Phenomenon and Insulation Coordination. Natural Causes for Overvoltages - Ligtning Overvoltage Due to Switching Surges, System Faults and Other Abnormal Conditions. Principles of Insulation Coordination on High Voltage and Extra High Voltage Power Systems
Week - 9 Non-Destructive Testing of Materials and Electrical Devices. Introduction Measurement of DC. Resistivity Measurement of Dielectric Constant and Loss Factor Partial Discharge Measurements
Week - 10 High Voltage testing of Electrical Devices. Testing of Insulators and Bushings. Testing of Isolators and Circuit Breakers. Testing of Cables. Testing of Transformers. Testing of Surge Diverters. Radio Interference Measurements
Week - 11 Design, Planning and Layout of High Voltage Laboratories. Introduction Test Facilities Provided in High Voltage Laboratories. Activities and Studies in High Voltage Laboratories. Classification of High Voltage Laboratories. Size and Ratings of Large Size High Voltage Laboratories. Grounding of Impulse Testing Laboratories
Week - 12 Homework Presentations of Students
Week - 13 Homework Presentations of Students
Week - 14 Homework Presentations of Students

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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  • Lecture
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  • Team/Group Work
  • Demonstration
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  • Follow ethical and moral rules
  • Civic awareness
  • Effective use of a foreign language
  • Work in teams
  • Eleştirel düşünebilme
  • Problem solving
  • To work autonomously
  • Elementary computing skills

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 25
Project 1 25
Final Exam 1 50
Toplam (%) 100
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