34647 - High Voltage Techniques M

Learning outcomes

The Course has the goal of providing a deeper insight into the technical characteristics of  the specific devices that are used in the high voltage field. Emphasis is put on the technological and engineering modifications that occur when voltage reaches very high values

Course contents

In summary, the topics that are treated during the course are the following:

• lightning overvoltages and the relevant tools for reducing their effects;
• switching overvoltages and the relevant tools for reducing their effects;
• high voltage circuit breakers;
• high voltage testing facilities for high voltage direct current tests,  for high voltage alternate current tests and for high voltage impulse tests;
• insulation coordination;
• high voltage direct current transmission systems: overhead and cable lines, converters, sub-stations;
• fundamentals about the physiological effects, the measurement and the calculation methods of electrical and magnetic fields from high voltage apparatus.

Readings/Bibliography

For a deeper insight, the following textbooks are suggested:

1)     F.H. Kreuger, “Industrial High Voltage”, Delft University Press, 1991.

2)     Pearmain, Gallagher, “High Voltage Engineering”, IEE Publ., 1982.

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical exercises in the classroom. "In-situ" magnetic field measurements relevant to transmission and distribution power lines.

Assessment methods

Oral examination (two questions chosen by the teacher)

Teaching tools

Lecture notes provided by the teacher both in manuscript version, and in electronic version.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanni Mazzanti