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High Voltage Techniques

 

 EEE3024 - High Voltage Techniques  3+0+0  ECTS: 5

 
Year / Semester : Spring (Fall for 30% English Program)
Course Level : Undergraduate 3rd year
Compulsory / Elective : Compulsory
Department : Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Prerequisite : Power Systems
Education system : Face to face
Course Duration : 14 weeks – 3 hours per week
Faculty Member : Prof. Dr. İsmail H. ALTAŞ
Alternative Faculty Member : None
Language of Instruction : English
Internship : None


 

Objectives of the Course

The students are subject to learn general structure of HV power systems, main components in HV transmission such as towers, lines, cables, circuit breakers, sectionizers, switches, insulators, surge arresters, arc horns, corona rings, power transformers, measurement transformers, HV transmission line parameters, insulation materials, gasses in HV, electrical field in HV, HV generation and testing, electrical breakdown in gasses,  breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics.

 

Contents of the Course

General structure of HV power systems, Main components in HV transmission, Towers, Lines and cables, Circuit breakers, sectionizers, switches, Insulators, Arc horns, corona rings, Power transformers, Measurement transformers, HV transmission Line parameters, Insulation materials, Gasses in HV, Electrical field in HV, HV generation and testing

 


Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : General structure of HV power systems
LO - 2 : Main components used in HV transmission
LO - 3 : Power transformers
LO - 4 : Measurement transformers
LO - 5 : Transmission line parameters
LO - 6 : Insulation materials and breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics
LO - 7 : Gasses in HV and breakdown in gasses.

 


Teaching Plan

Week 1 - General structure of HV power systems
Week 2 - Main components in HV transmission
Week 3 - Towers, Lines, cables, Circuit breakers, sectionizers, switches,  Insulators, Surge arresters, Arc horns, corona rings
Week 4 - Power transformers
Week 5 - Power transformers
Week 6 - Measurement transformers
Week 7 - HV transmission Line parameters
Week 8 - HV transmission Line parameters
Week 9 - Midterm exam
Week 10 - Insulation materials
Week 11 - Gasses in HV
Week 13 - Electrical field in HV
Week 14 - HV generation and testing
Week 15 - Evaluating project reports and presentations
Week 16 -
Final exam


Text Book / Course Material

 

  1. İsmail H. Altaş, unpublished lecture notes


Additional resources
 

 

E. Kuffel, W. S. Zaengl and J. Kuffel, High Voltage Engineering: Fundamentals, 2nd Edition by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
M. Abdel-Salam,  High-voltage Engineering: Theory and Practice, CRC Pres, 2000.
C. L. Wadhwa, High Voltage Engineering, New Age Publishers, 2007.
M. Özkaya, Yüksek Gerilim Tekniği Cilt I-II, İTÜ yayını. Daha sonra: Birsen yayınevince de basıldılar.
M. Özkaya, Yüksek Gerilim Tekniğinde Ölçme, İTÜ yayını. 



Evaluation Methods

 

Method Week Date Duration (Hour) Contribution (%)
Midterm 9   2 30
Presentation 14 - 15   2 10
Project 15   2 10
End of term exam 16   2 50


Student Work Load and its Distribution

Type of work Duration (hours pw) Number of weeks
Lectures (face to face teaching) 2 14
extracurricular work 2 10
Preparation for the Midterm Exam 2 7
Midterm 2 1
Homework 1 10
Project 1 10
End of term exam 1 5
Other 1 2 1