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JNTUH M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) Detailed Syllabus Generation and Measurement of High Voltages

Generation and Measurement of High Voltages Detailed Syllabus for High Voltage Engineering/ Power Systems With Emphasis On H.V. Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

The detailed syllabus for Generation and Measurement of High Voltages M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.

M.Tech. I Year I Sem.

Course Objectives:

  • To provide strong knowledge on different types electrical stresses on power system and equipment.
  • To impart knowledge on generation of high AC, DC and impulse voltages and impulse currents.
  • To know about generation and measurement of high voltages and high currents.

Course Outcomes: After completion of this course, student will be able to

  • To design the suitable high voltage and high current generating and measuring circuits.
  • To understand generation and measurement of impulse and peak voltages.

UNIT-I: Electrostatic Fields and Field Stress Control: Electric fields in homogeneous Isotropic materials and in multi dielectric media – Simple configurations – field stress control. Methods of computing electrostatic fields – conductive analogues – Impedance networks, Numerical techniques – finite difference method – finite element method and charge simulation method.

UNIT-II: Generation of High Voltages and Currents: Direct Voltages: AC to DC conversion methods, electrostatic generators – Cascaded Voltage Multipliers, Alternating Voltages: Testing transformers – Resonant circuits and their applications. Impulse Voltages: Impulse voltage specifications – Impulse generation circuits – Operation, construction and design of Impulse generators, generation of switching and long duration impulses. Impulse Currents: Generation of high impulse currents and high current pulses.

UNIT-III: Measurement of High Voltages: Measurement of high DC Voltages: Series resistance meters, voltage dividers and generating voltmeters. Measurement of high AC Voltages: Series impedance meters, electrostatic voltmeters, potential transformers and CVTS – voltage dividers and their applications.

UNIT-IV: Measurement of Peak Voltage: Sphere gaps, uniform field gaps, rod gaps. Chubbs – Fortesuere methods. Passive and active rectifier circuits for voltage dividers.

UNIT-V: Measurement of Impulse Voltages & Currents: Measurement of Impulse Voltage: Voltage dividers and impulse measuring systems – generalized voltage measuring circuits – transfer characteristics of measuring circuits – L.V. Arms for voltage dividers – compensated dividers. Measurement of Impulse Currents: Resistive shunts – current transformers – Hall Generators and Faraday generators and their applications – Impulse Oscilloscopes.

TEXT BOOKS:

  • High Voltage Engineering E Kuffel and W.S. Zaengl. Pergamon press, Canada Ltd., 1984.
  • High Voltage Engineering M.S. Naidu and V. Kamaraju, Tata McGraw Hill Book Co., New Delhi, 3rd edition 2004.
  • High Voltage Technology – LL Alston, Oxford University press, 1968

REFERENCES:

  • High voltage Measuring Techniques – A Schwab, MIT press Cambridge, USA 1972.
  • High Voltage Engineering – Sabeer Ray

For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech High Voltage Engineering/ Power Systems With Emphasis On H.V. Engineering  1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.

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