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High-Voltage Technology

Degree programme Mechatronics
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor full-time
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory optional
Course unit code 074703053204
Teaching units 30
Year of study 2025
Name of lecturer(s) Alfred ENGLER
Requirements and Prerequisites

Basics of electrical engineering, especially AC technology

Course content
  • Basics and definitions from standards:
    • Low voltage/high voltage
    • Generation/measurement of high voltage (HVAC, HVDC, switching and lightning impulse voltage, ...)
  • Insulating materials: gas (green gas, SF6, ...), solid insulating materials (epoxy resin, ...) and liquid insulating materials (mineral oils, ...)
  • Field control
  • Electrical strength
    • Discharge mechanisms
    • Breakdown mechanisms
  • Travelling waves, sub/harmonic
  • Different measurement technologies related to insulation aging (partial discharge measurement, tan-δ measurement. Insulation resistance measurement, VLF measurement, ...).
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • explain basic problems that arise due to the use of high voltage, explain as well as name remedies.
  • explain the concepts of high voltage generation and measurement.
  • describe electrical strength in various insulating media.
  • describe the aging of insulating materials (cause and effect) and determine it with the aid of appropriate measuring equipment.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, case studies, excursion and laboratory respectively

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and/or oral examination, final examination character

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading

  • Küchler, Andreas (2017): Hochspannungstechnik. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-54700-7.

  • Kuffel, E.; Zaengl, W. S.; Kuffel, J. (2000): High voltage engineering: fundamentals. 2nd ed. Oxford Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.

  • Hauschild, Wolfgang; Lemke, Eberhard (2019): High-Voltage Test and Measuring Techniques. Cham: Springer International Publishing. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97460-6.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face instruction