MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Engineering Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
ECS5353
High-voltage equipment and testing techniques
Q Su
6 points + 39 hours of lectures and practical work + Irregular availability
+ Clayton
Objectives The student is expected to increase his/her knowledge and
understanding of insulation tests and condition monitoring techniques for high
voltage equipment.
Synopsis Insulation condition monitoring of plant. Insulation structure
and design criteria of power transformer, generator, motor, cable and circuit
breaker. Electrostatic fields and field stress control. Applied insulation
materials. Electrical breakdown in gas, solid and liquid. AC, DC and impulse
voltage tests. Non-destructive insulation test techniques.
Assessment Two-hour examination: 60% + Assignments: 20% + Laboratory
work: 20%
Recommended texts
- Kind D and Karner H High voltage insulation technology Friedr Vieweq
and Sohn, 1985
- Kind D High voltage experimental technique Vieweg, 1978
- Kreuger F H Partial discharge detection in high voltage equipment
Butterworths, 1990
- Kreuger F H Industrial high voltage Delft U P, 1991
- Kuffel E and Zaengl W S High voltage engineering fundamentals
Pergamon, 1984
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