Contents
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Introduction
1.1 Generation and transmission of electric energy
1.2 Voltage stresses
1.3 Testing voltages
1.3.1 Testing with power frequency voltages
1.3.2 Testing with lightning impulse voltages
1.3.3 Testing with switching impulses
1.3.4 D.C. voltages
1.3.5 Testing with very low-frequency voltage
Generation of high voltages
2.1 Direct voltages
2.1.1 A.C. to D.C. conversion
2.1.2 Electrostatic generators
2.2 Alternating voltages
2.2.1 Testing transformers
2.2.2 Series resonant circuits
2.3 Impulse voltages
2.3.1 Impulse voltage generator circuits
2.3.2 Operation, design and construction of impulse generators
2.4 Control systems
Measurement of high voltages
3.1 Peak voltage measurements by spark gaps
3.2 Electrostatic voltmeters
3.3 Ammeter in series with high ohmic resistors and high ohmic resistor voltage dividers
3.4 Generating voltmeters and field sensors
3.5 The measurement of peak voltages
3.6 Voltage dividing systems and impulse voltage measurements
3.7 Fast digital transient recorders for impulse measurements
Electrostatic fields and field stress control
4.1 Electrical field distribution and breakdown strength of insulating materials
4.2 Fields in homogeneous, isotropic materials
4.3 Fields in multidielectric, isotropic materials
4.4 Numerical methods
Electrical breakdown in gases
5.1 Classical gas laws
5.2 Ionization and decay processes
5.3 Cathode processes – secondary effects
5.4 Transition from non-self-sustained discharges to breakdown
5.5 The streamer or ‘Kanal’ mechanism of spark
5.6 The sparking voltage– Paschen’s law
5.7 Penning effect
5.8 The breakdown field strength (
5.9 Breakdown in non-uniform fields
5.10 Effect of electron attachment on the breakdown criteria
5.11 Partial breakdown, corona discharges
5.12 Polarity effect – influence of space charge
5.13 Surge breakdown voltage– time lag
Breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics
6.1 Breakdown in solids
6.2 Breakdown in liquids
6.3 Static electrification in power transformers
Non-destructive insulation test techniques
7.1 Dynamic properties of dielectrics
7.2 Dielectric loss and capacitance measurements
7.3 Partial-discharge measurements
Overvoltages, testing procedures and insulation coordination
8.1 The lightning mechanism
8.2 Simulated lightning surges for testing
8.3 Switching surge test voltage characteristics
8.4 Laboratory high-voltage testing procedures and statistical treatment of results
8.5 Weighting of the measured breakdown probabilities
8.6 Insulation coordination
8.7 Modern power systems protection devices
Design and testing of external insulation
9.1 Operation in a contaminated environment
9.2 Flashover mechanism of polluted insulators under a. c. and d. c.
9.3 Measurements and tests
9.4 Mitigation of contamination flashover
9.5 Design of insulators
9.6 Testing and specifications
Index