Course
code | EE742 |
credit_hours | 3 |
title | Electrical Insulation Engineering |
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prequisites | None |
credit hours | 3 |
Description/Outcomes | Vacuum, gases, liquids and solids as electrical insulating media. Concept of electrical breakdown. Breakdown in gases, liquids and solids. Uniform and non-uniform fields. Insulation systems in bushings, transformers, cables, capacitors and circuit breakers. Partial discharges. Phenomenological theory of ageing: ageing mechanisms under electrical, thermal and combined stresses. Techniques for electrical non-destructive evaluation of materials. High voltage test techniques. |
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objectives | The student should be able to: Know the types of insulating materials and the phenomenon of electric breakdown insulation materials. Illustrate the systems for different components of electric power systems. Test the electric equipment. |
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ref. books | M. Khalifa, "High Voltage Engineering", M. Dekker, N.Y. 1990. Bradewell, "Electrical Insulation", Peter Peregrinus, London, 1983. M. Abdel-Salam, H. Anis ,A. El-Morshedy and R. Radwan, "High Voltage Engineering - Theory and Practice", Marcel Dekker Inc. , NY, 2nd Edition, 2000. |
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Course Content
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Description |
1 |
Review of Gaseous insulating materials.
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2 |
Uniform and non-uniform field effect.
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3 |
Review of Liquid insulating materials.
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4 |
Review of Solid insulating materials..
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5 |
Insulation systems in bushings.
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Insulation systems in transformers.
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7 |
Insulation systems in cables.
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8 |
Insulation systems in capacitors.
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9 |
Insulation systems in circuit-breakers.
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10 |
Aging.
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11 |
Non-destructive insulation test techniques (1).
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12 |
Non-destructive insulation test techniques (2).
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13 |
Non-destructive insulation test techniques (3).
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14 |
Testing procedures (1).
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15 |
Testing procedures (2).
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16 |
Final Exam.
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