Course syllabus

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  2. Course syllabus

010113136-65 วิศวกรรมไฟฟ้าแรงสูง (High Voltage Engineering)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Assoc.Prof.Chaiyan Suwancheewasiri
1. Course number and name

010113136-65 วิศวกรรมไฟฟ้าแรงสูง (High Voltage Engineering)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Assoc.Prof.Chaiyan Suwancheewasiri

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. Assoc. Prof. Srawut Kleesuwan, “High Voltage Engineering I”, ISBN : 974- 620-757-1
  2. Assoc. Prof. Srawut Kleesuwan ,“High Voltage Engineering II”, KMUTNB, 2013.

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Uses of high voltage and over voltage in power systems; generation of high voltage for testing; high voltage measurement techniques; electric field stress and insulation techniques; breakdown of gas, liquid, and solid dielectrics; high voltage testing techniques; lightning and protection; insulation coordination.
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
    010113023-65 Electromagnetic Theory
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    Required :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
    1. CLO1 Understand overvoltage in the electrical power system and determine insulation levels based on IEC standards.
    2. CLO2 Analyze principles and circuits used for high voltage generation.
    3. CLO3 Apply high voltage measurement techniques.
    4. CLO4 Calculate electric field distribution and insulation stress in high voltage systems.
    5. CLO5 Analyze breakdown mechanisms in gases.
    6. CLO6 Solve engineering problems related to breakdown in liquid, and solid insulation.
    7. CLO7 Analyze high voltage testing techniques and interpret test results.
    8. CLO8 Apply engineering analysis to lightning overvoltage, protection and insulation coordination.
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Course learning outcome (CLO)
    SO1 an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • CLO1 Understand overvoltage in the electrical power system and determine insulation levels based on IEC standards.
    • CLO2 Analyze principles and circuits used for high voltage generation.
    • CLO3 Apply high voltage measurement techniques.
    • CLO4 Calculate electric field distribution and insulation stress in high voltage systems.
    • CLO5 Analyze breakdown mechanisms in gases.
    • CLO6 Solve engineering problems related to breakdown in liquid, and solid insulation.
    • CLO7 Analyze high voltage testing techniques and interpret test results.
    • CLO8 Apply engineering analysis to lightning overvoltage, protection and insulation coordination.

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
Week Topic Details Activities
1 Definition of High Voltage, Useful of High Voltage, Power Transmission System, Overvoltage, Electrical Insulation, Voltage and Electrical Stress of Insulation, High Voltage for Testing, Standard Insulation Levels
2 HVAC Generation for testing, Testing Transformer, Cascade Connection, Series Resonance Circuit, High Frequency High Voltage Generation, Very Low Frequency High Voltage Generation
3 HVDC Generation, Half Wave Rectification Circuit, Greinacher and Cockcroft-Walton Circuit, Electrostatic Generator
4 High Voltage Impulse Generator, Marx Generator, High Current Impulse Generator, Exponential Impulse Current, Rectangular Impulse Current
5 Electrostatic Voltmeter, Standard Air Gaps for Measurement (Sphere Gap and Rod Gap), Measurement Technique by Series Impedance, Measurement Technique by Voltage Divider, Measurement of Ripple Voltage, Voltage Transformer, Generating Voltmeter, Impulse Vol
6 Theory of Voltage Divider, Measurement Errors, Impulse Current Measurement Techniques, Electric Field Fundamental and Configuration, Electric Field Calculation by Gaussian Flux Theorem
7 Electric Field Calculation by Field Utilization Factor, Electric Field in Isotropic Multi-dielectric System, Cable, Bundled Conductors, Bushing, Cable Termination, Insulator
8 Gas Discharge, Definition of Discharge and Breakdown, Ionization process, Clausius’s law of traveling distance, First Townsend ionization coefficient, Electron avalanche
9 Second Townsend ionization, Gas Breakdown Mechanism, Townsend Model, Paschen’s law
10 Streamer Model, Streamer Integral, SF6
11 Breakdown in Liquid Dielectric, Conductivity, Permittivity, Dissipation factor, Dielectric Strength, Polarization Mechanism, Liquid Breakdown Mechanism
12 Breakdown in Solid Dielectric, Electrical Breakdown, Thermal Breakdown, Erosion Breakdown
13 High Voltage Testing Techniques, Schering-Bridge, PD Measurement
14 Lightning Overvoltage, Traveling Wave, Bewley’s Method, Lightning Overvoltage Protection
15 Rolling Sphere Method, Insulation Coordination, Overvoltage Protective Devices, Discharger, Surge Arrester, Protection Margin
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
Formative 40 midterm examination 29 Jan 2026
Summative 60 final examination 16 Mar 2026
The grading table
Grading Rank
>= 74% A
66% - 73.99% B+
58% - 65.99% B
50% - 57.99% C+
42% - 49.99% C
34% - 41.99% D+
26% - 33.99% D
0% - 25.99% F

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