About the Book:
This book is based on the
leading German reference book on high voltage engineering. It includes
innovative insulation concepts, new physical knowledge and new insulating
materials, emerging techniques for testing, measuring and diagnosis, as well as
new fields of application, such as high voltage direct current (HVDC)
transmission. It provides an excellent access to high voltage engineering – for
engineers, experts and scientists, as well as for students.
High voltage engineering is
not only a key technology for a safe, economic and sustainable electricity
supply, which has become one of the most important challenges for modern
society. Furthermore, a broad spectrum of industrial applications of high
voltage technologies is used in most of the innovative fields of engineering
and science.
The book comprehensively
covers the contents ranging from electrical field stresses and dielectric
strengths through dielectrics, materials and technologies to typical insulation
systems for AC, DC and impulse stresses.
Thereby, the book
provides a unique and successful combination of scientific foundations, modern
technologies and practical applications, and it is clearly illustrated by many
figures, examples and exercises. Therefore, it is an essential tool both for
teaching at universities and for the users of high voltage technologies. |
About the Author:
Professor
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Küchler is institute director
at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany. His
research interests include insulation systems for DC voltages, transformers and
bushings as well as condition assessment of HV equipment and industrial applications
of high voltages. Prof. Küchler graduated in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Karlsruhe, and he was working on pulsed-power technology in
cooperation with the Karlsruhe Research Center. Then he was R&D manager of
F&G Hochspannungsgeräte Porz GmbH in Cologne with responsibility for the
development of bushings, capacitors and HVDC insulation systems. At university,
Prof. Küchler established the interdisciplinary research field “DC
technologies” and he founded the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and
High Voltage Technology. |
