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• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface to Second Edition
• Preface to First Edition
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1: Generation and transmission of electric energy
• 1.2: Voltage stresses
• 1.3: Testing voltages
• Chapter 2: Generation of high voltages
• 2.1: Direct voltages
• 2.2: Alternating voltages
• 2.3: Impulse voltages
• 2.4: Control systems
• Chapter 3: 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
• Chapter 4: 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
• Chapter 5: 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(Eb)
• 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
• Chapter 6: Breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics
• 6.1: Breakdown in solids
• 6.2: Breakdown in liquids
• 6.2.1: Electronic breakdown
• 6.2.2: Suspended solid particle mechanism
• 6.2.3: Cavity breakdown
• 6.2.4: Electroconvection and electrohydrodynamic model of dielectric breakdown
• 6.3: Static electrification in power transformers
• Chapter 7: Non-destructive insulation test techniques
• 7.2: Dielectric loss and capacitance measurements
• 7.3: Partial-discharge measurements
• Chapter 8: 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
• Chapter 9: 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