Course

HSUT - High Voltage Transmission Technology

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Long name High Voltage Transmission Technology
Approving CModule HSUT_MaET
Responsible
Prof. Dr. Christof Humpert
Professor Fakultät IME
Organisation and materials ILU course for High Voltage Transmission Technology
Level Master
Semester in the year summer semester
Duration Semester
Hours in self-study 60
ECTS 5
Professors
Prof. Dr. Christof Humpert
Professor Fakultät IME
Requirements Basics of electrical engineering and electronics
Basic understanding of electric fields in dielectrics
Language German
Separate final exam No
Literature
Küchler, Andreas: Hochspannungstechnik: Grundlagen – Technologie – Anwendung (Springer)
Heuck, Klaus; Dettmann, Klaus-Dieter; Schulz, Detlef: Elektrische Energieversorgung (Springer)

Learning goals
Knowledge
Overvoltages and insulation coordination
- Generation and categories of overvoltages
- Propagation of overvoltages
- Traveling waves
- Reflections
- Limitation of overvoltages
- Types of surge arresters
- Properties, structure and selection

Systems of high voltage transmission
- High-voltage AC transmission (HVAC)
- Optimal transmission voltage
- Structure and different types of switchgears, their properties and applications
- High-voltage DC transmission (HVDC)
- Advantages and disadvantages in comparison to HVAC
- Structure and operation of converter stations
- Cost comparison to HVAC systems
- HVDC grids

Equipment of high voltage transmission
- Circuit breakers
- Principle of operation
- Different Types and their applications
- Circuit breakers for HVDC
- Superconducting equipment (cables, current limiters)
- Principle of operation and applications
- Cooling technology
- Losses and costs
Skills
Determine the stresses of transmission systems
- Calculate operating voltages and overvoltages for a given voltage level
- Plan limitation of overvoltages
- Analyze and calculate traveling wave processes (refraction, reflection)
- Derive current carrying capacity and maximum losses

Determine business aspects
- Carry out investment cost comparison
- Perform operating cost comparison
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Lecture 2
Exercises (whole course) 1
Special literature
keine/none
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material
electronic presentation documents
electronic articles for self-study
electronic exercise task collection
Separate exam
Exam Type
oral exam, structed interview
Details
Structured oral examination:
- Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of current and future technologies with regard to the requirements of transmission systems
- Calculations of voltage stress in nominal and fault cases
- Discussion of suitable measures to reduce the stresses
- Simplified profitability calculations
Minimum standard
60 % correct answers

Learning goals
Knowledge
Deepening a specific problem in electrical engineering using a calculation example
Skills
Solve project task in the team
Compile the basics of a calculation software
Perform numerical calculations
Compare numerical results with analytical
Discuss results related to practical application
Summarize results in a report
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Project 0
Special literature
keine/none
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material
Description of the project task
Instructions for the calculation software
Separate exam
Exam Type
working on projects assignment with your team e.g. in a lab)
Details
Evaluation of the project report
Minimum standard
80% of the calculation results correct
70% of the evaluation performed correctly
70% of the discussion makes sense

Learning goals
Knowledge
Generation and measurement of AC, DC and impulse voltages
Propagation and limitation of overvoltages
Skills
Plan high voltage tests
Dimension high voltage test circuits
Determine test criteria for components of high voltage technology
Summarize results in a report
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Practical training 1
Special literature
keine/none
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material
Lab exercise manual
Separate exam
Exam Type
working on projects assignment with your team e.g. in a lab)
Details
Observation of the lab exercises perfomed largely independent
Evaluation of reports of the lab exercises
Minimum standard
80 % of the measurement results correct
70 % of the evaluation performed correctly
70 % of the discussion makes sense

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