Subject Code: EE6L012 Name: EHV/UHV Power Transmission Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credits: 3
Electrical power transmission by HVAC and HVDC, overhead transmission lines, bundled conductors, mechanical vibration of conductors, surface voltage gradient on conductors, corona and associated power loss, radio-noise and audio-noise and their measurement, fields under transmission lines, overhead line insulators, insulator performance in polluted environment, EHV cable transmission – underground cables and GIL, high voltage substations – AIS and GIS, grounding of towers and substations, over voltages in power systems, temporary, lightning and switching over voltages, design of line insulation for power frequency voltage, lightning and switching over voltages, insulation co-ordination.

Texts/References Books:
  1. Begamudre, R.D., Extra High Voltage AC Transmission Engineering, Wiley Eastern Limited, 1990.
  2. Transmission line Reference Book 345 kV & above, Electrical Power Research Institute, (EPRI), USA, 1982.