EEE475 HIGH VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES I 
    
       | Course Code: | 
       3560475 | 
    
    
       | METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 
       4(3-2) | 
    
    
       | ECTS Credit: | 
       7.0 | 
    
    
       | Department: | 
       Electrical And Electronics Engineering | 
    
    
       | Language of Instruction: | 
       English | 
    
    
       | Level of Study: | 
       Undergraduate | 
    
    
       | Course Coordinator: | 
       Prof.Dr. MURAT FAHRÝOÐLU | 
    
    
       | Offered Semester: | 
       Fall and Spring Semesters. | 
    
	
	| Prerequisite: | 
		Set 1: 3560224
	 | 
	| The course set above should be completed before taking
	  EEE475 HIGH VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES I . | 
Course Content
Field analysis: experimental and numerical (finite difference. finite element and charge simulation) methods and applications. Electrical breakdown in gases: ionization processes. Townsend s breakdown criterion. Paschens Law. bread-down in electronegative gases. time lags. Streamer-Kanal mechanism. breakdown in non-uniform field and corona. Electrical break-down of liquids: breakdown mechanism of pure and commercial liquids. Electrical breakdown of solids: Intrinsic. electromechanical. thermal and erosion mechanism. Insulating materials: dielectric gases; insulating oils and solid dielectrics.