High-Voltage Test and Measuring Techniques
Most textbooks on high-voltage (HV) engineering published in the recent years are
focussed on general aspects of this field but not on the specifics of HV test and
measuring techniques provided in this book.
This topic is mainly experimentally
based and essential for the wide range of present and future challenges, due to the
increasing use of renewable power, the wider application of cable systems as well
as the erection of long-distance ultra-high voltage (UHV) lines using not only
alternating but also direct transmission voltages.
Therefore, researchers and engineers engaged in HV test and
measuring techniques are developing new equipment, instruments and procedures. For a general
basis, international organizations as CIGRE, IEC and IEEE summarise the results
of research work and provide commonly accepted rules, guides and standards.
Many researchers, designers and technicians engaged in the field of HV engineering are not well familiar with the approaches prepared and introduced by the
above-mentioned organizations. In this situation, this book will close a gap and
contribute to a better understanding of the advanced technique recently developed
and adopted for quality assurance testing and diagnostics of HV insulation.
Moreover, the book is a help for students to get well-understandable information
on today’s tools for insulation testing and diagnostics. Another main application
will be the training, further education and individual learning of engineers.
In this context, it should be noted that great progress has been made in developing
HV test systems including the associated measuring equipment which are the main
topics of the book written by Hauschild and Lemke.
In summary: The book gives a
complete introduction and an overview of the state-of-the-art HV test and measuring
techniques in close connection to practical aspects. For me, great work has been done
by the authors, which I know since the beginning of the 1970s
when I visited the HV
Institute in Dresden for the first time.
Thereafter we became good partners and close
friends. I met the
authors periodically, mainly when participating in various working
groups of CIGRE and IEC where Wolfgang Hauschild was especially engaged in the
field of HV test technique and Eberhard Lemke in the field of HV measuring
technique.
Their outstanding work and fruitful cooperation with the HV Institute of
the Graz University of Technology has been recognized by awarding both with the
degree of a ‘‘Doctor honoris causa’’ in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
