Note: - Attempt any four questions. Each question carry equal marks.

1. Explain the over voltage due to arcing ground.

OR
2. Explain with neat sketches the mechanism of lightning stroke.
3. What is a travelling wave? Explain the development of such wave on an
overhead line and prove that travelling wave moves with a velocity of light.
OR
4. What are the Volt-Time curves? What is their significance in power system
studies?
5. What is tower footing resistance? What are the methods to reduce this
resistance? Why is it required to have this resistance as low as economically
feasible?
OR
6. What are the requirements of a ground wire for protecting power conductors
against direct lightning stroke? Explain how they are achieved in practice.
7. Define Townsends first and second ionization coefficients. Explain the
Townsends criterion for spark.
OR
8. Explain clearly Suspended particle mechanism of liquid breakdown.
9. What is impulse voltage? Give the Marx circuit arrangement for multistage
impulse generators
OR
10. What are partial discharges? Differentiate between internal and external
discharges.
Chanakya Technical Campus, Jaipur
Electrical Engineering Deptt.
III
rd
year VI
th
SEM
2
nd
midterm 2014
Subject: -High Voltage Engineering
Time: - 2 hours Marks-20