NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA-8

END-SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2019

SESSION: 2019-2020 (Autumn)
B. Tech.7th Semester
Subject code: EE-417 Subject Name: High Voltage Engineering Dept. Code: EE
No. of pages: 01 Full Marks: 50 Duration: 3 Hours

All parts of a question should be answered at one place

Answer all questions

Q. No. Particulars Marks

1. a) Draw & Explain Marx circuit and Modified Marx circuit of multistage
impulse generator. Discuss differences between these two. [5+5=10]
b) What is CVT? Explain how CVT can be used for high voltage AC
measurement.

2. a) Explain the requirement of design, planning and layout of high voltage

laboratory. Write the brief summary about major high voltage laboratories [6+4=10]
with their capacity in India.
b) Explain the various high voltage test is performed on HV cable.

3. a) What is penning effect referred to gaseous discharge? Discuss various

factors which affect breakdown of gases? Write down the application of [5+5=10]
breakdown phenomena.
b) Why only the single method of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) is not suitable
for identifying the incipient fault in transformer? Explain what are the
method is used for DGA?

4. a) What is apparent charge in relation to partial discharges? Explain how the

detection and measurement of partial discharge is performed as per IEC [3+3+4=10]
60270.
b) A 12 stage impulse generator has 0.126μF capacitors. The wave front and
wave tail resistances connected are 800Ω and 5000Ω respectively. If the
load capacitor is 1000pF, find the front and tail times of the impulse wave
produced?
c) Discuss various factors which affect breakdown of solid dielectrics.

5. a) Determine the breakdown voltage for air gap of 2mm and 5mm length
under uniform field and standard atmospheric pressure conditions. Also [3+3+4=10]
find the voltage if atmospheric pressure is 750mm of Hg and 35℃.
b) Explain the mechanism of anode steamer formation and development
leading to breakdown.
c) An impulse current generator has a total capacitance of 8µF. The charging
voltage is 25 kV. If the generator has to give an output current of 10 kA with
8/12 µS waveform. Calculate (i) The circuit inductance (ii) The dynamic
resistance in the circuit.

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