Generation of DC High Voltage- Lecture EEC 601-17

N K Roy
Professor & Head , High Voltage & Insulation Laboratory
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Durgapur-713209, INDIA
nirmalkumar.roy@ee.nitdgp.ac.in
EEC601- Lecture Series- 17 &18_NKR Dated: 02/3-03-22
Type of High Voltage

• High DC Voltage

• High AC Voltage

• Impulse Voltage
Generation of DC High Voltage

• Half Wave Rectifier

• Full wave Rectifier

• Voltage Doubler Circuit

• Voltage Multiplier Circuit/ Cockroft Walton Circuit

• Van De Graff Generator

Diode for DC HV Generation, 20 kV, 2A
Specification:
Name: High-voltage diodes, rectifier silicon reactor
Model: PRHVP 2A-20 (HVP 20 HVP2A-20) 2A,20KV
Size:18 x 19 x 75mm (Height * Width * Length )
Operating Temperature:- 40 degree Centigrade
Color: Black

Features:
1. Using the latest technology level of production of
the die structure.
2. Low leakage current, low power, high reliability.
3. Excellent anti-transient high current impact
Performance.
In the circuit, it plays a role of a high-voltage rectifier
circuit and it makes an isolation from source
Diode for DC HV Generation 45 kV, 100 mA
Generation of High DC Voltage by Half Wave Rectifier

Explanation of Ripple for

DC High Voltage
Generation
Generation of High DC Voltage by Full Wave Rectifier
Generation of High DC Voltage by Full Wave Bridge
Rectifier
Generation of DC High Voltage by Voltage Doubler
Circuit
Explanation of DC High Voltage by Voltage
Doubler Circuit

RL
Generation of High DC Voltage by Multiplier Circuit
/Cockroft Walton Circuit
500 kV , 100 mA High Voltage DC Power Supply for
Cockroft Walton Circuit for Particle Accelerator
Generation of High DC Voltage by Electrostatic
Generator/Van De Graff Generator

b
Generation of High DC Voltage Van De Graff
Generator

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Construction of Van De Graff Generator
Van De Graff Generator at Science City , Kolkata

Van de Graaff Generator - Science

City - Kolkata 1997

Rating of Van De Graff Generator

100kV, 100 microamps
Advantages & Disadvantages of Van De Graff
Generator

Problem

σ=2.65x10-5 C/m2 and

 Acknowledgements:
I wish to express my gratitude to my Supervisor of Master of Engineering Course
at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for his active guidance of my project and
the material used for this on line learning material from his book jointly authored
by
Prof M S Naidu & Prof Kamaraju in the title of
High Voltage Engineering 5e
Published by McGraw Hill Publication (India) Pvt Ltd
DELHI

&
Also the reference book
of
Prof C L Wadha
High Voltage Engineering
New Age International Publishers
New Delhi
&

Reference: Internet Website Resources as well

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