• Contents (4)
• Preface to Second Edition (10)
• Preface to First Edition (13)
• Introduction (14)
  • 1.1 Generation and transmission of electric energy (14)
  • 1.2 Voltage stresses (16)
  • 1.3 Testing voltages (18)
    • 1.3.1 Testing with power frequency voltages (18)
    • 1.3.2 Testing with lightning impulse voltages (18)
    • 1.3.3 Testing with switching impulses (19)
    • 1.3.4 D.C. voltages (19)
    • 1.3.5 Testing with very low-frequency voltage (20)
• Generation of high voltages (21)
  • 2.1 Direct voltages (22)
    • 2.1.1 A.C. to D.C. conversion (23)
    • 2.1.2 Electrostatic generators (37)
  • 2.2 Alternating voltages (42)
    • 2.2.1 Testing transformers (45)
    • 2.2.2 Series resonant circuits (53)
  • 2.3 Impulse voltages (61)
    • 2.3.1 Impulse voltage generator circuits (65)
    • 2.3.2 Operation, design and construction of impulse generators (79)
  • 2.4 Control systems (87)
• Measurement of high voltages (90)
  • 3.1 Peak voltage measurements by spark gaps (91)
  • 3.2 Electrostatic voltmeters (107)
  • 3.3 Ammeter in series with high ohmic resistors and high ohmic resistor voltage dividers (109)
  • 3.4 Generating voltmeters and field sensors (121)
  • 3.5 The measurement of peak voltages (123)
  • 3.6 Voltage dividing systems and impulse voltage measurements (142)
  • 3.7 Fast digital transient recorders for impulse measurements (188)
• Electrostatic fields and field stress control (214)
  • 4.1 Electrical field distribution and breakdown strength of insulating materials (214)
  • 4.2 Fields in homogeneous, isotropic materials (218)
  • 4.3 Fields in multidielectric, isotropic materials (238)
  • 4.4 Numerical methods (254)
• Electrical breakdown in gases (294)
  • 5.1 Classical gas laws (294)
  • 5.2 Ionization and decay processes (307)
  • 5.3 Cathode processes – secondary effects
  • 5.4 Transition from non-self-sustained discharges to breakdown (337)
  • 5.5 The streamer or ‘Kanal’ mechanism of spark
  • 5.6 The sparking voltage– Paschen’s law
  • 5.7 Penning effect (352)
  • 5.8 The breakdown field strength ( (353)
  • 5.9 Breakdown in non-uniform fields (355)
  • 5.10 Effect of electron attachment on the breakdown criteria (358)
  • 5.11 Partial breakdown, corona discharges (361)
  • 5.12 Polarity effect – influence of space charge
  • 5.13 Surge breakdown voltage– time lag
• Breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics (380)
  • 6.1 Breakdown in solids (380)
  • 6.2 Breakdown in liquids (398)
  • 6.3 Static electrification in power transformers (406)
• Non-destructive insulation test techniques (408)
  • 7.1 Dynamic properties of dielectrics (408)
  • 7.2 Dielectric loss and capacitance measurements (424)
  • 7.3 Partial-discharge measurements (434)
• Overvoltages, testing procedures and insulation coordination (473)
  • 8.1 The lightning mechanism (473)
  • 8.2 Simulated lightning surges for testing (479)
  • 8.3 Switching surge test voltage characteristics (481)
  • 8.4 Laboratory high-voltage testing procedures and statistical treatment of results (485)
  • 8.5 Weighting of the measured breakdown probabilities (502)
  • 8.6 Insulation coordination (505)
  • 8.7 Modern power systems protection devices (513)
• Design and testing of external insulation (522)
  • 9.1 Operation in a contaminated environment (522)
  • 9.2 Flashover mechanism of polluted insulators under a. c. and d. c. (523)
  • 9.3 Measurements and tests (525)
  • 9.4 Mitigation of contamination flashover (533)
  • 9.5 Design of insulators (535)
  • 9.6 Testing and specifications (543)
• Index (546)