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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalThe book presents in-depth learning of basic theories and concepts of high voltage engineering courses as offered for the undergraduate or postgraduate students of electrical engineering in Indian and foreign universities. This book is packed with a range of contents that includes electrical insulation and its breakdown under various stresses, awesome expertise to monitor the large metal spheres flashing over, and corona phenomenon on a wire placed along the axis of a cylinder, recording the corona loss and controlling the wave shapes of impulse voltages etc. Awareness involved for generating, testing and stability of high-voltage DC, AC impulses, and low and high AC frequencies as well as other fundamentals which predominantly fall under the heading of high-voltage engineering.
Dr. W. A. Augusteen, Dr. K. R. Vadivelu
Dr. W. A. Augusteen is a professor at Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering, West Godavari District, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India, in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He was awarded a Ph.D in power systems engineering from Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India. He has an experience of more than 14 years in teaching to undergraduates as well as postgraduates in the area of high voltage engineering, power systems, transmission distribution, switchgear and protection, the economics of power systems, operation and control of power systems, energy utilisation. He has also contributed to publishing many research papers in national and international journals.
Dr. K. R. Vadivelu is a professor at Siddartha Institute of Science and Technology, Puttur, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India, in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He was awarded a Ph.D in electrical and electronics engineering from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience in the area of high voltage engineering, power systems, operation and control of power systems, energy utilisation, and he has also published several technical papers in national and international journals.
