High Voltage Engineering

Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Kuchler is head of the High Voltage Laboratory Schweinfurt at the University of Applied Sciences Wurzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany. His research interests include insulation systems for AC/DC transmission systems, transformers and bushings, condition assessment of high voltage equipment and industrial applications of high voltage technologies. Until 1991 Prof. Kuchler was R&D manager of HSP Hochspannungsgerate Porz GmbH, Koln (Cologne). He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe.

• Introduction.- Electric Stresses.- Electric Strength.- Dielectric System Characteristics.- Insulating Materials.- Testing, Measuring and Diagnosis.- Applications.