Includes bibliographical references and index.

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Electric Charge and Discharge -- 1.2. Electric and Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetics -- 1.3. Dielectric and Electrical Insulation -- 1.4. Electrical Breakdown -- 1.5. Corona, Streamer and Aurora -- 1.6. Capacitance and Capacitor -- CHAPTER 2. ELECTRIC FIELDS, THEIR CONTROL AND ESTIMATION -- 2.1. Electric Field Intensity, "E" -- 2.2. Breakdown and Electric Strength of Dielectrics, "Eb" -- 2.3. Classification of Electric Fields -- 2.4. Control of Electric Field Intensity (Stress Control) -- 2.5. Estimation of Electric Field Intensity -- 2.6. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3. FIELD DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR OF AIR AND OTHER GASEOUS DIELECTRICS -- 3.1. Fundamentals of Field Assisted Generation of Charge Carriers -- 3.2. Breakdown of Atmospheric Air in Uniform and Weakly Nonuniform Fields -- 3.3. Breakdown in Extremely Nonuniform Fields and Corona -- 3.4. Electric Arcs and Their Characteristics -- 3.5. Properties of Sulphurhexafluoride, SF6 Gas and Its Application in Electrical Installations -- CHAPTER 4. LIGHTNING AND BALL LIGHTNING, DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS, DELETERIOUS EFFECTS, PROTECTION -- 4.1. The Globe, A Capacitor -- 4.2. Mechanisms of Lightning Strike -- 4.3. Deleterious Effects of Lightning -- 4.4. Protection from Lightning -- 4.5. Ball Lightning -- CHAPTER 5. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF VACUUM AS HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATION -- 5.1. Pre-breakdown Electron Emission in Vacuum -- 5.2. Pre-Breakdown Conduction and Spark Breakdown in Vacuum -- 5.3. Vacuum as Insulation in Space Applications -- 5.4. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6. LIQUID DIELECTRICS, THEIR CLASSIFICATION, PROPERTIES, AND BREAKDOWN STRENGTH -- 6.1. Classification of Liquid Dielectrics -- 6.2. Dielectric Properties of Insulating Materials -- 6.3. Breakdown in Liquid Dielectrics -- 6.4. Aging in Mineral Insulating Oils -- CHAPTER 7. SOLID DIELECTRICS, THEIR SOURCES, PROPERTIES, AND BEHAVIOR IN ELECTRIC FIELDS -- 7.1. Classification of Solid Insulating Materials -- 7.2. Partial Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics -- 7.3. Breakdown and Pre-Breakdown Phenomena in Solid Dielectrics.

"The book is written for students as well as for teachers and researchers in the field of High Voltage and Insulation Engineering. It is based on the advance level courses conducted at TU Dresden, Germany and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. The book has a novel approach describing the fundamental concept of field dependent behavior of dielectrics subjected to high voltage. There is no other book in the field of high voltage engineering following this new approach in describing the behavior of dielectrics. The contents begin with the description of fundamental terminology in the subject of high voltage engineering. It is followed by the classification of electric fields and the techniques of field estimation. Performance of gaseous, liquid and solid dielectrics under different field conditions is described in the subsequent chapters. Separate chapters on vacuum as insulation and the lightning phenomenon are included"-- Provided by publisher.

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