Current status of high voltage engineering in Indonesia
a School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Abstract
This paper reports current status of research activities in the field of high voltage engineering and its application in Indonesia. In general, the activities were driven by the application of high voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) transmission systems in the country. The operation and maintenance of HV and EHV equipments are greatly affected by the tropical climate of the country. This attracts researchers to investigate the effects of tropical climate on HV and EHV equipments. Other researches concentrated on the investigation of physics of tropical lightning and lightning protection. In this paper, applications and problems of high voltage engineering, research activities in universities, as well as in research institutes and utilities are briefly introduced. © 2007 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.
Author keywords
Current status,Extra high voltage,High voltage,High-voltage engineering,Indonesia,Operation and maintenance,Research activities,Research institutes,Transmission systems,Tropical climates,Tropical environments
Indexed keywords
Indonesia,Insulator,Lightning,Tropical environment