University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science

The Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

We are an active centre for research into dielectric materials and insulation systems, as well as high voltage and related phenomena. We are also a commercial testing house and consultancy service. We have state-of-the-art facilities, supported by a specialist engineering team who are all actively involved in internationally leading research.

Research

HV Research The research activities of the laboratory span a number of topics. More details can be found in the research section of this website.
  

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Internal Wiki

Lab WikiOn-line resources for members of the laboratory.
  

Highvoltage News

Researchers at the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory have made an important contribution to a long overdue international standard for High Voltage measurement techniques (IEC 60060-1).

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From left (N. Hussin, Dr G. Chen, W. Choo, R. Mohamed)
Delegates from the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory present and discuss their work at the International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM), giving 2 oral and 6 poster presentations.

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PhD Student intake numbers 2006-2009
This academic year has brought a massive growth in the number of PhD students within the EPE group across a range of different research areas.

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Southampton Attendees at ISH 2009
The Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory presented seven papers at the International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2009) which took place in Cape Town during August.

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Featured EPE ProjectThe effect of electric fields on liquid nitrogen bubble behaviour and boiling heat transfer enhancement

This project has been established by the Electrical Power Engineering Group at the University of Southampton to address some fundamental issues associated with the application of superconducting... [more]

Most Recently Added Publications

Chen, G. (2009) Surface Potential Decay of Gamma-Irradiated Low-Density Polyethylene. In: 2009 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 18-21 October 2009, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

Tran, T. N., Golosnoy, I., Lewin, P. L. and Georghio, G. E. (2009) Two Dimensional Studies of Trichel Pulses in Air Using the Finite Element Method. In: 2009 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 18-21 October 2009, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. CD-ROM.