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Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Welcome to the Institute of High Voltage Engineering!


The Institute of High Voltage Engineering deals with current tasks of high voltage applications. The main focus of the research and development work of the institute is the research and further development of new insulating materials, the investigation of insulating systems and equipment for high-voltage direct current transmission as well as the qualification of new measuring systems, e.g. in the field of optosensors.

Exterior view of the HVDC test centre © Dorothe Lunte​/​TU Dortmund
Interior view HVDC test centre with HV equipment © HST​/​TU Dortmund
Exterior view ET-A building © HST​/​TU Dortmund
Entrance ET-A building © HST​/​TU Dortmund