DE05 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

 

1.      Units and Basic Concepts                                                                                    8 hours

 

1.1        Units.

1.2        Circuit elements and parameters.

1.3        Fundamental laws and theorems.

1.4        Kirchoff’s laws.

1.5        Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems.

1.6        Maximum power transfer theorem.

1.7        Star Delta transformation.

1.8        DC mesh and nodal analysis.

 

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2.         Circuit Transients and A.C. Fundamentals                                                   8 hours

 

2.1        RC, RL and RLC circuits.

2.2        Response to sinusoidal and pulse inputs.

2.3        Phasor representation.

2.4        Power in AC circuits.

2.5        Power factor and its improvement.

2.6        Three phase circuits.

2.7        Power measurement methods.

 

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3.         Transformers                                                                                                  8 hours

 

3.1        Construction and working principles.

3.2        Emf equation.

3.3        Phasor diagrams.

3.4        Equivalent circuits of single phase transformer.

3.5        Efficiency and voltage regulation.

3.6        Open circuit and short circuit tests.

3.7        Three phase transformers.

 

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4.         DC Motors                                                                                                     7 hours

 

4.1        Construction and working principles.

4.2        Back emf and voltage equation.

4.3        Torque production.

4.4        Series, shunt and compound motors and their basic characteristics.

4.5        Starting.

  4.6      Speed control.

 

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5.         AC Motors                                                                                                     8 hours

 

5.1        Construction.

5.2        Single phase induction motors.

5.3        Torque production.

5.4        Methods of starting.

5.5        Split Phase.

5.6        Shaded pole.

5.7        Capacitor start and run motors.

5.8        Operation and control of three phase induction and synchronous motors.

 

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6.         Selection of Motors                                                                                        6 hours

 

            6.1        Choice of appropriate motors for specific engineering applications.

 

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7.         Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution                                       8 hours

 

            7.1        Various modes of power generation, transmission and distribution.

            7.2        Basic concepts.

            7.3        Standards of generation and transmission voltages.         

            7.4        Advantage of high voltage transmission.

 

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8.         Non Conventional Sources and Energy Storage                                           7 hours

 

            8.1        Non conventional sources of electrical energy generation.

            8.2        Basic concepts.

            8.3        Solar and wind.

            8.4        Rechargeable batteries for energy storage.

 

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Textbooks

 

I.       D.P.Kothari and I.J.Nagrath, ‘Basic Electrical Engineering’, Tata Mc Graw Hill,  2nd Ed., New Delhi (2002).

 

Reference Books

 

1.              J.A.Edminister, ‘Electric Circuits’, Schaum’s Outline Series (Asian Student Edition), Mc Graw Hill Intl Book Company, Singapore, 1983.

2.              V. Del Toro, ‘Electrical Engineering Fundamentals’, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (1989).

3.              B.L.Theraja, ‘A text Book of Electrical Technology’, Publication Division of Nirja Construction & Development Company (Pvt.) Ltd., New Delhi (1999).