Course

Unit 1

Introduction to Electrical Power System; Ideal Independent Current and Voltage Sources, Reference Directions and Symbols; Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance; Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, Energy and Power – Series parallel combination of R, L and C Components, DC Series-Parallel Circuits – Voltage Divider and Current Divider Rules – Superposition Theorem, Network Analysis – Mesh and Node methods – Generation of sinusoidal voltage; Instantaneous, Average and effective values of periodic functions; Phasor representation.

Unit 2

Reactance and Impedance; Response in RLC circuits to sinusoidal voltage; Real and Reactive Power, Power factor; Complex Power and Power Triangle – Introduction to Three Phase Systems; Balanced 3-Phase STAR and DELTA connections of Load, Three phase power – Measuring Instruments for AC and DC quantities; Instruments to measure Voltage, Current, Power and Energy – Electromagnetic Induction; Magnetic Circuit Elements; Self and Mutual Inductances – Classification and Applications of Electrical Machines; Torque, Output Power and Efficiency. 3-Phase Induction Motor – Principle of operation, Slip, Torque-speed relation; Single Phase and Three Phase Transformers – Principle of Operation, turns ratio and Connections.

Unit 3

1. Edward Hughes, ‘Electrical Technology’ Seventh edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2011
2. A. P. Malvino, Electronic Principles, 7^th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2007

• S K Bhattcharya, “ Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering”, Pearson, 2012
• Vincent Del Toro, ‘Electrical Engineering Fundamentals’, Second Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2003
• David A Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press 2008
• Michael Tooley B A, “Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications”, Third Edition, Elsevier Ltd, 2006