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.