SANDIP UNIVERSITY, SIJOUL, MADHUBANI

II SEMESTER DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Skill Based Diploma in Engineering Course
TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Subject Code Theory Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 100 03
EE201T
L T P/S ESE : 70
04 — — TA : 10
— — — CT : 20
CONTENTS: THEORY
Chapter Name of the Topic Hours Marks
Unit-01 Basics Of Transmission.
Introduction to transmission.
03 03
Necessity of transmission of electricity.
Classification & comparison of different transmission systems.
Unit-02 Transmission Line Components.
Introduction to line components.
types of conductors-Copper, Aluminum & state their trade names.
Solid, Stranded & bundled conductors.
Line supports – requirements, types, and field of applications.
Line insulators – requirements, types, and field of applications.
Failure of insulator & reasons of Failure.
Distribution of potential over a string of suspension insulators.
Concept of string efficiency, Methods of improving string efficiency.
Corona – corona formation, advantages & disadvantages, factors affecting
corona, important terms related to corona. 10 12
Spacing between Conductors.
Calculation of Span length & sag Calculation ( Numerical based on 2.7 , 2.8 &
2.11)
Unit-03 Transmission Line Parameters
R,L & C of 1-ph & 3-ph transmission line & their effects on line.
Skin effect, proximity effect & Ferranti effect. 03 04
Concept of transposition of conductors & necessity.
Unit-04 Performance Of Transmission Line.
Classification of transmission lines.
Losses, Efficiency & Regulation of line.
Performance of single phase short transmission line(Numerical based on it )
Effect of load power factor on performance.
10 13
Medium transmission lines-End condenser, Nominal T & Nominal
iZ□Network with vector diagram.
General circuit & Generalised Circuit Constants ( A, B, C, D )

Unit-05 Extra High Voltage Transmission.

Introduction & Requirement.
EHVAC Transmission, Reasons for adoption & limitations. 03 06
HVDC Transmission – Advantages, Limitations.
Unit-06 Components Of Distribution System.
Introduction.
Classification of distribution system.
A.C distribution. 10 16
Connection schemes of distribution system.
Requirements of Distribution systems.
Design consideration.
A.C. distribution calculations.
Methods of solving A.C.-1 phase & 3 Ø -phase connected (balanced)
distribution system.
( Numerical based on 1-ph & 3-ph balanced distribution system)
Unit-07 Underground Cables.
Introduction & requirements.
Classification of cables.
Cable conductors.
Cable construction. 03 04
Cable insulation, Metallic sheathing & mechanical protection.
a. Comparison with overhead lines
Cable laying

Unit-08 Substations.
Introduction.
Classification of indoor & outdoor sub-stations.
Advantages & Disadvantages.
Selection & location of site.
Main connection schemes. 12
06
Equipment’s circuit element of substations.
In coming & outgoing lines, Transformers, CT&PT, Relays, CB’s, fuses,
Isolators, batteries, lightning arresters. Insulators.
Bus bar’s material, types in detail. Connection diagram and layout of sub-
stations.

TOTAL 48 70

Text /Reference Books:

Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
A Course in electrical power Soni-Gupta- Bhatnagar Dhanpat Rai
Principals of power system
V. K. Mehta S. Chand & Company
A Course in electrical power
S. L. Uppal. S. K. Khanna

Transmission & distribution of electrical energy S. K. Khanna

J. B. Gupta
Generation & transmission of electrical energy A. T. Star Pitman
Transmission & Distribution of Electric Power Savinder Singh Foundation Publishing
 D.C. MACHINES & TRANSFORMERS
Subject Code Theory Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 100 03
EE202T
L T P/S ESE : 70
03 — — TA : 10
— — — CT : 20

CONTENTS: THEORY
Chapter Name of the Topic Hours Marks
Unit-01 DC Machine General
definition
construction & types of DC machines
armature winding types : lap & wave.
emf equation 08 12
armature reaction
commutation – concept of reactance voltage
methods of improving commutation – emf commutation Numericals on
e.m.f. equation
Unit-02 DC Motors
working, principle, back emf, torque equation
characteristics & application of series, shunt & compound motors
08 10
speed control of dc motor & numerical based on 2.1 to 2.3
starting of dc motor – 3 point starter
applications of above motors
Unit-03 Single phase transformer
introduction 10
principle of operation
emf equation, transformation ratio, KVA rating
types & construction of transformer
concept of ideal transformer
transformer on no load – vector diagram & numerical
transformer on load – phasor diagram of loaded transformer
equivalent circuit
direct method of finding performance of transformer,
20
finding the performance of 1 phase transformer by indirect method 10
using OC& SC Test.
all day efficiency– numerical based on 3.10 & 3.11
polarity of transformer & polarity test
application
1 phase auto transformer – principle , advantages & disadvantages
comparison with 2 winding transformer & potential divider
Design of Transformer: Main Dimensions, No. of turns for Primary and
secondary, Conductor cross section 10
Unit-04 Three phase Transformer
construction
connections
voltage & current ratio 08 10
vector groups
3 phase auto transformer
application of 3 phase auto transformer
Unit-05 Special purpose transformer
current transformer
potential transformer 04 08
isolation transformer
welding transformer
Total 48 70

Text /Reference Books:

Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
Electrical Technology
E. Hughes Logmans, London
Electrical Technology
H. Cotton C. B. S. Publisher New Delhi
Electrical Technology Vol. II B. L. Theraja S. Chand & C0 Delhi

Electrical Machine Design A. K. Sohawney Dhanpatrai & Sons, New Delhi

Pradeep Sinha D.C. Machines & Transformers Foundation Publishing
 NETWORK THEORY
Subject Code Theory Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 100 03
EE203T
L T P/S ESE : 70
03 — — TA : 10
— — — CT : 20

CONTENTS: THEORY
Name of the Topic Hours Marks
BASIC CIRCUIT ELEMENTS & WAVEFORMS: [07]
Unit-01
01.01 Circuit Components
01.02 Standard Input Signals
01.03 Sinusoidal Signals
Unit-02 MESH AND NODE ANALYSIS: [09]
02.01 Kirchoff’s Laws.
02.02 Source Transformation.
02.03 Mesh & Node analysis.
02.04 Magnetic coupling.
Unit-03 FOURIER SIERIES: [06]
03.01 All forms of Fourier Series including trigonometry, Exponential etc.
03.02 Fourier Transform.
Unit-04 LAPLACE TRANSFORM & THEIR APPLICATION: [07]
04.01 Introduction.
04.02 Laplace Transformation.
04.03 Application of Laplace Transform in the solution of Linear Differential
Equation.
04.04 Inverse Laplace Transform.
Unit-05 RESONANCE: [03]
05.01 Series Resonance.
05.02 Parallel Resonance
Unit-06 TWO-PORT NETWORK: [12]
06.01 Introduction.
06.02 Open Circuit Impedance Parameters.
06.03 Short Circuit Admittance.
06.04 Two Port Symmetry.
Unit-07 PASSIVE NETWORK SYNTHESIS: [10]
07.01 Introduction.
07.02 Positive real function.
07.03 Two Terminal R-L Network.
07.04 Two Terminal R-C Network.
Unit-08 INTRODUCTION OF FIRST ORDER & SECOND ORDER SYSTEMS WITH EXAMPLES: [06]
Total 60
Books Recommended:-
1. Network & system - D. Roy Choudhury
2. Network & system - G.K. Mittal
3. Network & system - Vulkenberg
4. Network & system - Dacsur & Kuo
5. Network Theory - R.N. Pathak
 ELECTRICAL ESTIMATION & COSTING
Subject Code Theory Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 100 02
EE204T
L T P/S ESE : 70
03 — — TA : 10
— — — CT : 20

CONTENTS: THEORY
Name of the Topic Hours Marks
Unit-01 Drawing and IE rules
Classification of Electrical Installation.
General requirement of Electrical Installation.
Reading and Interpretation of Electrical Engineering Drawings. 03 06
Various diagrams, plans and layout
Important definitions related to Installation
IE rules related to Electrical Installation & Testing.
Unit-02 Service Connection
Concept of service connection.
Types of service connection & their features. 04 10
Methods of Installation of service connection.
Estimates of under ground & overhead service connections.
Unit-03 Residential Building Electrification
General rules guidelines for wiring of Residential Installation and
positioning of equipments.
Principles of circuit design in lighting and power circuits.
Procedures for designing the circuits and deciding the number of circuits.
Method of drawing single line diagram.
Selection of type of wiring and rating of wires & cables.
Load calculations and selection of size of conductor. 11 24
Selection of rating of main switch, distributions board, protective switchgear
ELCB and MCB and wiring accessories.
Earthing of Residential Installation.
Sequence to be followed for preparing Estimate
Preparation of detailed estimates and costing of Residential Installation.

Unit-04 Electrification of factory unit Installation

Concept of Industrial load.
Concept of Motor wiring circuit and single line diagram.
Important guidelines about power wiring and Motor wiring.
Design consideration of Electrical Installation in small
Industry/Factory/workshop.
Motor current calculations.
11 24
Selection and rating of wire, cable size & conduct.
5.4.3 Deciding fuse rating, starter, distribution boards main switch etc.
5.4.4. Deciding the cable route, determination of length of wire, cable, conduit, earth
wire, and earthing.
Sequence to be followed to prepare estimate.
Preparations of detailed estimate and costing of small factory unit/ workshop.

Unit-05 Testing of Installation

Testing of wiring Installation for verification of current; earthing, insulation 03 06
resistance and continuity as per IS
Total 32 70
 Text /Reference Books:
Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
Electrical Design; Estimating and K.B. Raina S.K.Bhattacharya New Age International (p) Limited, New
costing Delhi
Electrical Estimating and costing Dhanpat Rai and company, New Delhi
Surjit Singh
Electrical Estimating and costing N. Alagappan S. Ekambaram Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication, New Delhi

Electrical wiring Estimating and

S.L. Uappal Khanna Publication.
costing
Electrical wiring, Estimating and
B.D.Arora R.B. Publication, New Delhi
costing
Electrical Estimation & Costing Savinder Singh Foundation Publishing
 APPLIED ELECTRONICS
Subject Code Theory Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 100 03
EE205T
L T P/S ESE : 70
03 — — TA : 10
— — — CT : 20

CONTENTS: THEORY
Chapter Name of the Topic Hours Marks
AMPLIFIERS
Power Amplifiers
Introduction, Classification – Class A, Class B,
Class AB & Class C, efficiency of each.
Single stage class A power amplifier:
Unit-01 16 24
Circuit operation, input & output waveforms , graphical Analysis
and efficiency of
1.1.2.i] Transformer couple resistive load single stage power amplifier
1.1.2. ii] Class A push pull amplifier
1.1.2.iii] Class B push pull amplifier
1.1.2.iv] Class AB push pull amplifier
1.1.3 Concept of cross over distortion
1.1.4. Advantages of push pull amplifier , collector power dissipation
requirement & specifications of power transistor, need of heat sink.
FET Amplifier
Biasing of FET: Source Self Bias, Drain to source Bias Application of FET as
VVR
Common Source Amplifier: Working & Applications
Introduction to MOSFET:Types, Construction, Working & Applications
Tuned Amplifiers
Introduction & necessity of tuned amplifier. Basic tuned circuits, series &
parallel resonance in tuned circuits.
Operating principle, circuit working, resonance frequency of single tuned,
double tuned amplifiers.
Feedback Amplifiers & oscillators
General theory of feedback: Types of feedback – negative & positive
feedback.
Types of negative feedback – voltage shunt, voltage series, current shunt &
current series.
Advantages of negative feedback on voltage gain , bandwidth , input
impedance output impedance, stability , noise , distortion in amplifiers.
Introduction to oscillator , block diagram of sine wave oscillator ,
Unit-02 10 14
requirement of oscillation –
Barkhausen criterion , operating principles of RC & LC oscillators
RC oscillators – RC phase shift , Wien bridge
LC oscillators – Colpitts , Hartley , Crystal oscillators Circuit diagram,
equation for frequency of oscillation & frequency stability.
 Wave shaping circuits
Necessity of wave shaping circuits.
Linear circuits – RC integrator & differentiator – input / output waveforms
& frequency response.
Unit-03 Non-linear circuits - Clipper , diode series & shunt ,positive & negative 06 10
biased & unbiased & combinational clipper.
Clampers – positive & negative clampers

Multivibrators
Transistor as switch. Definition & graphical representation of
Unit-04 different time periods . 06 10
Multivibrator classification , circuit working & frequency with specific
application . MMV , AMV,BMV & Schmitt trigger

Time base generator –

Unit-05 06 08
Voltage time base generator, exponential sweep generator UJT Relaxation
Oscillator, negative resistance generator. working principle & operation .
Current time base generator , bootstrap & miller sweep generator,
applications in TV & CRO
Trouble shooting & Testing
Need for trouble shooting , Important steps for testing
Visible testing – Observing circuits for visible faults like broken
component, open contacts etc.
Unit-06 Active testing – Voltage analysis, Resistance analysis, signal analysis. 04 04
Trouble shootings of multivibrators, phase shift oscillators, transistorised
sweep generator, clipping & clamping circuits.

Total 48 70

Text /Reference Books:

Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
Electronic Principles Paul Malvino Tata McGraw-Hill
Applied Electronics R.S.Sedha S.Chand & Co.
Electronics Devices & Circuits Allen ottershed
Prantice Hall India LTD.
Pulse Digital & Switching Waveforms J.Millman and H.Taub
Tata McGraw-Hill
Pulse & Digital Electronics G.K.Mittal and R.Vanvasai
Khanna Publication
Applied Electronics R.S. Sharma Foundation Publishing
 D.C MACHINES & TRANSFORMERS LAB
Subject Code Practical Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 50 01
EE206P
L T P/S ESE : 50
— — 02 Internal : 15
— — — External : 35

CONTENTS: PRACTICAL

Skills to be developed:
Intellectual Skills:
1. Analytical Skills.
2. Identification
Motor Skills:
1. Measurement Skills.
2. Connection Skills.
List of Practical’s:-
1) a) To identify the constructional parts of D. C. machine.
b) To plot the O.C.C. of a given d. c. machine and to find critical resistance.
2) To find the performance of d. c. series & shunt motor by conducting load test
3) a) To control the speed of d. c. shunt motor above and below normal speed.
b) To reverse the direction of rotation of d. c. motor.
4) a) To identify the constructional details of 1-phase and 3-phase transformer.
b) Visit to maintenance and repair workshop of a transformer and prepare a report.
5) To measure the performance of single phase transformer by direct loading and to
find transformation ratio.
6) To measure the performance of single phase transformer by conducting O.C. and S.C. test.
7) To identify terminal polarity of corresponding phases of 3-phase transformer & to
calculate transformation ratio.
8) To compare 1-phase auto transformer with two winding transformer by collecting literature
from local dealer/manufacturer & compare the data on following points.
Weight of iron, weight of copper, turns ratio, efficiency & percentage regulation.
9) To observe the phase difference between primary & secondary voltage of 3-phase transformer
for various vector groups.
 ELECTRONICS CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR LAB
Subject Code Practical Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 50 01
EE207P
L T P/S ESE : 50
— — 02 Internal : 15
— — — External : 35

CONTENTS: PRACTICAL
Name of the Topic Hrs/Week Marks
Unit-01 Construction of a Battery Eliminator Box, Stabilizer Box, Radio and TV [ ]
Cabinets.
Unit-02 Soldering Practice: Connecting circuit components. [ ]

Unit-03 Assembling Battery-Stabilizer, Radio Receiver, Intercoil Circuit. [ ]

Unit-04 Assembling Inverter. [ ]

Unit-05 - Location of faults and repair of:-

- Battery Eliminator
- Voltage stabilizer [ ]
- Inverter
- Radio Receiver
Unit-06 Location of faults in different types of Electronics Circuits. [ ]
Unit-07 Tracing fault in a C.H.O and its repair. [ ]
Unit-08 Handling of different types of multimeter: VTVM, Frequency meters, [ ]
Calculators.
Unit-09 Fault Location and repair of instruments – Multimeter VTVM, Frequency [ ]
meters, Calculators.
Unit-10 Repair of faulty study panels of your laboratory. [ ]
Total

NOTE:- Three assignments for practical under SL 1 and 2. Two assignments for practical listed under SL 3
and 4, and at least one assignment for each of the practical under SL No. 5 to 10. Altogether eleven
assignments to be done by the students in the workshop or laboratory.
 APPLIED ELECTRONICS LAB

Subject Code Practical Credits

No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 50 01
EE208P
L T P/S ESE : 50
— — 02 Internal : 15
— — — External : 35

CONTENTS: PRACTICAL
Intellectual Skills:
1 To locate faults in circuits.
2. Interpret the waveforms.
Motor Skill:
1. Ability to Sketch circuit/block diagram.
2. Ability to interpret the circuit.
List of Practical’s:
1. To Plot Frequency response of FET amplifier.
2. To Plot Frequency response & bandwidth of negative feedback amplifier.
3. To Study the Colpitt’s oscillator.
4. To Study RC Phase shift oscillator.
5. To Study RC integrator and differentiator & draw i/p & o/p waveforms.
6. To Study Clipping and clamping circuits.
7. To Study function of Astable Multivibrator.
8. To Study Monostable Multivibrator.
9. To Study Bistable Multivibrator.
10. To Study UJT relaxation oscillator.
 ELECTRICAL ESTIMATION & COSTING -TW
Subject Code Term Work Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 25 01
EE209P
L T P/S Internal : 07
— — 02 External : 18
CONTENTS: TERM WORK
2. IS/International Codes : IS- 5909, 7733, 2174, 732,4648
List of Assignments / Term Work :-
S.No Term Work Problems Assignments : Note: Use half imperial drawing
on estimation and sheets
1 1. Electrical Installation scheme for 1. Design electrical Installation scheme for a flat scheme/
single flat, independent bungalow Independent bungalow/House. Draw detail wiring diagrams
and small house. Draw wiring also prepare material schedule and detailed estimate and
diagram and prepare detailed costing. Prepare report and Drawing sheets. (Minimum 2
estimate and its costing Drawing sheets).
2. Electrical Installation scheme for 2. Design electrical Installation scheme for any one
commercial buildings. Draw wiring commercial complex having minimum 20KW load
diagram and prepare detailed requirements. Draw detailed wiring diagram; prepare
estimate and its costing. material schedule and detailed estimate and costing,
3. Electrical Installation scheme for prepare report and Drawing sheet (one Drawing sheet).
small factory unit. Draw single line 3. Design Electrical Installation scheme for agriculture
layout and prepare detailed pump/floor mill. Draw wiring diagram, prepare material
estimate and its costing schedule and detailed estimate and costing. Prepare report
1) Small factory unit 2) Workshop and Drawing sheet. (One Drawing sheet).
3) Agriculture pump and floor mills 4. Design electrical Installation scheme for any two-
etc. factory/small unit/workshop having aggregate load of 30
KW. Draw wiring diagrams prepare material schedule &
detail estimate and costing. Prepare report and Drawing
sheet. (Two Drawing sheet).
 ELECTRICAL DRAWING - TW
Subject Code Term Work Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 25 02
EE210P
L T P/S Internal : 07
— — 03 External : 18

Contents :Term Work Hrs/week

Chapter Name of the Topic Hours
Study of symbols for representation of machines, Electrical Accessories Equipment 2*
01
switching and protection units as per IS 2032, 8270, 3722
Study of various methods of representing circuits/systems through layouts, Block
02 Diagrams, wiring diagrams. 1*
Study any Engineering Graphic package (preferably CAD)for preparing layout, Block
03
Diagrams, wiring Diagrams of substations, Machine shop, Illumination systems etc. 1*
How to read and interpret, various types of electrical drawings based on the 4*
04 knowledge & Information given while studying the above 3 chapters.
* Eight Clock Hours of practical / drawing will be used for teaching theory
Drawing Sheets: (HALF IMPERIAL)
1. (A) Draw a sheet for symbolic representation of various electrical equipment's/machines
(B) Read the given circuits identify the components & trace the path of flow of current.
2. Draw a sheet of wires & wiring accessories
3. Prepare a drawing sheet showing details of domestic appliances such as Electric iron, electric Geyser,
Electric Bell, Hot plate.
4. Draw a sheet of electrical symbols for various electrical devices using CAD.
5. Draw circuit diagrams for Staircase & Godown wiring using CAD.
6. Draw (a) circuit diagram (b)vector diagram for conducting direct loading test on transformer using
CAD
7. Draw control and power circuit diagrams for DOL and Star/Delta Starter
Mini Project:
1. Visit electrical Machine lab/workshop & trace the electrical installation. Draw Layout diagram & single
line diagram.

Text /Reference Books:

Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
Electrical Engineering Drawing Dr. S. K. Bhattacharya New Age International Publishers

Working with Auto CAD Mr. Ajit Singh Tata McGraw Hill
Electrical Drawing Sandeep Verma Foundation Publishing

List of Assignments :-
1 (A) Draw a sheet for symbolic representation of various electrical equipment's/machines
(B) Read the given circuits identify the components & trace the path of flow of current.
2 Draw a sheet of wires & wiring accessories
3 Prepare a drawing sheet showing details of domestic appliances such as Electric iron, electric
Geyser, Electric Bell, Hot plate
4 Draw a sheet of electrical symbols for various electrical devices using CAD.
5 Draw circuit diagrams for Staircase & Godown wiring using CAD.
6 Draw (a) circuit diagram (b)vector diagram for conducting direct loading test on transformer
using CAD.
 LED LIGHT PREPARATION
Subject Code Term Work Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 25 02
EE211P
L T P/S Internal : 07
— — 03 External : 18

Contents :Term Work Hrs/week

Chapter Name of the Topic Hours
LED:- Introduction, Indicator lights, Illumination, Low power requirement, 4
01
Types of LEDs, High power LED, Surface mount LEDs, Bi-colour and
multicolor LEDs, Multicolor LEDs, Flashing LEDs, Alphanumeric LED displays.
LED Raw-materials, Requirement tools need for LED Manufacturing. Applications
02 of LED’s, LED Applications. Thermal Decimation Methods:-Aluminum Metal PCB, 4
Aluminum Metal Casing, Thermal paste, Thermal heat sink tape,Tefflon wire
Tefflon sleeve etc.
03
LED DRIVE:- Introduction, working principle, components used in driver, LED
driver Black diagram explanation, Different types of LED Drivers. 4
Types of LED Fittings:- LED Bulb Holder, Lock type B22 Bayonet Cap Indian
04 Lock Type, E27 (Thread type) E27 Indian Screw Type, Adopter B22 to E27
Indian type to Screw type Energy, Adopter B27 to E22 Indian type to Screw 4
type Energy, Adopter E14 to B22 Indian type to Screw type Energy.
05 Design of the Metal PCB:- 3W LED Aluminum MCPCBs (Metal Core PCB), 5W 4
LED Metal PCB, 9W Small LED Metal PCB, 9W Medium LED Metal PCB, 7W
aluminum small/medium/large metal PCB, 12W LED Metal PCB etc.

List of Assignments :-
1) 3W LED AC Lamp Manufacturing.
2) 5W LED AC Lamp Manufacturing.
3) 3W Ceiling down Light Manufacturing.
4) 3W Ceiling down Cup Light Manufacturing.
5) 10 to 15W Ceiling down Focus Light Manufacturing.
6) 3W Spot Light Manufacturing.
7)15 to 20W Focus Light/Flood Light/High Bay Light Manufacturing.
8) 12W Street Light Manufacturing.
9) 18W Street Light Manufacturing.
10) 12 W Solar Street Light DC Manufacturing.
11) 10W Two feet Tube Light Diffused Manufacturing.
 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES
Subject Code Term Work Credits
No. of Periods Per Week Full Marks : 25 02
EE212P
L T P/S Internal : 07
— — 03 External : 18

Contents :Term Work Hrs/week

Chapter Name of the Topic Hours
Introduction: Limitations of conventional energy sources, need and growth of 4
01
alternate energy sources, basic schemes and applications of direct energy
conversion. MHD Generators: Basic principles and Hall Effect, different types of
MHD generators, applications and economic aspects
Solar Energy: Photovoltaic effect, characteristics of photovoltaic cells,
02 conversion efficiency, solar batteries and applications. Solar energy in India, 4
solar collectors, solar furnaces & applications. Wind Energy: History of wind
power, wind generators, theory of wind power, characteristics of suitable
wind power sites, scope in India, advantages and limitations.
Thermo-electric Generators: Seeback effect, peltier effect, Thomson effect,
03
thermoelectric convertors, brief description of the construction of thermoelectric 4
generators, applications and economic aspects.
Fuel Cells: Principle of action, gibbs free energy, general description of fuel 4
04 cells, types, construction, operational characteristics and applications.
Miscellaneous Sources: Geothermal system, characteristics of geothermal 4
05 resources, choice of generators, electric equipment and precautions. Low head
hydro plants, definition of lowhead hydro power, choice of site and turbines.
Tidal energy, idea of tidal energy, tidal electric generator, limitations.

Text /Reference Books:

Titles of the Book Name of Authors Name of the Publisher
Non-conventional energy sources G.D. Rai Khanna Publishers

Non Conventional EnergyResources B.H.Khan Tata McGraw Hill