Bee Iliyas

EE-124 BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
LTPC
3103
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To learn the basics of the D.C. circuit analysis.
2. To have an idea about single-phase and three-phase A.C. electrical circuits.
3. To gain knowledge about basic magnetic circuits and transformers.
4. To learn the construction and operation of D.C. and A.C. machines.
5. To understand the operation of LT Switchgear
UNIT – I: DC Circuits
Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), voltage and current sources, Kirchhoff current and
voltage laws, Analysis of simple circuits with DC excitation. Superposition, Thevenin andNorton
Theorems.
UNIT – II: AC Circuits
Representation of sinusoidal waveforms, peak and RMS values, phasor representation,
realpower, reactive power, apparent power, power factor. Analysis of single-phase ac
circuitsconsisting of R, L, C, RL, RC, RLC combinations (series and parallel), resonance.
Threephasebalanced
circuits, voltage and current relations in star and delta connections.
UNIT-III: DC Machines &Transformers
Construction and working of DC machine - EMF equation DC Generator- OCC characteristics of
DCgenerator, Classifications of DC motor and their applications
Transformer - Ideal and practical transformers, equivalent circuit, losses in
transformers,regulation and efficiency. Auto-transformer.
UNIT-IV: AC Machines
Generation of rotating magnetic fields, Construction and working of a three-phase
inductionmotor, Significance of torque-slip characteristic, starting and speed control of induction
motor. Single-phase induction motor. Construction and working of synchronous generators.
UNIT-V: Electrical Installations
Components of LT Switchgear: Switch Fuse Unit (SFU), MCB, ELCB, MCCB, Types ofWires
and Cables, Earthing. Types of Batteries, Important Characteristics for Batteries.Elementary
calculations for energy consumption, power factor improvement and batterybackup.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
1. To understand and analyze basic DC electric circuits.
2. To measure and analyze various electrical quantities of single phase and three AC electric
circuits.
3. To develop magnetic circuits to experiment and analyze the transformers.
4. To study the working principles of electrical machines.
5. To study the domestic applications with LT switchgear.
TEXT BOOKS
1. William H. Hayt, Jack E. Kemmerly and Steven M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit
Analysis, 6thEdition, TMH, 2002.
2. A Sudhakar and Shyam Mohan SP, Circuits and Networks: Analysis and Synthesis, 4th
Edition, TMH, 2010
3. Electric Machines by I.J. Nagrath& D.P. Kothari, Tata Mc Graw – Hill Publishers
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Fundamentals of Electric Circuits / Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku. — 5th
ed.
2. Mahmood Nahvi and Joseph Edminister, Electric Circuits, 4th Edition, Schaum's outline
series, TMH, 2004.
3. Electric Machinary-A.E. Fritzgerald, C. Kingsley &S. Umans, Mc Graw-Hill Companies,
6thediton 2003.
WEB RESOURCES
1. http://cosmolearning.org/courses/circuit-theory/
2. http://www.nptelvideos.in/2012/11/circuit-theory.html.
3. www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/iit-madras/electrical_machines
4. www.freevideolectures.com
EE 163 BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB

LTPC
0 0 3 1.5
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To provide hands on experience in setting up simple electrical circuits (DC and AC).
2. To get exposure to handle different electrical equipment’s.
3. To measure various electrical parameters with different measuring instruments.
4. To get hands on experience in operating DC and AC machines.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Study of measuring instruments – voltmeter, ammeter, multi-meter, oscilloscope. Real-life
resistors, capacitors and inductors, Fuses and MCB
2. Wiring of a simple circuit for controlling a lamp/fan point.
3. Wiring of a power circuit for controlling an electrical appliance (16A Socket).
4. Verification of Kirchoff’s Laws
5. Verification of Thevenin’s Theorem
6. Verification of Nortons Theorem
7. Verification of Superposition Theorem
8. Measurement of voltage, current and power in a single-phase circuit using voltmeter,
ammeterand wattmeter.
9. Measurement of active power for star and delta connected balanced loads (single wattmeter
method).
10. Loading of a transformer: measurement of primary and secondary voltages and currents, and
power.
11. Demonstration of cut-out sections of machines: dc machine (commutator-
brusharrangement),
induction machine (squirrel cage rotor)
12. Torque Speed Characteristic of separately excited DC motor.
13. Synchronous speed of three-phase induction motors. Direction reversal by change of
phasesequence
of connections.
14. Synchronous Machine operating as a generator: stand-alone operation with a load.
15. Synchronous Generator voltage Control through field excitation.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, the students are expected to
1. Get an exposure to common electrical components and their ratings.
2. Make electrical connections by wires of appropriate ratings.
3. Understand the usage of common electrical measuring instruments.
4. Understand the basic characteristics of transformers.
5. Understand the basic characteristics of electrical machines.

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