BEE101 / BEE201: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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Unit -1: DC Circuits 6
Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), Concept of active and passive elements,
voltage and current sources, concept of linearity, unilateral and bilateral elements.
Kirchhoff‟s laws, Mesh and nodal methods of analysis.
Unit-2: : Steady State Analysis of Single Phase AC Circuits 6
Representation of Sinusoidal waveforms – Average and effective values, Form and
peak factors.
Analysis of single phase AC Circuits consisting R-L-C combination (Series and
Parallel) Apparent, active & reactive power, Power factor. Concept of Resonance in
series & parallel circuits, bandwidth and quality factor.
Three phase balanced circuits, voltage and current relations in star and delta
connections.
Unit-3: Transformers 6
Magnetic circuits, ideal and practical transformer, equivalent circuit, losses in
transformers, regulation and efficiency.
Unit-4: Electrical machines 8
DC machines: Principle & Construction, Types, EMF equation of generator and
torque equation of motor, applications of DC motors (simple numerical problems)
Three Phase Induction Motor: Principle & Construction, Types, Slip-torque
characteristics, Applications (Numerical problems related to slip only)
Single Phase Induction motor: Principle of operation and introduction to methods of
starting, applications.
Three Phase Synchronous Machines: Principle of operation of alternator and
synchronous motor and their applications.
Unit-5: Electrical Installations 4
Introduction of Switch Fuse Unit (SFU), MCB, ELCB, MCCB, ACB. Types of Wires,
Cables and Bus-bars. Fundamentals of earthing and lightning protection. Types of
Batteries
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Course Outcomes:
Course Outcome (CO)
CO 1 Apply the concepts of KVL/KCL and network theorems in solving DC circuits.
CO 2 Analyze the steady state behavior of single phase and three phase AC electrical circuits.
Identify the application areas of a single phase two winding transformer as well as an auto
CO 3 transformer and calculate their efficiency. Also identify the connections of a three phase
transformer.
Illustrate the working principles of induction motor, synchronous machine as well as DC
CO 4
machine and employ them in different area of applications.
Describe the components of low voltage electrical installations and perform elementary
CO 5
calculations for energy consumption.
Text Books:
1. Ritu Sahdev, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Khanna Publishing House, 2018.
2. P.V. Prasad, S.Sivanagaraju,“Electrical Engineering:Concepts and Applications” Cengage, 2018
3. D. P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
4. D. C. Kulshreshtha, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 2009.
Reference Books:
1. E. Hughes, “Electrical and Electronics Technology”, Pearson, 2010.
2. L. S. Bobrow, “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering”, Oxford University Press, 2011.
3. V. D. Toro, “Electrical Engineering Fundamentals”, Pearson India, 1989.
Spoken Tutorial (MOOCs):
1. AC DC Circuit Analysis using NgSpice, Open Source Software (http://spoken-tutorial.org)
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