ANNEXURE – II
SYLLABUS FOR ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR CERTIFICATE OF
COMPETENCY (SCC – MV (MINING))
Electricity Theory (Elementary Knowledge)
Principles of Electricity – Electric voltage, Current and resistance, Ohm’s
law – specific resistance, Laws of resistance and their application for calculating
voltage drop, series and parallel circuits, Practical units of voltage, current,
resistance, power and energy. Relation between electrical power unit (KW) and
Mechanical Power Units (HP).
Electro Magnetism – Concept of Electro Magnetic Force (EMF), production
of E.M.F., Flemings Right and Left Hand Rules, Magnetic, Chemical and heating
effects of electric current. Magnetic properties of material, Electromagnets and their
various applications.
Materials – Conductors, Semiconductors and insulator materials and their
relative merits. Transformer oil, Effect of heat and moisture on insulation.
Lubricants and their uses.
Different types of wires, cables, switches, circuit breakers, cutouts, etc,
Generation of Electricity – Sources of natural energy. Renewable and
Non-Renewable source methods of production of electricity both Alternating
Current and Direct Current.
A.C. Generators (Alternators) – Essential components and constructional
feature, Methods of voltage and frequency control conditions and methods for
synchronizing, simple associated switch board and its accessories.
D.C. Generators – Essential components and constructional features,
Shunt, series and compound dynamos and their characteristics, causes for
sparking. Interpoles, Commutators and their maintenance. Carbon brushes, their
adjustment and care. Methods of voltage regulation. Conditions for parallel
operation, simple associated switch board and its accessories.
Batteries – Primary cells, Dry cells, storage or secondary batteries or
accumulators and their installations. Lead acid cells, Nickel, Iron or Alkaline cells.
Initial and subsequent charging of batteries. Charging circuits and their calculations.
Series and parallel circuits. Maintenance of batteries. Use of Hydrometers.
A.C. Motors – Theory of induction (squirrel cage and slip-ring type)
synchronous and commutator motors, their uses, installation, method of starting,
speed control and reversal of direction.
D.C. Motors – Theory of series, shut and compound wound type motors,
their uses, installation, method of starting, speed control and reversal of direction.
A.C. Circuits – Knowledge of vectors. Phase and phase difference.
Resistance, inductance and capacitance in an A.C. Circuit. Periodicity or
frequency. Power and power factor. Single phase and three phase systems. Star
and delta connections. Phase sequence.
Controlling and Regulating Gear – Knowledge of various types of
switches, circuit breakers, cutouts, starters, regulators and protective devices for
both A.C. and D.C. motors and their wiring with the motors.
Transformation – Knowledge of single phase and three phase
transformers, their construction, use and maintenance. Phasing out, parallel
working, auto transformer, transformer tappings, temperature rise, instrument
transformer.
Conversions – Principle of operation of motor generator sets, rotary
convertors and mercury are rectifiers.
Transmission and Distribution –
Overhead Lines – Simple calculations and general principles of
construction of low, medium and high voltage lines. Size of conductors, length of
spans, sag, strength of poles, spacing of conductor, cross arms, effect of
temperature, wind pressure, ice and snow, tension on wire. Insulators, brackets,
stays, struts, guard wires and other protective devices. Earthing, lighting arrestors,
lighting conductors and their testing and fault location.
Underground Cables – underground cables, simple calculations and
general principles of laying cables direct in ground, introughs and pipes. Handling,
bending, jointing, plumbing. Underground and above ground junction boxes.
Distribution board and pillars. Joint box compound, melting of compound and
filling boxes with compound. Testing and fault location.
Illumination – Metal filament lamps, fluorescent lamp circuits, high voltage
luminous tube sign installations. Photometric units and simple measurements.
General requirements of efficient lighting and elementary calculations. Street
lighting. Time switches.
Generation: –
(a) DC and AC power supply for auxiliaries, arrangement of unit auxiliary and
station service boards, station lighting and automatic changeover. Station
batteries and charging methods. Standby and emergency power and lighting
systems.
(b) Testing & Measurement – Working principle and basis of instrument and
measurements. Details of measuring instruments for pressure, flow, temperature,
level, vibration, alignment and current, voltage, power, reactive power, frequency,
energy, winding temperature, auto controllers, recorder, insulation, tester, its use
for primary detection of faults, data acquisition system, digital distributed control,
UPS etc. Testing of electrical & mechanical testing equipments.
(c) Control & Protection – Sequential operation & interlocks, general machine
start/stop, sequence of operation.
SAFETY RULES – Working Knowledge of –
(a) Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to safety and electric supply)
Regulations, 2023.
(b) Fire safety procedures, fire protection of generators, transformer and fire
fighting and emulsifyer type protection, regarding Factory Act, Electricity
Act-2003.
Protection and restoration of persons suffering from electric shock
MINES INSTALLATIONS –
❖ WIRINGS – Wiring layouts of different types such as cleats, lead covered,
cab type sheathed for lighting purposes and armoured cables for power
installations, different types of trailing cables and their use.
❖ CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS – Electrical connections for –: • D.C. & A.C.
generators, switch boards, transformers etc. • Distribution boards with circuit
breakers switches, fuse units and gate-end switches. • D.C. & A.C. motors,
their starters and regulators.
❖ APPARATUS – Installation and maintenance of –: • Electrical Winders,
haulages and pump units, their control gears and starters. • Rectifiers rotary
convertors and electric locomotives. • Portable and transportable
machineries, coal cutting machines, loaders, conveyors, gate-end switches.
Drill panels with drill units and their control systems. • General principles and
elementary calculations of load, power and energy consumption in pumping,
hauling and winding installations and other working face machineries.
❖ POWER AND ENERGY MEASUREMENT AND CHARGES – Measurement
of power, Wattmeters, energy meters both D.C. & A.C. power factor
correction by capacitors. Simple calculations relating to cost of power and
energy. Elementary knowledge of methods of charging for demand and
energy.
❖ TESTING AND FAULT ATTENDANCE – Detection and location of earth or
other faults in electrical apparatus and cables. Insulation and continuity test.
Rectification of faults. Test for insulation resistance to earth. Testing of
leakage, protective devices. Earth testing.
❖ PROTECTIVE DEVICES – Elementary knowledge of earthing of metal
frames of machineries. Use of fuses. Over-load, no-volt and earth leakage
protection of circuit breakers.
SAFETY RULES – Working knowledge of –: Central Electricity Authority
(Measures relating to safety and electric supply) Regulations, 2023 for mining
installation.
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