GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AMRAVATI
(An Autonomous Institute of Government of Maharashtra)
SEMESTER – I
Course Code EE1121 Course Category ES
Course Name BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme Credits
Th Tu Pr Total Theory Practical Total
CT1 CT2 TA ESE ESE Duration ICA ESE
03 -- -- 03 15 15 10 60 2 hrs. 30 min. -- -- 100 03
Course Objectives:
To make the students aware and understand:
1. Various fundamental methods and theorems to solve basic electrical engineering
problems.
2. Concepts and terminologies of single phase and three-phase AC circuits.
3. Concepts of magnetism and operation of transformer.
4. Principle of working of various AC/DC machines, their classifications and
applications.
5. Necessity of protection and electrical installations.
Course Contents:
DC Circuits
Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), Kirchhoff’s Current and Voltage Laws, Nodal
and Mesh Analysis with DC source. STAR-DELTA transformation, Superposition
Theorem, Thevenin’s Theorem, Norton’s Theorem, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.
AC Circuits
Representation of Sinusoidal Waveforms, Instantaneous, Peak and RMS values, Real
power, Reactive power and apparent power. Analysis of single phase AC circuits
consisting of R, L, C, RL, RC and RLC combinations for series and parallel circuits.
Three-phase balanced circuits, voltage and current relationship in Star and Delta
connections.
Magnetic circuits and Transformers
Basics of magnetic circuit, Series and Parallel magnetic circuits, Magnetic materials, BH
characteristics, Electromagnetic Induction (self and mutual induction), Ideal and
practical transformer, losses, regulation and efficiency by direct loading, Auto
transformer (only concept) and three-phase transformer (only concept).
Electrical Machines
Concept of rotating magnetic fields, Construction, working, starting, and speed control
of three phase induction motor, single phase induction motors and self-excited (series
and shunt) and separately excited DC motors (No numerical).
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GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AMRAVATI
(An Autonomous Institute of Government of Maharashtra)
Electrical Installations
Component of LT switchgear: Switch fuse unit (SFU), MCB, ELCB, MCCB, Types of
Wires and cables, Necessity and types of Earthing, Elementary calculations foe energy
consumption.
Text Books:
1. V. N. Mittal and B. N. Mittal, Basic Electrical Engineering, Second Edition,
TATA Mc. Graw Hill, 2007.
2. Ashfaq Hussain, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, DhanpatRai and Co.,
2010.
Reference Books:
1. L. S. Bobrow, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Press,
2011.
2. E. Hughes, Electrical and Electronics Technology, Pearson, 2011.
3. D. P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, Basic Electrical Engineering, TATA McGraw Hill,
2010.
4. B. L. Theraja, A Text Book of Electrical Technology, Vol. I &II, S. Chand & Co.,
2010.
5. D. C. Kulshreshtha, Basic Electrical Engineering, TATA McGraw Hill, 2009.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
EE1121.1 To analyze and solve dc and ac circuits
EE1121.2 To understand the concept of magnetic circuits and transformers
EE1121.3 To calculate efficiency and regulation of transformer
EE1121.4 To understand the working principle of electrical machines
EE1121.5 To understand the components of low voltage electrical installations
CO-PO-PSO Mapping:
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0 - Not correlated 1 - Weakly Correlated 2 - Moderately Correlated 3 - Strongly Correlated
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