Basic Electrical Engineering
Course Code : TEEN 101
Course Title : Basic Electrical Engineering
Number of Credits : 4 (L:2, T:1, P:2)
Course Category : Engineering Science Courses
Course Objectives: The objective of this Course is to provide the students with
an introductory and broad treatment of the field of Electrical Engineering.
Course Outcomes:
The students will learn:
1. To explain strong basics of Electrical Engineering and practical
implementation of Electrical fundamentals.
2. To identify different applications of commonly used electrical machinery.
Course Contents:
Module I: D.C. Circuits covering, Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff’s Laws; Analysis
of series, parallel and series-parallel circuits excited by independent voltage
sources; Power and energy, Basic concepts of Network Theorems
(Superposition, Thevenin’s, Norton’s and Maximum power transfer).
Module II: Single Phase A.C. Circuits covering, Generation of sinusoidal
voltage-definition of average value, root mean square value, form factor and
peak factor of sinusoidal voltage and current and phasor representation of
alternating quantities; Analysis with phasor diagrams of R, L, C, RL, RC and
RLC circuits; Real power, reactive power, apparent power and power factor,
series, parallel and series- parallel circuits; Introduction to Three Phase A. C.
Circuits, Analysis of three phase star and delta connections.
Module III: Transformers covering, Principle of operation and construction of
single phase transformers (core and shell types). EMF equation, Ideal and
practical transformer, losses, efficiency and voltage regulation.
Module IV: DC Machines covering, working principle of DC machine as a
generator and a motor; Types and constructional features; EMF equation of
generator, relation between EMF induced and terminal voltage, DC motor
working principle; Back EMF and its significance, torque equation; Types of
D.C. motors, Necessity of a starter for DC motor.
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Module V: Three Phase Induction Motors covering; Concept of rotating
magnetic field; Principle of operation, types and constructional features;
Torque-slip Characteristics and its significance; Applications of squirrel cage
and slip ring motors.
Textbooks/References:
1. Nagrath I.J. and D.P. Kothari (2001), Basic Electrical Engineering, Tata
McGraw Hill.
2. V. D. Toro, “Electrical Engineering Fundamentals”, Prentice Hall India,
1989.
3. T. K. Nagsarkar and M. S. Sukhija, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Oxford
University Press, 2017.
4. Kulshreshtha D.C. (2009), Basic Electrical Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Rajendra Prasad(2009), Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Prentice
Hall
6. Ritu Sahdev(2024), Basic Electrical Engineering, Khanna Book Publishing
Co.
Alternative NPTEL/ SWAYAM Course:
S. NPTEL Course Name Instructor Host Institute
No.
1 Basic Electric Circuits Prof. Ankush Sharma IIT Kanpur
2 Basic Electrical Circuits Prof. Nagendra IITM
Krishnapura
3 Fundamentals Of Electrical [Link] IITKGP
Engineering
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