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RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

(AUTONOMOUS)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(AUTONOMOUS)

Department of Electrical &

Electronics Engineering

[Link]., (Power Electronics)

Course Structure & Syllabus
Regulation-2019

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
COURSE STRUCTURE
[Link]. - Power Electronics (R-19)
[Link]., I-Semester
Hours/Week Marks

External
Tutorial

Internal
Credits
Theory
Subject

Total
[Link] Name of the Subject

Lab
Code

Theory
1. Analysis of Power Electronic Converters 2 1 3 40 60 100
2. Power Electronic Control of DC Drives 2 1 3 40 60 100
Program Specific Elective-I
Modeling & Analysis of Electrical Machines
3. PWM Converters & Applications 2 1 3 40 60 100
Micro Grid Technologies
Program Specific Elective-II
Modern Control Theory
4. Digital Control Systems 2 1 3 40 60 100
Optimal & Adaptive Control
5. Research Methodology & IPR 2 1 3 40 60 100
6. Audit Course-I 2 1 0
7. Power Converters Lab 3 1.5 40 60 100
8. DC Drives Lab 3 1.5 40 60 100
9. CCE 4 2 40 60 100
Total 12 6 10 20 320 480 800

[Link]., II-Semester
Hours/Week Marks

External
Tutorial

Internal
Credits
Theory

Subject

Total
[Link] Name of the Subject
Lab

Code

Theory
1. Modern Power Electronics 2 1 3 40 60 100
2. Power Electronic Control of AC Drives 2 1 3 40 60 100
Program Specific Elective-III
Advanced Power Semi-conductor Devices &
Protection
3. 2 1 3 40 60 100
Smart Grid Technologies
FACTS Controllers & Applications
Program Specific Elective-IV / MOOCs
Special Machines & Control
4. Switched Mode and Resonant Converters 2 1 3 40 60 100
Solar & PV Systems
5. Audit Course-II 2 1
6. Mini Project 3 1.5 40 60 100
7. AC Drives Lab 3 1.5 40 60 100
Power Electronics Applications in Power
8. 3 1.5 40 60 100
System Lab
9. CCE 4 2 40 60 100
Total 12 6 10 20 320 480 800

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

[Link]., I-Semester
Hours/Week Marks

External
Tutorial

Internal
Credits
Theory
Subject

Total
[Link] Name of the Subject

Lab
Code

Program Specific Elective-V

Renewable Energy Sources
1. Energy Auditing & Management 2 1 3 40 60 100
Industrial Electronics
Open Elective
Soft Computing Techniques
2. Design of Intelligent Controllers 2 1 3 40 60 100
Micro Controllers & Applications
3. Main Project Phase-I 18 9
4. CCE 4 2 40 60 100
Total 4 2 22 17 120 180 300

[Link]., II-Semester
Hours/Week Marks

External
Tutorial

Internal
Credits
Theory

Subject

Total
[Link] Name of the Subject
Lab
Code

1. Main Project (Phase-II) 26 13

2. Technical Seminar 1.5 50 50
Total 0 0 26 14.5 50 50

Audit course I & II

1. English for Research Paper Writing 2. Disaster Management
3. Sanskrit for Technical Knowledge 4. Value Education
5. Constitution of India 6. Pedagogy Studies
7. Stress Management by Yoga
8. Personality Development through Life Enlightenment Skills.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
ANALYSIS OF POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS

UNIT I AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS

Single Phase AC Voltage Controllers with resistive, resistive-inductive and resistive-inductive-induced
E.M.F loads - AC voltage controller’s with PWM control - Effects of source and load inductances –
Synchronous tap changers – Three Phase AC Voltage controllers - Analysis of Controllers with star and
delta connected resistive load – Application - Numerical problems
UNIT II SINGLE PHASE CONVERTERS
Single phase half controlled and Fully controlled Converters – Evaluation of input power factor and
harmonic factor - Continuous and Discontinuous load current - Single phase dual converters - Power
factor improvements - Extinction angle control - Symmetrical angle control- single phase sinusoidal PWM
– Application - Numerical problems
UNIT III THREE PHASE CONVERTERS
Three Phase Converters - Half controlled and fully controlled Converters – Evaluation of input power factor
and harmonic factor - Continuous and Discontinuous load current - three phase dual converters - Power
factor improvements - Three phase PWM - twelve pulse converters –Application - Numerical problems
UNIT IV D.C TO D.C CONVERTERS
Analysis of step-down and step up DC to DC converters with resistive and resistive – Inductive loads -
Switched mode regulators - Analysis of Buck regulators - Boost Regulators - Buck-Boost Regulators - Cuk
Regulators - Condition for continuous inductor current and capacitor voltage - Comparison of regulators -
Multi output boost regulators –Advantages – Applications- Numerical problems
UNIT V PULSE WIDTH MODULATED INVERTERS (SINGLE PHASE INVERTER)
Principle of operation - Performance parameters - Single Phase bridge Inverters - Evaluation of output
voltage and current with resistive and inductive loads - Voltage control of single phase inverters – Single
PWM - Multiple PWM - Sinusoidal PWM - Modified PWM - Phase displacement control - Advanced
Modulation techniques for improved performance, Trapezoidal, staircase, stepped, harmonic injection and
delta modulation – Advantages–Application - Numerical problems
UNIT VI PULSE WIDTH MODULATED INVERTERS (THREE PHASE INVERTER)
Three Phase inverters - Analysis of 180 degree condition of output voltage and current with resistive,
inductive loads - Analysis of 120 degree conduction - Voltage control of three phase inverters - Sinusoidal
PWM - Third harmonic PWM - 60 degree PWM – Space vector modulation - Comparison of PWM
techniques - Harmonic reduction – Current source inverters- Variable DC link inverter – Boost inverters -
Buck and Boost inverter – Inverter circuit design – Advantage – Applications - numerical problems

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics – 4th Edition -[Link]–Pearson Education -Indian reprint 2014.
2. Power Electronics -5th Edition -P.S. Bimbhra-Khanna publishers- 2012.
3. Power Electronics- 3rd [Link] Mohan, Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley
& Sons -2012.
Reference Books:
1. Power Electronics -[Link] Asghar PHI Publications-2014.
2. Power Electronics -[Link] and K.B. Khanchandani-McGraw-Hill-Second Edition-2002.
3. Power Electronics - Vedam Subrahmanyam-New Age International publishers-2006.

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF DC DRIVES

UNIT 1 CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH DC MOTOR LOAD

Separately excited DC motors with rectified single & three phase supply - Semi converter and single phase
full converter for continuous and discontinuous modes of operation – Power and power factor - Addition of
Freewheeling diode

UNIT II 3-Ф NATURALLY COMMUTATED BRIDGE CIRCUIT AS A RECTIFIER OR

AS AN INVERTER
Three phase controlled bridge rectifier with passive load impedance, Resistive load and ideal supply –
Highly inductive load and ideal supply for load side and supply side quantities - Shunt capacitor
compensation - Three phase controlled bridge rectifier inverter

UNIT III PHASE CONTROLLED DC MOTOR DRIVES

Three phase controlled converter, control circuit, control modeling of three phase converter – Steady state
analysis of three phase converter control DC motor drive – Two quadrant, Three phase converter controlled
DC motor drive – DC motor and load, converter.

UNIT IV CURRENT AND SPEED CONTROLLED DC MOTOR DRIVES

Current and Speed controllers - current and speed feedback –– Design of controllers - Current and Speed
controllers – Motor equations – Filter in the speed feedback loop speed controller – current reference
generator – current controller and flow chart for simulation – Harmonics and associated problems – sixth
harmonics torque.

UNIT V CHOPPER CONTROLLED DC MOTOR DRIVES

Principle of operation of the chopper – Four quadrant chopper circuit – Chopper for inversion – Chopper
with other power devices – model of the chopper –input to the chopper – Steady state analysis of chopper
controlled DC motor drives – rating of the devices – Pulsating torque.

UNIT VI CLOSED LOOP OPERATION OF DC MOTOR DRIVES

Speed controlled drive system – current control loop – pulse width modulated current controller –
hysteresis current controller – modeling of current controller – design of current. Dynamic simulations of
the speed controlled DC motor drives – Speed feedback speed controller – command current generator –
current controller.

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics and motor control -2ndEdition – Shepherd, Hulley, Liang – Cambridge University
Press- -2000.
2. Electric motor drives modeling, Analysis and control-1st Edition –R. Krishnan–Prentice Hall India-
2002.

Reference Books:
1. Power Electronic Circuits, Devices and Applications-4th Edition – M. H. Rashid – Prentice Hall India
– 2013.
2. Fundamentals of Electric Drives – G. K. Dubey – Narosa Publications – 1995.
3. Power Semiconductor drives – S.B. Dewan and A. Straughen –Wiley Publishers-1975.

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
MODELING & ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES

UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS OF MODELING

Basic Two- pole DC machine – primitive 2-axis machine – Voltage & Current relationship – Torque
equation

UNIT II DC MACHINE MODELING

Mathematical model of separately excited DC motor and DC series motor in state variable form – Transfer
function of the motor – Mathematical model of DC shunt motor and DC Compound motor in state variable
form – Transfer function of the motor - Numerical problems

UNIT III TRANSFORMATIONS

Linear transformation- phase transformation (a, b, c to ά, β, o) – Active transformation (ά, β, o to d, q)

UNIT IV MODELING OF 3-Φ INDUCTION MACHINE

Circuit model of a 3 phase Induction motor – Linear transformation – Phase Transformation –
Transformation to a Reference frame – Two axis model for Induction motor

UNIT V DYNAMIC MODELING OF 3-Φ INDUCTION MACHINE

Voltage and current Equation in stator reference frame – Equation rotor reference frame – Equations in a
synchronously rotating frame – Torque equation – Equation in state – space form

UNIT VI MODELING &DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF 3-Φ SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE

Circuit model of a 3Ph Synchronous motor – Two axis representation of Synchronous Motor Voltage and
current Equation in state – space variable form – Torque equation

Text Books:
1 Thyristor control of Electric Drives- Vedam Subramanayam-McGraw Hill Education-reprint 2017.
2 Generalized Machine Theory –Bimbra-Khanna Publishers-2002.

Reference Books:
1. Analysis of electric machinery and Drive systems- Oleg wasynezul, Scott [Link], Paul C.
Krause-Wiley-IEEE Press-2002.
2. Electric Motor Drives Modeling, Analysis& control -1st edition- [Link]- Pearson Publications-
2002.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
PWM CONVERTERS & APPLICATIONS

UNIT I INVERTERS
Introduction- Performance Parameters-Principle of Operation-Single-Phase Bridge Inverters- Three-Phase
Inverters-180-Degree Conduction -120-Degree Conduction - Voltage Control of Single-Phase Inverters -
Multiple-Pulse-Width Modulation - Sinusoidal Pulse-Width Modulation- Modified Sinusoidal Pulse-Width
Modulation - Space Vector Modulation.

UNIT II MULTILEVEL INVERTERS

Introduction -Multilevel concept- Classification of multilevel inverters- neutral-point-clamped Three-Level
Configuration- PWM Implementation (Half-Bridge Topology) -Full-Bridge Topologies- Three-Phase NPC
Converter- Nonconventional Arrangements by Using Three-Level Legs- Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage -
Four-Level Configuration - PWM Implementation (Four-Level Configuration)-Full-Bridge and Other Circuits
(Four-Level Configuration) - Five-Level Configuration.

UNIT III MULTILEVEL INVERTERS (CONTINUED)

INTRODUCTION of cascaded MLI- Single H-Bridge Converter - PWM Implementation of A Single H-Bridge
Converter - Three-Phase Converter - One H-Bridge Converter Per Phase - Two H-Bridge Converters - PWM
Implementation of Two Cascade H-Bridges - Three-Phase Converter—Two Cascade H-Bridges Per Phase -
Two H-Bridge Converters (Seven- and Nine-Level Topologies) - Three H-Bridge Converters - Four H-Bridge
Converters and Generalization.

UNIT IV CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR POWER CONVERTERS

Introduction - Basic Control Principles - Hysteresis Control -Application of the Hysteresis Control for dc
Motor Drive-Hysteresis Control for Regulating an ac Variable-Linear Control—dc Variable-Proportional
Controller: RL Load-Proportional Controller: dc Motor Drive System -Proportional-Integral Controller: RL
Load-Proportional-Integral Controller: dc Motor-Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controller: dc Motor-
Linear Control—ac Variable-Cascade Control Strategies-Rectifier Circuit: Voltage-Current Control-Motor
Drive: Speed-Current Control.

UNIT V SINGLE-PHASE TO SINGLE-PHASE BACK-TO-BACK CONVERTER

Introduction-Full-Bridge Converter-Model-PWM Strategy-Control Approach-Power Analysis-dc-link
Capacitor Voltage Capacitor Bank Design-Topology with Component Count Reduction-Model-PWM
Strategy-dc-link Voltage Requirement-Half-Bridge Converter-Topologies with Increased Number of
Switches (Converters in Parallel)-Model- PWM Strategy-Control Strategy-Topologies with Increased Number
of Switches (Converters in Series)-Summary-References.

UNIT VI THREE-PHASE TO THREE-PHASE AND OTHER BACK-TO-BACK CONVERTERS

Introduction-Full-Bridge Converter-Model-PWM Strategy-Control Approach-Topology with Component
Count-Reduction-Model-PWM Strategies- dc-link Voltage Requirement-Half-Bridge Converter-Topologies
with Increased Number of Switches (Converters in Parallel)-Model-PWM-Control Strategies-Topologies with
Increased Number of Switches (Converters in Series)-Other Back-To-Back Converters
Text Books:
1. Power Electronics - 4th Edition- [Link]–Pearson Education - -Indian reprint 2014.
2. Power Electronics- 3rd Edition- Ned Mohan, Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley
& Sons - -2012.
Reference Books:
1. Introduction to Modern Power Electronics-2nd edition-Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski - John wiley&
Sons-2010.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
MICRO GRID TECHNOLOGIES
UNIT I DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND MICRO GRID CONCEPT
Distributed generation - Why integration of distributed generation? - Active distribution network - Concept
and definition of micro grid, micro grid drivers and benefits, - typical Micro grid configuration -
Interconnection of Micro grids - Technical and economic advantages of Micro grid- Challenges and
disadvantages of Micro grid development - Management and operational issues of a Micro grid - Dynamic
interactions of Micro grid with main grid.
UNIT II DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
Introduction - Combined heat and power (CHP) systems - Micro-CHP systems - Wind energy conversion
systems (WECS)- Wind turbine operating systems - Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems - Types of PV cell -
Small-scale hydroelectric power generation - Other renewable energy sources- Storage devices.
UNIT III MICROGRID AND ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Introduction - Network management needs of Micro grid - Micro source generation control - Domestic
process control- Energy storage - Regulation and load shifting -Ancillary services -Micro source controller -
Control functions for Micro source controller-Central controller - Energy manager module (EMM) -
Protection co-ordination module (PCM) - Information needed for central controller operation - Control
strategies for central controller design.
UNIT IV PROTECTION ISSUES FOR MICROGRIDS
Introduction - Islanding: separation from utility - Different islanding scenarios - Major protection issues of
stand-alone Micro grid - Micro grid distribution system protection- Protection of micro sources - NEC
requirements for distribution transformer protection - Neutral grounding requirements.
UNIT V POWER ELECTRONIC INTERFACES
Introduction - Standard computer architecture - Very large scale integration (VLSI) - Power converter
trends - Custom design and manufacturing - Power module integration and component packaging- Power
electronic building blocks (PEBB)- Packaging framework design- Bricks-Buses-Software (BBS) framework
- Bricks as modular components - Buses as connective links - High-level software design environment -
BBS framework issues- Modularity- Aspect ratio - Parasitic inductance - Cross coupling and loading.
UNIT VI SCADA AND ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
Introduction - Existing DNO SCADA systems- Control of DNO SCADA systems- Centralized SCADA
systems - Distributed SCADA systems -SCADA in Micro grids- Human–machine interface (HMI)- Hardware
components- Remote terminal unit (RTU) Programmable logic controller (PLC) - Master station and HMI
computers - SCADA communication infrastructure -Communication trends in SCADA - Distributed
control system (DCS) - Sub-station communication standardization- SCADA communication and control
architecture - Communication devices -Observations on SCADA and communication.
Text Books
1. Electric Power Distribution Automation, Protection and Control - James A. Momoh –CRC Press
Taylor and Francis group- 2007.
2. Smart Grid Fundamentals of Design & Analysis - James A. Momoh, - A john wiley and sons, INC.
Publication - 2012.

Reference Books:

st
1. Smart Grid (R)Evolution: Electric Power Struggles-1 edition-Jennie C. Stephens, Elizabeth J. Wilson-
Tarla Rai Peterson - Cambridge University Press- 2015.
2. Data Privacy for the Smart Grid - Rebecca Herold and Christine Hertzog-CRC Press Taylor and
Francis group -2015.
3. Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities‖ - Peter , Fox
Penner –island press-2010.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
3 0 3
MODERN CONTROL THEORY

UNIT I MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES

Fields, Vectors and Vector Spaces – Linear combinations and Bases – Linear Transformations and
Matrices – Scalar Product and Norms – Eigen values, Eigen Vectors and a Canonical form representation
of Linear operators – The concept of state – State Equations for Dynamic systems – Time invariance and
Linearity – Nonuniqueness of state model – State diagrams for Continuous – Time state models

UNIT II STATE VARIABLE ANALYSIS

Linear Continuous time model for physical systems – Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to
Continuous – Time State Equations – Solutions – Linear Time Invariant Continuous – Time State
Equations – State transition matrix and it’s properties

UNIT III CONTROLLABILITY AND OBSERVABILITY

General concept of Controllability - General concept of Observability Controllability tests for Continuous –
Time Invariant systems - Observability tests for Continuous - Time Invariant systems - Controllability and
Observability of state model in Jordan Canonical form - Controllability and Observability Canonical forms
of State model-State Feedback Controller design through Pole Assignment – state observers: Full order and
Reduced order

UNIT IV NON LINEAR SYSTEMS

Introduction – Non Linear Systems – Types of Non – Linearities – Saturation – Dead – Zone – Backlash –
Jump Phenomenon etc; - Singular Points – Introduction to Linearization of nonlinear systems, properties
of Non Linear Systems – Describing function – describing function analysis of nonlinear systems- Stability
analysis of Non – Linear systems through describing functions-Introduction to phase – plane analysis,
Method of Isoclines for Constructing Trajectories, singular points, phase – plane analysis of nonlinear
control systems.

UNIT V STABILITY ANALYSIS

Stability in the sense of Lyapunov, Lyapunov’s stability and Lyapunov’s instability theorems – Stability
Analysis of the Linear Continuous time invariant systems by Lyapunov second method – Generation of
Lyapunov functions – Variable gradient method – Krasooviski’s method.

UNIT VI OPTIMAL CONTROL

Introduction to optimal control – Formulation of optimal control problems – calculus of variations –
fundamental concepts, functional, variation of functional – fundamental theorem of theorem of Calculus of
variations – boundary conditions – constrained minimization – formulation using Hamiltonian method –
Linear quadratic regulator

Text Books:
1. Modern Control System Theory -2nd Edition - M. Gopal–New Age International–1996.
2. Modern Control Engineering -5th Edition – Ogata K – Prentice Hall -2010.
Reference Books:
1. Optimal control- 1st Edition-Kirk-Dover Publications Inc.-2004.
2. Digital Control Engineering -2nd Edition- Kuo- -Oxford University Press- 2003.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
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3 0 3
DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

UNIT I SAMPLING AND RECONSTRUCTION

Introduction, sample and hold operations, sampling theorem, reconstruction of original sampled signal to
continuous time signal
Z-Transforms
Introduction, Linear difference equations, pulse response, Z-transforms, Theorems of Z transforms, the
inverse Z-transforms, Modified Z-transforms

UNIT II Z-PLANE ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS

Z-transform method for solving difference equations: pulse transform function, block diagram analysis of
sampled –data systems, mapping between s-plane and z-plane; primary strips and complementary strips

UNIT III CONTROLLABILITY AND OBSERVABILITY

Concepts of controllability and observability, tests for controllability and observability, duality between
controllability and observability, controllability and observability conditions for pulse transfer functions

UNIT IV STABILITY ANALYSIS

Stability analysis of closed loop systems in the Z-plane, Jury stability criterion test-Stability analysis by
use of the bilinear transformation and routh stability criterion - Stability analysis using liapumov
theorems

UNIT V DESIGN OF DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEM BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS

Design of digital control based on the frequency response methods-Bilinear transformation and design
procedure in the w-plane, lead, lag and Lead-lag compensators and digital PID controllers. Design digital
control through dead beat response methods

UNIT VI STATE FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS AND OBSERVERS

Design of state feedback controller through pole placement-Necessary and sufficient conditions,
Ackerman’s formula, State observers-Full order and Reduced Order observer

Text Books:
1. Discrete Time Control Systems-2nd Edition -[Link]-Pearson Education -1995.
2. Digital Control systems and State Variables methods -4th [Link]-McGraw Hill Publishers
-2012.

Reference Books:
1. Digital Control Engineering -2nd Edition- Kuo- Oxford University Press-2003.
2. Digital Control Engineering-2nd edition- [Link]- New Age International Private Limited-2014.

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3 0 3
OPTIMAL & ADAPTIVE CONTROL

UNIT I PERFORMANCE MEASURE

Problem formulation - state variable representation of systems – performance measures for optimal control
problems - selecting a performance measure.

UNIT II DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

Optimal control law - principle of optimality - Application of Principle of optimality to decision making -
Recurrence relation of Dynamic Programming - Imbedding Principle - computational procedure to solve
optimal control problems - Discrete Linear regulator Problems - Hamilton - Jacobi Belman Equation -
Continuous linear regulator problems

UNIT III VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM

Necessary condition for optimal control - Linear regulator problems - Pontryagin- Minimum Principle and
state inequality constraints - Minimum time Problems -Minimum Control - Effort problems - Singular
intervals in optimal control Problem.

UNIT IV IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE

Off-line - on line methods - Least square - Recursive least square - fixed memory - maximum likelihood -
Instrumental variable - stochastic approximate method.

UNIT V MRAS & STC

Model Reference Adaptive systems (MRAS) - the need for MRAS - an over view of adaptive control systems -
mathematical description of MRAS - design hypothesis - equivalent representation of MRAS - introduction
to design method based on the use of Liapunov function – design and simulation of variable structure
adaptive model following control- Predictive Control.

UNIT VI AUTO-TUNING AND GAIN SCHEDULING

PID control - auto tuning technique - Transient response methods - Methods based on relay feedback -
Relay oscillations - Principle and design of gain scheduling controllers- Nonlinear transformations -
Applications of gain scheduling.

Text Books:
1. Optimal Control Theory, An introduction -1st Edition -Donald E. Kirk- Prentice Hall Inc.- 2004.
2. Adaptive Control -2nd [Link],Bjorn Witten mark-Pearson Education pvt. Ltd -2013.

Reference Books:
1. Self tuning and Adaptive control- Harris C.J. Billings. S.A.- Peter pereginius Ltd.-1984.
2. Digital Control System vol. I & II-2nd Edition-Isermann R-Narosa Publishing House- 1997.

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3 0 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

UNIT 1: Introduction to Research methodology, Research problem, Scope and objectives of research
problem, Research process, Research Design Types of research, Research Approaches

UNIT 2: Effective literature review approaches, Data collection, analysis, interpretation, Tools and
techniques of research analysis, Plagiarism analysis, Research ethics.

UNIT 3: Effective technical writing, Report writing, Developing a Research Proposal, Format of research
proposal, a presentation and assessment by a review committee.

UNIT 4: Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trademark and Copyright, Process of Patenting
and Development, Technological research, innovation, patenting, development. International Scenario:
International cooperation on Intellectual Property. Procedure for grants of patents

UNIT 5: Patent Rights: Scope of Patent Rights. Licensing and transfer of technology - Patent information
and databases - Geographical Indications, Patenting under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

UNIT 6: Contemporary issues in IPR, IPR of Biological Systems, Computer Software etc. Traditional
knowledge of IPR, Role of Institutions in IPR, The Impact of Internet on IPR, India`s New National IP Policy
– Govt. of India step towards promoting IPR – Govt. Schemes in IPR – IPR in current scenario with case
studies.

Text Books:
1. Research methodology: an introduction for science & engineering students - Melville, Stuart and
Goddard, Wayne - Kenwyn, South Africa : Juta & Co. Ltd., 1996.
2. Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for beginners - 2nd Edition - Ranjit Kumar-SAGE
Publications -2014.
3. Intellectual Property Rights: Protection and Management. India, IN - Nithyananda, K V. -Cengage
Learning India Private Limited-2019.
Reference Books:

1. Intellectual Property Rights. India, IN -Neeraj, P., & Khusdeep, D- PHI learning Private Limited-
2014.
2. Resisting Intellectual Property - Halbert-Taylor & Francis Ltd.- 2007.
3. Industrial Design - Mayall- McGraw Hill- 1992.

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AUDIT COURSE-I : ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
(Common to All Branches)
Course Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1. Understand that how to improve your writing skills and level of readability
2. Learn about what to write in each section
3. Understand the skills needed when writing a Title

UNIT- I
Planning and preparation, Word order, Breaking up long sentences, Structuring Paragraphs and
Sentences, Being Concise and Removing Redundancy, Avoiding Ambiguity and Vagueness.

UNIT- II
Clarifying Who Did What, Highlighting your Findings, Hedging and Criticising, Paraphrasing and
Plagiarism, Sections of a paper, Abstracts.

UNIT- III
Review of the Literature, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, The Final Check.

UNIT – IV
Key skills are needed when writing a Title, key skills are needed when writing an Abstract, key skills are
needed when writing an Introduction, skills needed when writing a Review of the Literature.

UNIT – V
Skills are needed when writing the methods, skills needed when writing the Results, skills are needed
when writing the Discussion, skills are needed when writing the conclusions.

UNIT- VI
Useful phrases, Vocabulary- Research Paper Template- Samples.

Reference Books:
1. Goldbort R (2006) Writing for Science , Yale University Press ( available on Google Books)
2. Day R(2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge University Press.
3. Barbara Gastel and Robert [Link] How to write and publish a scientific paper ,Green Wood Press,
7th Edition,2011.
4. William Zinsser, On Writing Well The Classic Guide to Writing Non fiction, Harper Perennial Press.
5. Highman N ( 1998) , Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM, Highman’s book.
6. Adrian Wallwork, English for Writing Research Papers, Springer New York Doredrecht Heidelberg
London, 2011.

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) I-Sem T P C
0 3 1.5
POWER CONVERTERS LAB

Choose any ten experiments from the following list

1. Simulation & Experimental setup of Single phase half controlled converter with R and R-L Load

2. Simulation & Experimental setup of Single phase full controlled converter with R and R-L Load

3. Simulation & Experimental setup of Three phase half controlled converter with R and R-L Load

4. Simulation & Experimental setup of Three phase full controlled converter with R and R-L Load

5. Simulation & Experimental setup of Single phase AC Voltage controller with R and R-L Load

6. Simulation & Experimental setup of Three phase half controlled AC Voltage controller with R and

R-L Load

7. Simulation & Experimental setup of Three phase full controlled AC Voltage controller with R and

R-L Load

8. Simulation & Experimental setup of Single phase cycloconverter

9. Simulation & Experimental setup of McMurray full bridge inverter

10. Simulation & Experimental setup of Single phase dual converter with R-L load

11. Simulation & Experimental setup of Simple series and parallel inverter

12. Simulation & Experimental setup of Thyristorised chopper

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0 3 1.5
DC DRIVES LAB

1. Simulation of 1- Φ Fully controlled rectifier fed dc motor

2. Experimental setup of 1- Φ Fully controlled rectifier fed dc motor

3. Simulation of 3- Φ Half controlled rectifier fed dc motor

4. Experimental setup of 3- Φ Half controlled rectifier fed dc motor

5. Simulation of 3- Φ Fully controlled rectifier fed dc motor

6. Experimental setup of 3- Φ Fully controlled rectifier fed dc motor

7. Simulation of Four quadrant operation of a chopper fed DC motor

8. Experimental setup of Four quadrant operation of a chopper fed DC motor

9. Simulation of Chopper Fed DC Motor

10. Experimental setup of Chopper Fed DC Motor

11. Closed loop control for the speed control of DC Motor

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3 0 3
MODERN POWER ELECTRONICS

UNIT I MODERN POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Modern power semiconductor devices- MOS Turn Off Thyristor (MTO) – Emitter Turn Off Thyristor (ETO) –
Integrated Gate – Commutated thyristor (IGCTs) – MOS – controlled thyristors (MCTs) – Static induction
Thyristors (SITHs) – Power integrated circuits (PICs) – Symbol, structure and equivalent circuit-
comparison of their features.
UNIT II RESONANT PULSE INVERTERS
Resonant pulse inverters – series resonant inverters- series resonant inverters with unidirectional switches
– series resonant inverters with bidirectional switches- analysis of half bride resonant inverter- evaluation
of currents and Voltages of a simple resonant inverter – analysis of half bridge and full bridge resonant
inverter with bidirectional switches – Frequency response of series resonant inverter- for series loaded
inverter – for parallel resonant inverters – Voltage control of resonant inverters-class E resonant inverter –
class E resonant rectifier- evaluation of values of C’s and L’s for class E inverter and Class E rectifier –
numerical problems.
UNIT III RESONANT CONVERTERS
Resonant converters- zero current switching resonant converters – L type ZCS resonant converter- M type
ZCS resonant converter – zero voltage Switching resonant converters – comparison between ZCS and ZVS
resonant converters- Two quadrant ZVS resonant converters – resonant dc – link inverters- evaluation of L
and C for zero current switching inverter – Numerical problems.
UNIT IV MULTILEVEL INVERTERS
Multilevel concept- Classification of multilevel inverters – Diode clamped Multilevel inverter- Principle of
operation – main features- improved diode clamped inverter – principle of operation – Flying capacitors
multilevel inverter – principle of operation – main features.
UNIT V MULTILEVEL INVERTERS (CONTINUED)
Cascaded multilevel inverter – principle of operation – main features- multilevel inverter applications –
reactive power compensation – back to back intertie system – adjustable drives – switching device
currents – dc link capacitor voltage balancing –features of Multilevel inverters – comparisons of multilevel
converters.
UNIT VI DC POWER SUPPLIES
DC power supplies – classification- switched mode dc power supplies – fly back Converter- forward
converter- push –pull converter –half bridge converter –Full bridge converter – Resonant DC power
supplies- bidirectional power supplies- Application.

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics -4th [Link]–Pearson Education –Pearson Education-2014.
2. Power Electronics -3rd Edition- Ned Mohan, Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley
& Sons -2012.
Reference Books:
1. Introduction to Modern Power Electronics- 2nd edition- Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski - John wiley&
Sons-2010.

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POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF AC DRIVES

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO AC DRIVES

Introduction to motor drives-torque production- Equivalent circuit analysis-Speed-Torque characteristics
with variable voltage operation, variable frequency operation, constant v/f operation-Induction motor
characteristics in constant torque and field weakening regions

UNIT II CONTROL OF INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES

Scalar control-Voltage fed inverter control-Open loop volts/Hz Control-Speed control slip regulation- Speed
control with torque and flux control-Current controlled voltage fed inverter drive-Current fed inverter
control-Independent current and frequency control-Speed and flux control in current fed inverter drive-
Volts/Hertz Control current fed-Inverter drive-Efficiency optimization control by flux program Slip power
recovery drives-Static Kramer Drive-Phasor diagram-Torque expression-Speed control of Kramer Drive-
Static Scheribus Drive- Modes of operation

UNIT III VECTOR CONTROL OF INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES

Principles of Vector Control-Vector Control Methods-Direct method of Vector control-Adaptive control
principles-Self tuning regulator-Model referencing control

UNIT IV CONTROL OF SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVES & CONTROLLERS

Synchronous motor and its characteristics – control strategies – constant torque angle control-Unity power
factor control-Constant mutual flux linkage control - Flux weakening operation- Maximum speed-Direct
flux weakening algorithm – Constant torque mode controller- Flux Weakening controller- Indirect flux
weakening – Maximum permissible torque-Speed control scheme- Implementation strategy

UNIT V VARIABLE RELUCTANCE MOTOR DRIVE

Variable reluctance motor drives- Torque Production in the variable reluctance motor- Drive
characteristics and control principles- Current control variable reluctance servo drive.

UNIT VI BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVES

Three phase full wave Brushless dc motor – Sinusoidal type of Brushless dc motor-Current controlled
Brushless dc servo drives

Text Books:
1. Electric Motor Drives -1st edition - Modeling, Analysis& control -[Link]- Pearson Publications-
-2002.
2. Modern Power Electronics and AC drives-1st Edition -B.K Bose-Pearson Publication-2015.
3. Power Electronic Control of AC motors- 1st Edition MD Murphy &FG-Turn Bull Pergman Press (For
Chapters II,III, V) -1990.
4. Power Electronics and AC drives-B.K Bose-Prentice Hall Publication -1st Edition-2003.

Reference Books:
1. Power Electronic Circuits, Devices and Applications-4th Edition – M. H. Rashid – PHI– 2013.
2. Fundamentals of Electric Drives –GK Dubey-Narora Publications-1995.

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ADVANCED POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES & PROTECTION

UNIT I BJT
Introduction- vertical power transistor structures-I-V characteristics-physics of BJT operation switching
characteristics-break down voltages-second break down-on-state losses-safe operation areas design of
drive circuits for BJTs-snubber circuits for BJTs and darlingtons

UNIT II POWER MOSFET

Introduction-basic structures-I-V characteristics-physics of device operation-switching characteristics-
operation limitations and safe operating areas-design of gate drive circuits-snubber circuits

UNIT III GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTORS

Introduction-basic structures-I-V characteristics-physics of device operation-GTO switching
characteristics-snubber circuits-over protection of GTOs.

UNIT IV INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS

Introduction-basic structures-I-V characteristics-physics of device operation-Latch in IGBTs-switching
characteristics-Device limits and safe operating areas-drive and snubber circuits

UNIT V NOISE
Noise sources in SMPS-Diode Storage Charge Noise-Noise generated due to switching-Common noises
sources in SMPS-Noises Due to High frequency transformer-How the conducted noise is measured -
minimizing EMI-EMI shielding-EMI standards.

UNIT VI PROTECTION OF DEVICES & CIRCUITS

Cooling & Heat sinks – Thermal modeling of power switching devices- snubber circuits – Reverse recovery
transients – Supply and load side transients – voltage protections – current protections.

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics-4th Edition - [Link]–Pearson Education -2014.
2. Power Electronics-3rd Edition - Ned Mohan -Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley
& Sons-2012.

Reference Books:
1. Power Electronics Circuits-1st Edition -Vithayathil- McGraw Hill Education -2017.
2. Power Electronics Circuits-2nd edition -W.C. Lander- McGraw-HillPublishers -1987.

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SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES
UNIT I: SMART GRID ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS
Introduction-Today’s Grid versus the Smart Grid - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 –
Rationale for the Smart Grid- Computational Intelligence-Power System Enhancement-Communication
and Standards - Environment and Economics - General View of the Smart Grid Market Drivers- Working
Definition of the Smart Grid Based on Performance Measures-Representative Architecture-Functions of
Smart Grid Components- Smart Devices Interface Component- Storage Component -Transmission
Subsystem Component -Monitoring and Control Technology Component-Intelligent Grid Distribution
Subsystem Component -Demand Side Management Component.

UNIT II: SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY

Introduction- Monitoring, PMU, Smart Meters, and Measurements Technologies - Wide Area Monitoring
Systems (WAMS) - Phasor Measurement Units (PMU) - Smart Meters - Smart Appliances - Advanced
Metering Infrastructure (AMI) - GIS and Google Mapping Tools – Multi agent Systems (MAS) Technology -
Multi agent Systems for Smart Grid Implementation-Multi agent Specifications- Multi agent Technique –
Micro grid and Smart Grid Comparison.

UNIT III PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR SMART GRID DESIGN

Introduction to Load Flow Studies-Challenges to Load Flow in Smart Grid and Weaknesses of the Present
Load Flow Methods - Load Flow State of the Art: Classical, Extended Formulations, and Algorithms –
Gauss Seidal Method - Newton–Raphson Method - Fast Decouple Method - Distribution Load Flow
Methods- Congestion Management Effect - Load Flow for Smart Grid Design- Cases for the Development of
Stochastic Dynamic Optimal Power Flow (DSOPF) - DSOPF Application to the Smart Grid- Static Security
Assessment (SSA) and Contingencies- Contingencies and Their Classification -Steady-State Contingency
Analysis - Performance Indices- Sensitivity-Based Approaches - Contingency Studies for the Smart Grid.

UNIT IV STABILITY ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR SMART GRID

Introduction to Stability - Strengths and Weaknesses of Existing Voltage Stability Analysis Tools - Voltage
Stability Assessment - Voltage Stability and Voltage Collapse - Classification of Voltage Stability - Static
Stability (Type I Instability) - Dynamic Stability (Type II Instability)- Analysis Techniques for Dynamic
Voltage Stability Studies - Voltage Stability Assessment Techniques- Voltage Stability Indexing - Analysis
Techniques for Steady-State Voltage Stability Studies- Direct Methods for Detecting Voltage Collapse
Points - Indirect Methods (Continuation Methods) - Application and Implementation Plan of Voltage
Stability - Optimizing Stability Constraint through Preventive Control of Voltage Stability.
UNIT V COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR SMART GRID DESIGN
Introduction to Computational Tools - Decision Support Tools (DS) - Analytical Hierarchical Programming
(AHP) - Optimization Techniques - Classical Optimization Method - Linear Programming - Nonlinear
Programming - Integer Programming - Dynamic Programming - Stochastic Programming and Chance
Constrained Programming (CCP)- Heuristic Optimization - Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)- Expert
Systems (ES) - Evolutionary Computational Techniques - Genetic Algorithm (GA) - Particle Swarm
Optimization (PSO) - Ant Colony Optimization.

UNIT VI RENEWABLE ENERGY AND STORAGE

Renewable Energy Resources- Sustainable Energy Options for the Smart Grid - Solar Energy - Solar Power
Technology - Modeling PV Systems - Wind Turbine Systems - Biomass-Bioenergy -Small and Micro
Hydropower - Fuel Cell - Geothermal Heat Pumps - Penetration and Variability Issues Associated with
Sustainable Energy Technology - Demand Response Issues - Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids -PHEV
Technology - Impact of PHEV on the Grid - Storage Technologies.
Text Books:
1. Smart Grid: Fundamentals of design and analysis - James Momoh-John Wiley & sons Inc-IEEE
press - 2012.
2. Smart Grid: Technology and Applications- Janaka Ekanayake, Nick Jenkins, Kithsiri Liyanage,
Jianzhong Wu, Akihiko Yokoyama-John Wiley & sons INC.- 2012.

Reference Books:
1. Smart Grid: Integrating Renewable, Distributed & Efficient Energy - Fereidoon P. Sioshansi-
Academic Press- 2012.
2. The smart grid: Enabling energy efficiency and demand response - Clark [Link]-Fairmont
Press Inc-2009.
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3 0 3
FACTS CONTROLLERS & APPLICATIONS

UNIT I INTRODUCTION
FACTS Concepts: Transmission interconnections power flow in an AC system, loading capability limits,
Dynamic stability considerations, importance of controllable parameters basic types of FACTS controllers,
benefits from FACTS controllers
UNIT II STATIC SHUNT COMPENSATION
Static shunt compensation: Objectives of shunt compensation, mid point voltage regulation voltage
instability prevention, improvement of transient stability, Power oscillation damping
UNIT III METHODS OFCONTROLLABLE VAR GENERATION:
Variable impedance type static var generators: Thyristor Controlled and Thyristor Switched Reactor (TCR
and TSR), Thyristor Switched Capacitor (TSC), Fixed Capacitor Thyristor Controlled Reactor Type Var
Generator FC-TCR, Thyristor Switched Capacitor- Thyristor Controlled Reactor Type Var Generator;
Switching converter type var generators, Hybrid var generators
UNIT IV SVC AND STATCOM
Static Var Compensators: SVC and STATCOM-The Regulation Slope, Transfer Function and Dynamic
Performance-Transient Stability Enhancement and Power Oscillation Damping; Comparison between
STATCOM and SVC: V-I and V-Q Characteristics, Transient Stability, Response Time, Capability to
Exchange Real Power, Operation with Unbalanced AC System, Loss Versus Var Output Characteristic
UNIT V STATIC SERIES COMPENSATION
Concept of series capacitive compensation, improvement of transient stability, power oscillation damping;
Variable Impedance Type Series Compensators-GTO Thyristor-Controlled Series Capacitor-(GCSC),
Thyristor-Switched Series Capacitor(TSSC), Thyristor-Controlled Series Capacitor(TCSC), Basic Operating
Control Schemes For GCSC,TSSC and TCSC
UNIT VI UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER (UPFC)
Introduction: The Unified Power Flow Controller-Basic Operating Principles, Conventional Transmission
Control Capabilities, Independent Real and Reactive Power Flow Control, Control Structure, Basic Control
System for P and Q Control

Text Books:
1. Understanding FACTS: Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems by
[Link]&[Link],-IEEE Press, 2000.
2. Flexible AC Transmission Systems: Modeling and Control by X.P. Zang, C. Rehtanz and B. Pal-
Birkhauser- 2006.
3. Flexible AC Transmission Systems by Y. H. Song and A. T. Johns- IET-1999.
4. Thyristor-based facts controllers for electrical transmission systems by R. Mohan Mathur, Rajiv K.
Varma- Wiley Publications-IEEE -2002
5. Facts Controllers in Power Transmission & Distribution by K.R. Padiyar-New Age International
Publishers-2016
Reference Books:
1. FACTS: Modeling and Simulation in Power Networks-1st Edition - Enrique Acha, Claudio R. Fuerte-
Esquivel, Hugo Ambriz-Perez, Cesar Angeles-Camacho- John Wiley & Sons Ltd -2004.
2. Electric Power Transmission and Distribution-1st Edition-S. Sivanagaraju, [Link]-
Pearson Education -2009.
3. Introduction to FACTS controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications -3rd Edition - Kalyan K. Sen
&Mey Ling Sen- Wiley-IEEE-2009.
4. Understanding FACTS: Concepts and Technology of Flexible AC Transmission Systems by Narain
G. Hingorani, Laszlo Gyugyi, - IEEE Press Standard Publishers Distributors- 2000.

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SPECIAL MACHINES & CONTROL

UNIT I STEPPER MOTORS

Constructional features, Principle of operation, Modes of excitation torque production in Variable
Reluctance (VR) stepping motor, Dynamic characteristics, Drive systems and circuit for open loop control,
closed loop control of stepping motor

UNIT II SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS

Mathematical model of Switched Reluctance Motor-Operating principle-Construction and functional
Aspects-Average torque and Energy Conversion Ratio-The Commutation windings-The flux current
position curve fitting, Control Techniques

UNIT III PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS

Modelling of Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor – Operating principle-Mathematical modeling of PM
Brushless DC motor-PMDC Motor Drive Scheme. Torque and emf equation, Torque-speed characteristics

UNIT IV PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS

Principle of operation, EMF, power input and torque expressions, Phasor diagram, PowerControllers,
Torque speed characteristics

UNIT V SERVOMOTORS AND AC TACHOMETERS

Servomotor – Types – Constructional features – Principle of Operation – Characteristics - Control –
Microprocessor based applications-Schematic diagram of AC tachometers-Operating principle of AC
tachometers-Numerical problems

UNIT VI LINEAR MOTORS

Linear Motors: Linear Induction Motor (LIM) Classification – Construction – Principle of operation –
Concept of Current sheet –Goodness factor – DC Linear Motor (DCLM) types – Circuit equation – DCLM
control-applications

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics-3rd Edition - Ned Mohan, Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley
& Sons -2012
2. Power Electronic Control of AC motors – 1st Edition - MD Murphy &FG-Turn Bull Pergman Press
(For Chapters II,III, V) -1990
3. Brushless Permanent Magnet and Reluctance Motor Drives - Miller, T.J.E. - Clarendon Press,
Oxford- 1989.
4. Permanent Magnet and brushless DC motors - Kenjo, T and Naganori, S- Clarendon Press, Oxford-
1989.

Reference Books:
1. Stepping Motors and their Microprocessor control – Kenjo. T, - Clarendon Press- Oxford- 1989.
2. Linear Electric Motors: Theory, Design and Practical Application - Naser A and Boldea I - Prentice
Hall Inc.,- New Jersey-1987.
3. Servo Motor Applications - Floyd E Saner- Pittman USA- 1993.

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SWITCHED MODE AND RESONANT CONVERTERS
UNIT I PULSE WIDTH MODULATED RECTIFIERS
Introduction- Pulse Width Modulated Rectifiers: Properties of ideal rectifier, realization of near ideal
rectifier, control of the current waveform, single phase and three-phase converter systems incorporating
ideal rectifiers and RMS values of rectifier waveforms, Modeling losses and efficiency of rectifiers
UNIT II FLY BACK AND FORWARD CONVERTERS
Introduction - Analysis of Fly back and Forward Converters- Continuous current conduction mode and
Discontinuous current conduction mode - Multiple Output Fly back and forward Converter- Bidirectional
Fly back Converter - Ringing in Fly back Converter- Forward Converter with Synchronous Rectifier - Fly
back and forward Converters with Active Clamping-Two switch Fly back and Forward Converters.
UNIT III HALF-BRIDGE, FULL-BRIDGE AND PUSH-PULL CONVERTERS
Introduction - Analysis of Half-Bridge, Full-Bridge and Push-Pull Converters - Continuous current
conduction mode and Discontinuous current conduction mode – Comparison of PWM DC–DC Converters-
Control circuits of DC-DC converters - Voltage mode control and current mode control
UNIT IV SWITCHING AC POWER SUPPLIES
Introduction- Switched mode AC power supply-Resonant AC power supply, Bidirectional ac power
supplies, Multi stage conversion AC supply, power conditioner and uninterrupted power supplies.
UNIT V RESONANT PULSE INVERTERS
Introduction, Series resonant inverters- series resonant inverters with unidirectional switches – series
resonant inverters with bidirectional switches, analysis of half bride resonant inverter- evaluation of
currents and Voltages of a simple resonant inverter – analysis of half bridge and full bridge resonant
inverter with bidirectional switches – Frequency response of series resonant inverter- for series loaded
inverter – for parallel resonant inverters – Voltage control of resonant inverters-class E resonant inverter –
class E resonant rectifier- evaluation of values of C’s and L’s for class E inverter and Class E rectifier –
numerical problems.
UNIT VI RESONANT CONVERTERS
Introduction - Classification of Resonant converters- zero current switching resonant converters – L type
ZCS resonant converter- M type ZCS resonant converter – zero voltage Switching resonant converters –
comparison between ZCS and ZVS resonant converters- Two quadrant ZVS resonant converters – resonant
dc – Link inverters- Numerical problems.

Text Books:
1. Power Electronics -4th [Link]–Pearson Education -2014.
2. Power Electronics-3rd Edition- Ned Mohan, Tore [Link] and William [Link] –John Wiley &
Sons -2012.
3. Pulse-width Modulated DC-DC Power Converters.,-1st Edition - Marian K. Kazimierczuk-John
Wiley & Sons Ltd- 2008.
References Books:
1. Switched Mode Power Supplies-2nd Edition - H. W. Whittington, B. W. Flynn, D. E. Macpherson,-
John Wiley & Sons Inc. -1997.
2. Resonant Power Converters- 2nd Edition-Marian K. Kazimierczuk, Dariusz Czarkowsk -John Wiley
& Sons Inc -2011.

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SOLAR & PV SYSTEMS
UNIT – I SOLAR RADIATION AND ITS MEASUREMENT
Introduction, Solar Constant, Spectral Distribution of Extraterrestrial Radiation, Terrestrial Solar
Radiation, Solar Radiation Geometry, Computation of cos q for any Location Having any Orientation,
Sunrise, Sunset and Day Length, Empirical Equation for Estimating the Availability of Solar Radiation,
Solar Radiation Measurements, Solar Radiation Data for India.
UNIT – II SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY COLLECTORS
Introduction, Flat Plate Collector, Effect of Design Parameters on Performance, Laws of Thermal Radiation,
Radiation Heat Transfer between Real Bodies, Radiation Optics, Transmissivity of the Cover System,
Performance Analysis of a Liquid Flat-plate Collector, Total Loss Coefficient and Heat Losses.
UNIT – III SOLAR CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
Introduction, Types of Concentrating Collectors, Thermodynamic Limits to Concentration, Performance
Analysis of Cylindrical Parabolic Collector, Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC), Tracking CPC and
Solar Swing, Performance Analysis of CPC, Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Sensible Heat Storage, Latent
Heat Storage (Phase Change Heat Storage), Thermochemical Storage.
UNIT – IV SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
Introduction, Solar Water Heating, Solar Distillation, Thermodynamic Cycles and Solar Plants, Combined
Cycle Power Plant, Solar Thermal Power Plant, Central Receiver Power Plants, Solar Pumping Systems,
Solar Crop Drying, Solar Cookers, Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration, Solar Greenhouses, Solar
Furnace and Applications.
UNIT – V SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Introduction, Semiconductor Materials and Doping, n-Type and p-Type Semiconductors, Photon Energy,
Fermi Level, p-n Junction, Photovoltaic Effect, Efficiency of Solar Cells, Limits to Cell Efficiency,
Semiconductor Materials for Solar Cells, Single Crystal Silicon, Polycrystalline Silicon Cells, Amorphous
Silicon Cells, Solar Photovoltaic System (SPS), Standards for SPV.
UNIT – VI APPLICATION OF PV SYSTEMS
Introduction, Standalone PV Systems, SPV Water Pumping System, SPV Cell for Communication
Equipment in Snow-bound Areas, Sea Water Desalination System Powered by a 25 kW Photovoltaic Power,
PV Hybrid System, Solar Electricity in Sagar Island, Grid Interactive Solar PV Power System, Solar Power
Plant Using a Satellite, Plastic Solar Cells with Nanotechnology, Peltier Cooling, Solar Photovoltaics in
India.

Text Books:
1. Renewable Energy Sources and emerging Technologies- Eastern Economy Edition - D.P Kothari,
K.C Singhal and Rakesh Ranjan- -Prentice Hall of India-2007
2. Renewable Energy Resources - G N Tiwari and M K Ghosal- Narosa Publications-2004
Reference Books:
1. Renewable Energy Sources-2nd Edition -John Twidell & Tony Weir-Taylor & Francis publishers -
2006.
2. Non-Conventional Energy Systems: Principles, Progress and Prospects -[Link], Wheeler
Publishing-1997.
3. Non-Conventional Energy Sources - G.D. Rai- Khanna Publishers- 2018.
4. Renewable energy sources and emerging technologies-2nd Edition- by [Link], [Link], PHI
-2011.

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3 0 0
AUDIT COURSE-II : PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIFE ENLIGHTENMENT SKILLS
(Common to All Branches)

Course Objectives:

Students will be able to:

 Imbibe the values and Ethical Behaviour in the personal and professional lives.
 The students will learn the rights and responsibilities as an employee, team member and a
Global citizen.

UNIT- I
Definition, Nature, Scope- Moral Dilemmas- Moral Autonomy- Kohlberg’s theory- Gilligan’s theory- Moral
Reasoning and Ethical theories- Theories of Right Action- Utilitarianism interest- Use of ethical Theories-
Case study.

UNIT –II
Life skills, Emotional Intelligence, Professionalism, Professional Associations, Risks , Professional
Accountabilities ,Professional success, Feminist Consequentialism.

UNIT- III
Professional etiquettes- Mobile Etiquettes- Email Etiquettes- Kinesics- Proxemics- Chronemics-
Chromatics- Olfacts- Haptics- Case study.

UNIT – IV
Comparison with Standard Experiments – Knowledge gained – Conscientiousness – Relevant
Information – Learning from the Past – Engineers as Managers, Consultants, and Leaders –
Accountability – Role of Codes – Codes and Experimental Nature of Engineering

UNIT – V
Multinational Corporations- Corporate Governance- Corporate Social Responsibility Environmental Ethics-
Case study.
UNIT- VI
Meaning and Types of Intellectual Property- Recent developments of the copy right act- Trademark
Protection- Patent Law- Plagiarism.

Reference Books:
1. Professional Ethics: R. Subramanian, Oxford University Press,2015.
2. Ethics in Engineering Practice & Research, Caroline whitbeck, 2nd edition, Cambridge University
Press, 2015.
3. R.R. Gaur, R Sangal, GP Bagaria, ― A foundation course in Human Values and Professional Ethics‖,
Cambridge University Press, 2009.
4. Charles D. Fleddermann, ― Engineering Ethics‖, Prentice Hall, New Mexico,1999.
5. Mike Martin & Roland Schingzinger, ― Ethics in Engineering‖, Mc Graw Hill, New York,1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) II-Sem T P C
0 3 1.5
AC DRIVES LAB

1. Simulation of 1-Φ IGBT based PWM Inverter fed Induction Motor

2. Experimental setup of 1-Φ IGBT based PWM Inverter fed Induction Motor

3. 1-Φ to 3- Φ IGBT based PWM Inverter fed Induction Motor

4. Simulation of SCR based VSI fed 3- Φ Induction Motor

5. Experimental setup of SCR based VSI fed 3- Φ Induction Motor

6. Speed control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor using Intelligent Power Module
7. Speed control of Brushless DC Motor using Intelligent Power Module

8. Speed control of Switched Reluctance Motor using Intelligent Power Module

9. Speed control of Induction Motor using Intelligent Power Module

10. Simulation of 3- Φ AC voltage controller fed Induction Motor

11. Experimental setup of 3- Φ AC voltage controller fed Induction Motor

12. Flow of execution of signal generation using FPGA

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) II-Sem T P C
0 3 1.5
POWER ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS IN POWER SYSTEM LAB

Experiments using E-TAP Software

1. Load Flow Analysis

2. Short circuit Analysis

3. Motor Starting Analysis

4. Transient Stability Analysis

5. Harmonic Analysis

Experiments using POWER WORLD Software

1. Load Flow Analysis

2. Optimal Power flow & Economic Dispatch

3. Stability Study(PV&QV curves)

4. Short circuit Analysis

5. Contingency Analysis

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) III-Sem T P C
3 0 3
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

UNIT I SOLAR RADIATION AND ITS MEASUREMENT

Availability of energy sources- energy scenario in India -Solar Constant-Spectral distribution of
extraterrestrial radiation-terrestrial solar radiation-solar radiation geometry-computation of cosθ for any
location having any orientation- sunrise, sunset and day length- empirical equation for estimating the
availability of solar radiation-solar radiation measurements-solar radiation data for India
UNIT II SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTORS
Introduction-Flat Plate Collector-Effect of Design parameters on performance- laws of thermal radiation-
radiation heat transfer between real bodies-concentrating collectors-types-thermodynamic limits to
concentration-compound parabolic concentrator-tracking CPC and solar swing-performance analysis of
CPC
UNIT III SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Introduction-Semiconductor materials and doping- n-type and p-type semiconductors-photon energy-
Fermi level- p-n junction-photovoltaic effect- PV cell characteristics- efficiency of solar cells-limits to cell
efficiency-semiconductor materials for solar cells-standalone applications-solar photovoltaic hybrid
system-grid interactive solar PV system –solar photovoltaics in India
UNIT IV WIND ENERGY
Basic principles of wind energy conversion-site selection considerations-Basic components of wind energy
conversion systems-classification of wind turbines-types of rotors (Horizontal & Vertical Axis) and design
considerations-Aerodynamic operation of wind turbines-Wind Energy extraction- Extraction of wind
turbine power- Wind characteristics- Advantages & Disadvantages of WECS
UNIT V FUEL CELLS
Introduction- Principle of operation of an acidic fuel cell Methanol fuel cell-type of fuel cells- Energy output
of fuel cell-efficiency & emf of fuel cell-Gibbs-Helmholtz equation- Characteristics of fuel cell- Thermal
efficiency of fuel cell- Advantages & Disadvantages of fuel cells
UNIT VI BIO-MASS & GEOTHERMAL
Bio- mass Resources-Bio-Mass Conversion Technologies-Bio-Chemical Conversion-Bio-mass Gasification -
Structure of Earth’s Interior-Plate tectonic theory-Geothermal Field-Geo thermal Resources-geo thermal
power generation-Geo thermal-Preheat hybrid with conventional plant-Utilization of geo thermal energy

Text Books:
1. Renewable Energy Sources and emerging Technologies-Eastern Economy Edition - D.P Kothari,
K.C Singhal and Rakesh Ranjan -Prentice Hall of India-2007.
2. Renewable Energy Resources - G N Tiwari and M K Ghosal- Narosa Publications-2004.
Reference Books:
1. Renewable Energy Sources-2nd Edition -John Twidell & Tony Weir-Taylor & Francis publishers -
2006.
2. Non-Conventional Energy Systems: Principles, Progress and [Link], Wheeler
Publishing-1997.
3. Non-Conventional Energy Sources -reprint- G.D. Rai- Khanna Publishers-2018.
4. Renewable energy sources and emerging technologies-2nd Edition -[Link], [Link], PHI -
2011.

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) III-Sem T P C
3 0 3
ENERGY AUDITING & MANAGEMENT

UNIT I BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY AUDIT

Basic Principles of Energy Audit and management Energy audit – Definitions – Concept – Types of audit –
Energy index – Cost index – Pie charts – Sankey diagrams – Load profiles – Energy conservation schemes
and energy saving potential – Numerical problems – Principles of energy management –Initiating, planning,
controlling, promoting, monitoring, reporting – Energy manager – Qualities and functions – Language –
Questionnaire – Check list for top management
UNIT II LIGHTING
Modification of existing systems – Replacement of existing systems – Priorities: Definition of terms and
units – Luminous efficiency – Polar curve – Calculation of illumination level – Illumination of inclined
surface to beam – Luminance or brightness – Types of lamps – Types of lighting – Electric lighting fittings
(luminaries) – Flood lighting – White light LED and conducting Polymers – Energy conservation measures
UNIT III POWER FACTOR AND ENERGY INSTRUMENTS
Power factor – Methods of improvement – Location of capacitors – Power factor with nonlinear loads –
Effect of harmonics on Power factor – Numerical problems. Energy Instruments – Watt–hour meter – Data
loggers – Thermocouples – Pyrometers – Lux meters – Tong testers – Power analyzer
UNIT IV SPACE HEATING AND VENTILATION
Ventilation – Air–Conditioning (HVAC) and Water Heating: Introduction – Heating of buildings – Transfer of
Heat–Space heating methods – Ventilation and air–conditioning – Insulation–Cooling load – Electric water
heating systems – Energy conservation methods
UNIT V ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS
Economics Analysis – Depreciation Methods – Time value of money – Rate of return – Present worth
method – Replacement analysis – Life cycle costing analysis – Energy efficient motors (basic concepts)
UNIT VI COMPUTATION OF ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Calculation of simple payback method – Net present worth method – Power factor correction – Lighting –
Applications of life cycle costing analysis – Return on investment

Text Books:
1. Energy management - W.R. Murphy & G. Mckay Butter worth-Elsevier publications-2012
2. Energy efficient electric motors - John .C. Andreas, Marcel Dekker Inc Ltd–2nd edition-1995
Reference Books:
1. Electric Energy Utilization and Conservation - S C Tripathy-Tata McGraw hill publishing company
Ltd. New Delhi.-1991
2. Energy management–1st edition- by Paul o’ Callaghan-Mc–Graw Hill Book company, 1998.
3. Energy management hand book - [Link], John wiley and sons.
4. Energy management and conservation –k v Sharma and pvenkata seshaiah-I K International
Publishing House [Link], 2011.

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[Link]., (Power Electronics) III-Sem T P C
3 0 3
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
UNIT-I DISCRETE CONTROL INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
Introduction to discrete control, Mechanical and Electrical Switch Classifications
Mutually-Activated Electronic Circuit Switches, Mechanically-Activated Electronic Circuit Switches
Discrete Output Devices Relays Control Diagrams

UNIT-II OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS AND LINEAR ICS

Introduction to the Op-Amp Parameters Understanding Op-Amp Data Sheets Inverting Amplifiers Non-
inverting amplifiers Summing Amplifiers Differential Amplifiers Voltage –to-Current Converters Integrators
and Differentiators Comparators and Detectors Active Filter Circuits Instrumentation Amplifiers

UNIT-III DISCRETE AUTOMATION SENSORS AND DEVICES

Introduction to Electronic Sensors Non-contact Sensors Sensor Output Interfaces
Analog Automation Sensors Sensor Applications and Selection Integrating Sensors into Power and Control
Circuits

UNIT-IV ANALOG PROCESS CONTROL DEVICES AND SENSORS

Process Actuators and Output Devices Control Valves Electrical Heating Elements
Control Sensors, Transmitters, and Transducers Temperature Sensors Pressure Sensors Flow Sensors
Level Sensors Position Sensors

UNIT-V SAFETY
Introduction to Safety, Safety Standards Presence Sensors Interlock Devices Developing a Safety Strategy

UNIT-VI SPECIAL MOTORS

Stepper motors – types, operation, control and applications; servo motors- types, operation, control and
applications – servo motor controllers – servo amplifiers – linear motor applications-selection of servo
motor.
Textbooks:
st
1. Industrial Electronics-1 Edition - Rehg, James, A., Sartori, Glenn-Upper Saddle River – Pearson
Publisher - 2005.
2. Modern Industrial Electronics-5th Edition-Maloney, Timothy.,Upper Saddle River - Prentice Hall –
2003.
3. Industrial Control Electronics – Applications and Design -Michael Jacob- Prentice Hall Publisher-
1995.
4. Industrial Electronics -Thomas E. Kissell- Prentice-Hall Of India Pvt. Limited- 2003.

References:
1. Industrial Electronics and Control - S K Bhattacharya, S Chatterjee – Technical Teachers Training
Institute Chandigarh-2006
2. Electronic Devices and Circuits -10th Edition - Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky - Prentice-
Hall- -2009.
3. Modern Digitals Electronic – 4th Edition Jain R P- Tata McGraw Hill -2010.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
[Link]., (Power Electronics) III-Sem T P C
3 0 3
SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES

UNITI OVERVIEW OF COURSE

Brief introduction to the platforms and required background for the course. Basics of Soft Computing-
Introduction to Soft Computing. The main components and characteristics of Soft Computing

UNIT II FUZZY LOGIC AND SYSTEMS

Fuzzy Sets and Membership Functions- Operations on Fuzzy Sets- Fuzzification- Fuzzy Numbers -
Uncertain Fuzzy Values-Fuzzy Numbers and its L-R representation-Operations on Fuzzy Numbers-Fuzzy
Relations-Cartesian product-Binary Fuzzy Relations. IF-THEN fuzzy relation-n-ary Fuzzy Relations-
Compositions of Fuzzy Relations-max-min composition-max-product composition
FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS
Architecture of Fuzzy Inference System-Fuzzy Inference Rules and Reasoning-Defuzzification-Applications
of Fuzzy Logic -Fuzzy Control Systems-Pattern Analysis and Classification-Fuzzy Expert Systems

UNIT III NEURAL NETWORKS

Artificial Neural Networks-Models of Neuron-Architecture of Neural Networks-Feed-forward Neural
Networks-Recurrent Neural Networks-Network layers-Perceptrons

UNIT IV LEARNING METHODS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS

Supervised Learning-Unsupervised Learning-Reinforcement Learning-Transfer Function- Back-
Propagation Algorithm- Applications of Neural Networks

UNIT V GENETIC ALGORITHMS&APPLICATIONS

Genetic algorithms and evolutionary – computation - Basics of Genetic Algorithms-Representation
methods -Selection -Crossover –Mutation - Genetic Algorithms on optimization and planning-Traveling
Salesman Problem-Genetic Algorithms in Business and their role in Decision Making

UNIT VI HYBRID SYSTEMS

Fuzzy-Evolutionary System -Neuro-Fuzzy System - Neuro-Fuzzy-Evolutionary System -Neuro-Evolutionary
System

Text Books:
1. Neuro-Fuzzy and soft computing - J S R Jang, CT Sun and [Link] - PHI PVT LTD.-2004
2. Principles of soft computing –sivandudam and Deepa publisher –John mikey India-2011.

Reference Books:
1. Neural Networks: A comprehensive foundation- 2nd edition - S. Haykins- Prentice Hall Publication-
-1998.

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3 0 3

DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO NEURAL NETWORKS

Introduction – biological neurons – Artificial neurons – activation function – learning rules – feed forward
networks – supervised learning – perception networks – ADALINE – MADALINE – back propagation
networks – learning factors – linear separability – Hopfield network – discrete Hopfield networks

UNIT II ARCHITECTURE – TYPES

Recurrent auto association memory – bi-directional associative memory – temporal associative memory –
Boltzmann machine Hamming networks – self – organizing feature maps – adaptive resonance theory
network – Instar – Outsar model – counter propagation network – radial basis function networks

UNIT III INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS

Crisp set – vaguness – uncertainty and imprecision – fuzzy set – fuzzy operation- properties – crisp versus
fuzzy relations – fuzzy relation – cardinality operations, properties – fuzzy Cartesian product and
composition – non – interactive fuzzy sets – tolerance and equivalence relations – fuzzy ordering relations –
fuzzy morphism – composition of fuzzy relations

UNIT IV FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER

Fuzzy to crisp conversion – Lambda cuts for fuzzy sets and relations – definition methods – structure of
fuzzy logic controller – database – rule base – Inference engine

UNIT V APPLICATIONS
Applications of Neural network and Fuzzy system for single phase fully controlled converter, single phase
ac voltage controller, DC Drive and AC Drive

UNITVI DESIGN
Designing of controllers using Simulation Software Fuzzy Logic Toolbox – Modeling of DC Machines using
Simulation Software and Simulink Toolbox

Text Books:
1. Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems - Jacek M. Zurada-Jaico Publishing home-2002.
2. Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications - Timothy J. Ross- Tata McGraw Hill-1997.
3. Fundamentals of neural networks - Lawrence Fausatt-Prentice Hall of India-1994.
4. Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications - Timothy J. Ross- McGraw Hill International Edition,
USA, 1997.
5. Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems - Bart kosko- Prentice Hall of India-1994.
Reference Books:

1. Fuzzy Set Theory & its Applications -H.J. Zimmermann- Allied Publication Ltd.-1996.
2. Neural Networks -Simon Haykin, Pearson Education-2003.
3. Fuzzy Logic,Intelligence Control & Information - John Yen & Reza Langari,-Pearson Education-
2003.

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3 0 3
MICROCONTROLLERS & APPLICATIONS

UNIT I 8051 MICROCONTROLLERS

Introduction to Intel 8 bit & 16 bit Microcontrollers, MCS-51 Architecture, Registers in MCS-51, 8051 Pin
Description, 8051 Connections, 8051 Parallel I/O Ports, Memory Organization
MCS-51 Addressing Modes and Instructions: 8051 Addressing Modes, MCS-51 Instruction Set, 8051
Instructions and Simple Programs, Using Stack Pointer, 8051 Assembly Language Programming,
Development Systems and Tools, Software Simulators of 8051
UNIT II MCS-51 INTERRUPTS, TIMER/COUNTERS AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION
Interrupts, Interrupts in MCS-51, Timers and Counters, Serial Communication, Atmel Microcontrollers
(89CXX and 89C20XX), Architectural Overview of Atmel 89C51 and Atmel 89C2051, Pin Description of
89C51 and 89C2051, Using Flash Memory Devices Atmel 89CXX and 89C20XX
UNIT III APPLICATIONS OF MCS-51 AND ATMEL 89C51 AND 89C2051 MICROCONTROLLERS
Applications of MCS-51 and Atmel 89C51 and 89C2051 Microcontrollers- Square Wave Generation-
Rectangular Waves- Pulse Generation- Pulse Width Modulation- Staircase Ramp Generation- Sine Wave
Generation- Pulse Width Measurement- Frequency Counter
UNIT IV PIC MICROCONTROLLERS
PIC Microcontrollers: Overview and Features, PIC 16C6X/7X, FSR(File Selection Register) [Indirect Data
Memory Address Pointer], PIC Reset Actions, PIC Oscillator Connections, PIC Memory Organizations, PIC
PIC 16C6X/7X Instructions, Addressing Modes, I/O Ports, Interrupts in PIC 16C61/71, PIC 16C61/71
Timers, PIC 16C71 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
UNIT V PIC 16F8XX FLASH MICROCONTROLLERS
Introduction, Pin Diagram of 16F8XX, STATUS Register, OPTION_REG Register, Power Control Register
(PCON), PIC 16F8XX Program Memory, PIC 16F8XX Data Memory, DATA EEPROM and Flash Program
EEPROM, Interrupts in 16F877, I/O Ports, Timers
UNIT VI INTERFACING AND MICROCONTROLLER APPLICATIONS
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), Push Buttons, Relays and Latch Connections, Keyboard Interfacing,
Interfacing 7-Segment Displays, LCD Interfacing, ADC AND DAC Interfacing with 89C51 Microcontrollers
Industrial Applications of Microcontrollers - Measurement Applications, Automation and Control
Applications

Text Books:
1. Microcontrollers-3rd Edition -Kennith J ayala- Thomson publishers-2004.
2. Microcontrollers-1st Edition -Theory and Applications - Ajay V Deshmukh-McGraw Hills-2017.
3. Microprocessor and Microcontrollers -Prof [Link]- Hyderabad Premier Publishing House-2000.

Reference Books:
1. Programming 8 bit PIC Microcontrollers in C with Interactive Hardware Simulation-1st Edition -
Martin P. Bates- Newnes-2008.
2. PIC Micro Mid-Range MCU Family- Reference Manual- Micro Chip Technology Inc.
3. The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems Using Assembly and C -2nd Edition-y
Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi and Rolin D. McKinlay- Prentice Hall-2006.

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