B. Tech.
EEE SRET24 Regulations
I Year B. Tech. EEE – II Semester
L T P C
3 0 0 3
(24BTEE01T) Basic Electrical & Electronics Engineering
(Common to All Branches of Engineering)
PART- A: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Course Objectives:
To expose to the field of electrical & electronics engineering, laws and principles of electrical/electronic
engineering and to acquire fundamental knowledge in the relevant field
Course Outcomes: After completion of this course, student will be able to
CO1. Apply KVL & KCL to AC & DC Circuits to determine the various electrical parameters. (L3)
CO2. Demonstrate the construction, working principle & operation of various DC & AC Machines and
Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (PMMC) & Moving Iron (MI) Instruments. (L2)
CO3. Illustrate the generation of Electrical power, Electricity billing and Equipment Safety Measures. (L2)
UNIT I: DC & AC Circuits No. of Hours: 10
DC Circuits: Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), Ohm’s Law and its limitations, KCL & KVL, series,
parallel, series-parallel circuits, Super Position theorem, Simple numerical problems.
AC Circuits: A.C. Fundamentals: Equation of AC Voltage and current, waveform, time period, frequency,
amplitude, phase, phase difference, average value, RMS value, form factor, peak factor, Voltage and current
relationship with phasor diagrams in R, L, and C circuits, Concept of Impedance, Active power, reactive
power and apparent power, Concept of power factor (Simple Numerical problems).
UNIT II: Machines and Measuring Instruments No. of Hours: 08
Machines: Construction, principle and operation of (i) DC Motor, (ii) DC Generator, (iii) Single Phase
Transformer, (iv) Three Phase Induction Motor and (v) Alternator, Applications of electrical machines.
Measuring Instruments: Construction and working principle of Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (PMMC),
Moving Iron (MI) Instruments and Wheat Stone bridge.
UNIT III: Energy Resources, Electricity Bill & Safety Measures No. of Hours: 07
Energy Resources: Conventional and non-conventional energy resources; Layout and operation of various
Power Generation systems: Hydel, Nuclear, Solar & Wind power generation.
Electricity bill: Power rating of household appliances including air conditioners, PCs, Laptops, Printers, etc.
Definition of “unit” used for consumption of electrical energy, two-part electricity tariff, calculation of electricity
bill for domestic consumers.
Equipment Safety Measures: Working principle of Fuse and Miniature circuit breaker (MCB), merits and
demerits. Personal safety measures: Electrical Safety Standards, Electric Shock, Earthing and its types,
Safety Precautions to avoid shock.
Textbooks:
1. Basic Electrical Engineering, D. C. Kulshreshtha, Tata McGraw Hill, 2019, First Edition
2. Power System Engineering, P.V. Gupta, M.L. Soni, U.S. Bhatnagar and A. Chakrabarti, Dhanpat Rai &
Co, 2013
3. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Rajendra Prasad, PHI publishers, 2014, Third Edition
Reference Books:
1. Basic Electrical Engineering, D. P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, Mc Graw Hill, 2019, Fourth Edition
2. Principles of Power Systems, V.K. Mehtha, [Link] Technical Publishers, 2020
3. Basic Electrical Engineering, T. K. Nagsarkar and M. S. Sukhija, Oxford University Press, 2017
4. Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering, S. K. Bhatacharya, Person Publications, 2018, Second
Edition.
Web Resources:
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