EE2020: ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Title Electrical Technology

Course Number EEA2020
Credits 3
Course Category ESA
Prerequisite Courses EEA1110
Contact Course 2-1-0 (Lecture-Tutorial- Practical)
Type of Course Theory
Course Assessment Course Work (Home Assignments) (15%)
Mid Semester Examination (1 hour) (25%)
End Semester Examination (2 hour) (60%)
Course Objectives To introduce power electronics devices and their applications. To introduce the
basic concept of Induction motors, Synchronous motor, DC motors, transformer
and special types of motors. To introduce the characteristics and speed control
of these motors. To introduce tariff system and power factor improvement.
Course Outcomes At the end of the course the students will be able to:
⦁ Use different power semiconductor devices for particular applications.
⦁ Know about DC motors, types of motors, characteristics, speed control
techniques and their applications.
⦁ Know the basics of Induction and synchronous motors; understand the
concept of rotor slip, its relationship to rotor frequency and how the speed
of induction and synchronous motors can be controlled.
⦁ Understand the working principle and specific applications of Reluctance,
stepper and universal motors and get an introduction of an industrial
power supply.
SYLLABUS No. of
Lectures
UNIT I:PRINCPLES OF POWER ELECTRONICS
I-V and reverse recovery characteristics of Power diode; I-V characteristics of SCR and
10
TRIAC, various operation modes of TRIAC; introduction to single phase rectifier, inverter &
chopper and their applications.
UNIT II: DC MOTORS
Construction, EMF and torque equation, types and characteristics, Speed Control and Starters, 10
applications, Permanent magnet motors.
UNIT III: THREE PHASE INDUCTION AND SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS
Three Phase Induction motors: Introduction, working principle, equivalent circuit and torque
10
equation, torque slip characteristics, speed control, starters, and applications. Synchronous
motors: Introduction, construction, Principle of operation, applications.
UNIT IV: SPECIAL MOTORS AND INDUSTRIAL POWER SUPPLY
Special motors: Reluctance motor, Stepper Motor, Universal motor and their application.
09
Industrial Power Supply: Autotransformers, wielding transformers and power factor
improvement
TOTAL: 39

SUGGESTED READING / TEXTS / REFERENCES

⦁ *G.K.Dubey, et al, Thyristorised Power Controllers; New Age International.

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⦁ *D. P. Kothari and I. Nagrath, Electric machines: Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2004.
⦁ S. Chapman, Electric machinery fundamentals: Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.
⦁ M. S. Jamil Asghar, Power Electronics, PHI Learning.