Current Teaching

• Spring 2011-12:  EN 206 Power Electronics and Machines
• Spring 2011-12:  EN 210 Electrical Machines & Power Electronics Lab

Previous Teaching

• Autumn 2011:  EN 201 Basic Electrical Engineering
• Autumn 2011:  EE 602 Foundation for Energy Engineering
• Autumn 2011:  EE 205 Basic Electrical Engineering Lab
• Spring 2010:  EN 206 Power Electronics and Machines
• Spring 2010:  EN 210 Electrical Machines & Power Electronics Lab
• Autumn 2010:  EN 201 Basic Electrical Engineering
• Autumn 2010:  EE 602 Foundation for Energy Engineering
• Autumn 2010:  EE 205 Basic Electrical Engineering Lab
• Spring 2009:  EN 206 Power Electronics and Machines
• Spring 2009:  EN 210 Electrical Machines & Power Electronics Lab
• Autumn 2009:  EN 623 Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering (partial)

Course Descriptions

• EN 201 Basic Electrical Engineering
  Fundamental physical laws used frequently in electrical engineering, circuit parameters. Elementary techniques for analyzing simple electrical circuits. Network theorems: Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, superposition theorem and maximum power transfer theorem. Time domain analysis of first and second order linear circuits. Sinusoidal steady state analysis, series and parallel resonance, power calculations, reactive power, power factor and significance of power factor correction, balanced three phase circuits. Analysis of magnetic circuits, basic principles of operation of transformers, dc and ac machines.
• EE 205 Basic Electrical Engineering Lab
  Introduction to Basic Laboratory Equipment and Measurements, Simple Circuit Measurements and Ohm's Law, Introduction to Digital Circuits Using TTL(Transistor- Transistor Logic), Resistors: Simplification of Series and Parallel Networks, Nodal AnalysiS of Simple Networks, Loop Analysis of Simple Networks, Operational Amplifiers, Design and Circuit Simulation using SPICE, Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits, Superposition Theorem, Power Relationships in Simple Circuits RL and RC Circuits.
• EN 206 Power Electronics and Machines
  Magnetic circuits, mutually coupled circuits, Single phase and three phase transformers, Auto transformers. Basic concepts of Electromechanical energy conversion leading to rotating machines. Principle of operation characteristics and control of DC, three phase and single phase asynchronous machines and synchronous machines. Special machines, e.g. Stepper motors, brushless DC machines.
  Characteristics of Power diodes, Thyristors, GTOs , BJTs , MOSFETs , IGBTs. Phase controlled AC to DC converters: Single and three phase, dual converters, unity power factor AC to Dc converters: PWM current source converter, PWM voltage source converters. DC to DC converters: Operations of buck, boost, buck b boost, Cuk, fly back, and forward converters. DC to AC converters: Single phase and three phase topologies, PWM techniques including Space vector pulse with modulation. Brief introduction to AC to AC conversion: AC voltage controllers. Application of power electronic systems: HVDC, active power filters, motor control.
• EN 210 Electrical Machines & Power Electronics Lab
  A study of the characteristics and working of the power devices such as SCR, Power MOSFET and IGBT, controlled rectifies (SCR), voltage control of DC motor, inverter performance (DC-AC, harmonics, V-f performance), power factor correction, Power measurement in balanced 3 phase circuits and power factor improvement, Open circuit short circuit test on single phase transfer, Characteristics of DC generators, Charactesrtics of separately excited DC generator, speed control of 3 phase induction generator.
• EN 602 Foundation for Energy Engineering
  Thermodynamics: first law and its application, second law and its application, Irreversibility and energy, basic power generation cycles. Fluid Mechanics: stress-strain relations and viscosity, mass and momentum balance, flow through pipe. Heat Transfer: conduction, radiation, convective heat transfer. Network analysis: simple network analysis, power factor improvement. Electrical Machines: Transformer, Induction motor and generators, Synchronous generators, Introduction to modern speed control techniques, DC machines. Power systems: Introduction to power transmission and distribution.