Basic electrical engineering

Course Name: 
Basic electrical engineering
Credit Structure: 
2 1 0 6
Prerequisites: 
<p>NA</p>
Instructor: 
--
Course Type: 
Theory
Course Content: 
<p>Fundamental physical laws used frequently in electrical engineering, circuit parameters.<br /> Elementary techniques for analyzing simple electrical circuits. Network theorems:<br /> Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, superposition theorem and maximum power transfer<br /> theorem. Time domain analysis of first and second order linear circuits. Sinusoidal steady<br /> state analysis, series and parallel resonance, power calculations, reactive power, power<br /> factor and significance of power factor correction, balanced three phase circuits. Analysis<br /> of magnetic circuits, basic principles of operation of transformers, dc and ac machines.<br /> &nbsp;</p>
Text Reference: 
<p>T. K. Nagsarkar and M. S. Sukhija, Basic Electrical Engineering, Oxford University<br /> Press, 2005.<br /> Vincent Del Toro, Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.<br /> P. C. Sen, Principles of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, John Wiley and Sons,<br /> 1997.<br /> I. J. Nagrath and D. P. Kothari, Electrical Machines, Tata McGraw Hill, 1990.</p>