Elements of Electrical Engineering
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Elements of Electrical Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Elements of Electrical Engineering (subject code 2110005) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 1 divides the course into 3 units, covering 75 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2110005)Unit 1 D. C. Circuits
- 20 40% a) Elementary Concepts: Introduction of Electrical Current
- Power and Energy
- Sources of Electrical Energy – Independent and Dependent Source
- Source conversion
- Ideal electrical circuit elements - Resistor
- Inductor and Capacitor
- Fundamental laws of electric circuits - Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff‟s Laws
- Analysis of series
- parallel and series-parallel circuits
- Star – Delta conversion
- Node and Mesh analysis. 08 15% b) Electrostatics: Electric charge and Laws of electrostatics
- Definitions - Electric field
- lines of force
- electric field intensity
- electric flux and flux density
- Electrostatic induction
- Gauss’s law and its application
- Dielectric strength
- Capacitor in series and parallel
- Energy stored in a capacitor. 04 10% c) Electromagnetism: Faradays Laws
- Lenz's Law
- Fleming's Rules
- Effect of magnetic field on current carrying conductor
- Magnetic circuits
- Statically and dynamically induced EMF
- Concepts of self inductance
- mutual inductance and coefficient of coupling
- Inductance in series and parallel
- Hysteresis and Eddy current losses
- Energy stored in magnetic fields
Unit 2 A. C. Circuits
- 20 40% a) Single Phase A.C
- Circuits: Generation of sinusoidal voltage
- Definition of average value
- root mean square value
- form factor and peak factor
- Phasor representation of alternating quantities
- Analysis with phasor diagrams of R, L, C, R-L
- R-C and R-L-C circuits
- Concepts of Real power
- Reactive power
- Apparent power and Power factor
- Parallel and Series - Parallel circuits
- Power in AC circuit
- Power factor improvement
- Resonance in series and parallel circuits
- Bandwidth and Selectivity. 12 25% b) Three Phase A.C
- Circuits: Necessity and Advantages of three phase systems
- Generation of three phase power
- Phase sequence
- Balanced supply and Balanced load
- Relationship between line and phase values of balanced three phase circuit
- Power Measurement in balanced three phase circuits
Unit 3 Batteries, wiring, illumination & electrical safety
- 08 20% a) Batteries and Fuel Cell: Introduction of Batteries
- The Simple cell
- E.M.F and internal resistance of a cell
- Primary and Secondary cells
- Cell capacity
- Types & Specifications of Batteries
- Charging & Discharging of Battery
- Safe disposal of Batteries
- Fuel cell: Principle & Types of fuel cell. 02 05% b) Electrical Wiring: Types of wires and cables
- Types of Connectors & Switches
- System of wiring
- domestic and industrial wiring
- Simple control circuit in domestic installation. 02 05% c) Illumination: Types of lamps
- fixtures & reflectors
- Illumination schemes for domestic
- industrial & commercial premises
- Lumen requirements for different categories. 02 05% d) Safety & protection: Safety precautions in handling electrical appliances
- Electric shock
- First aid for electric shock other hazards of electrical laboratories & safety rules
- Grounding & Earthing - Importance of grounding and earthing
- equipment for grounding
- Methods of earthing
- Circuit protection devices: Fuses, MCB, ELCB & Relays
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