B. Tech.

III (Electrical), Semester – VI L T P C

EE-304 Power Electronics Systems and Electric Drives 3 1 2 5

2. COURSE OUTCOMES (COs):

At the end of the course students will be able to:
CO1 explain the basic concept of PESs
CO2 apply various power electronic converters to DC and AC drives
CO3 devise different control techniques for DC and AC drives
CO4 compare the performance of various methods of drive control
CO5 decide the suitability of PESs for applications in emerging areas.

3. SYLLABUS:
 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVES AND DC DRIVES (10 Hours)
Introduction to drives, Fundamental torque equation, speed-torque convention and multi quadrant
operation, dynamics of motor load combination, nature and classification of load torque, calculation
of acceleration time in transient operation, acceleration time for specific nature of motor and load
torque, stability of electrical drives, Selection of Motor Power Rating.
DC Drives: Phase controlled DC-Drives: Operation with continuous and discontinuous modes, Supply
Harmonics, Power Factor and Ripple in motor current; Chopper Controlled DC Drives, Sources
current harmonics in chopper, Converter Ratings and closed loop control scheme.

 AC DRIVES (12Hours)
Induction Motor Drives: Speed control techniques: Stator voltage control, Variable frequency control,
Open loop V/f control, Static rotor resistance control and Slip power recovery control schemes, Slip
compensation technique.
Synchronous Motor Drives: Self-controlled schemes, Variable frequency control of multiple
synchronous motor, Permanent magnet AC motor drives, Control of Brushless DC Motor Drives and
its applications,

 ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS (10 Hours)

Isolated DC-DC Converters: Fly-back, forward, Push-pull converter, half and full bridge converter,
topologies, control and design; Active Front End Converter and its control for unity power factor
operation; Multilevel Inverters; Modulation techniques: SPWM and SVM, Design of Inductor and
Transformer.

 APPLICATIONS OF POWER CONVERTERS (10 Hours)

Applications of DC-DC converters for MPPT techniques, Electronic ballasts, Electric Vehicles (EVs)
and Power Supply Design; Uninterruptible Power Supply; Application of PESs in Distribution system
for Power Conditioning, PESs applications in Distributed Energy System such as Solar, Diesel Engine,
Wind based isolated and grid connected system.

Total Hours: 42
Tutorials will be conducted separately for 14 hours

4. LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:
1. Study of Speed Control of DC Shunt Motor Using Single Phase Fully Controlled Converter.
2. Controlling of DC Motor with Single Phase Dual Converter.
3. Study of Speed Control of Three Phase AC Induction Motor (V/F Control).
4. Experimental investigation of a 5 HP Induction Motor Drive.
5. Study of DSP Controlled Induction Motor Drive.
6. Study of DSP Controlled BLDC Motor Drive.
7. Simulation of V/F control of 3 phase induction motor using MATLAB.
 8. Simulation of speed control of three phase induction motor using stator voltage control (AC Voltage
controller) in MATLAB.

5. BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. B. K. Bose, “Modern Power Electronics & AC Drives”, Pearson, 1st Edition.
2. Dubey G.K, “Fundamentals of Electrical Drives”, Narosa Publishing House, 2nd Edition, 2001.
3. R. Krishnan “Electric motor drives Modeling, Analysis and Control” PHI-India, 1st Edition, 2015.
4. Rashid M. H., “Power Electronics Circuits, Devices, and Applications”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2004.
5. Ned Mohan et al, “Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design”, John Wiley & Sons.
Inc., 3rd Edition, 2010.
6. Bin Wu, High-Power Converters and AC Drives, A John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Publication, 2006.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Microprocessor and Microcontrollers 3 1 2 05

EE306 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO 1 Illustrate with examples basic concepts of digital circuits.
CO 2 explain architecture of 8–bit Microprocessor (8085A), concept of memory and input-output
interfacing with timing diagrams.
CO 3 Describe architecture of 8 bit microcontroller (8051) with special function registers (SFR), basic
on chip peripherals like Timer0, Timer 1, UART, and External Interrupts and program execution
timings (MIPS).
CO 4 Demonstrate interfacing of external peripheral like ADC, DAC, Key board, LCD and seven
segment LED display with 8051 Microcontroller.
CO 5 develop assembly language and embedded ‘C’ programs with the exposure of Kiel µvision IDE.
CO 6 Design and develop using microcontroller, power electronics based electrical systems and
provide solution to other real world problems.

2. Syllabus:
 REVIEW OF DIGITAL LOGIC CONCEPTS ( 02 Hours)
Number systems, gates & De-Morgan’s equivalents, 3-state logic gates, flip-flops, buffers, decoders,
Encoders, multiplexers, de-multiplexers.

 MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ( 03 Hours)

Introduction, Registers, concept of address and data buses, system control signals, basic bus timing,
memory (RAM, ROM), input output devices, Microcomputer systems

 INTRODUCTION TO 8085A MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE ( 03 Hours)

Introduction to 8085A, pin diagram and pin description, bus timing and instruction timing, de-
multiplexing of buses, generation of control signals, concept of interrupts.

 MEMORY INTERFACING WITH 8085A ( 04 Hours)

Different types of memory, memory map, address decoding scheme for different memory, memory
timings.

 INPUT OUTPUT DEVICES INTERFACING WITH 8085A ( 04 Hours)

Basic interfacing concepts, peripheral I/O interfacing and memory mapped I/O interfacing

 8051 MICROCONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE ( 06 Hours)

Introduction, 8051 family microcontrollers, hardware architecture, input/output pins, I/O ports and
circuits, on chip ram ,general purpose registers ,special function registers, timers-counters, concepts
of interrupts.

 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING OF 8051 (10 Hours)

Concept of IDE (assembler, compiler, linker, de-bugger), addressing modes, data move instructions,
arithmetic and logical instructions, jump, loop and call instructions, concepts of subroutines, interrupt
service routine.
 PERIPHERALS OF 8051 – HARDWARE CONCEPTS AND ‘C’
(10 Hours)
PROGRAMMING
GPIO port architecture, timers, interfacing with push button keys, interfacing with seven segment
LED display, interfacing with ADC
Total hours: 42
Tutorials will be conducted separately for 14 hours

3. List of Experiments:

(to write and execute assembly language programme for)

1. Arithmetic operations of Signed and Unsigned Numbers
2. Memory Block Movements (Forward, reverse, overlapping)
3. Ascending and descending arrangement of data string.
4. Code conversion. (Hexadecimal, BCD, Binary, ASCII etc.)
(Embedded ‘C’ programming)
5. Toggling of port pin with time delay
6. Sensing of push button keys
7. Two digit second clock based on seven segment display
8. Interrupt driven clock
9. Programming of ADC and DAC

4. Books Recommended:
1. R. S. Gaonker, Microprocessor Architecture, programming and application, Wiley Eastern
Limited, 6th Edition, 2013.
2. Kenneth J. Ayala, The 8051 Microcontroller, Penram International 3rd Edition, 1999.
3. M. Mazidi and others, The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, Prentice Hall of India,
2nd Edition, 2007.
4. Michael Slater, Microprocessor based Design, Prentice Hall of India, 3rd Edition, 2016.
5. Badri Ram, Fundamentals of microprocessors and microcomputers, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, 4th
Edition, 1993.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Instrumentation 3 1 2 05

EE308 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course students will be able to:
CO1 analyze performance characteristics of measurement systems.
CO2 demonstrate different types of transducers.
CO3 explain different types of recorders and data transmission techniques.
CO4 discuss operational amplifier and its applications.
CO5 Classify various digital displays and digital measuring instruments.

2. Syllabus:
 PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS (06 Hours)
Input-output configuration of instruments and measurement systems, methods of correction for
interfering and modifying inputs, static performance characteristics of instruments, noise, signal to
noise ratio, errors in measurement
 TRANSDUCERS (09 Hours)
Classification of transducers, passive transducers: resistive, inductive and capacitive transducers,
active transducers: thermocouple, piezoelectric transducer, taco-generator, pH cell, basic signal
conditioning circuits for transducers.
 DATA TRANSMISSION ,RECORDERS and DATA LOGGERS (05 Hours)
Introduction to industrial data transmission techniques, Distinction between recorder and data loggers,
strip chart recorder, X-Y recorders, data logger
 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER FUNDAMENTALS (04 Hours)
Operational Amplifier, Basic Op-Amp Configuration, an Op-Amp with Negative Feedback, Voltage
Series and Voltage Shunt Configurations, Difference Amplifiers,
Specification of An Op-Amp, Offset Voltages and Currents, CMRR, Slew Rate
 LINEAR APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS (06 Hours)
Summing, Scaling and Averaging Amplifiers, Voltage to Current Converter with Floating and
Grounded Load, Current to Voltage Converter, Integra tor and Differentiator, Instrumentation
Amplifier, Isolation amplifier
 NON-LINEAR APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS (06 Hours)
Schmitt Trigger, Voltage Comparator, Voltage Limiters And Window Detector, Clippers And
Clampers, Peak Detector, Precision Rectifiers, Analog Switches
 BASICS of DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS (06 Hours)
Digital meter displays: LED and LCD, Quantization and digitization process, Quantization error,
Specifications of digital instruments like digits, resolution and accuracy, Ramp type Digital voltmeter,
Dual slope DVM, Digital multi-meter, LCRQ meter, Digital storage oscilloscope
Total hours: 42
Tutorials will be conducted separately for 14 hours
3. List of Experiments:
1. To study input and output characteristics of LVDT.
2. To study strain measurement using Strain Gauge and cantilever assembly.
3. Measurement of liquid level capacitive transducer.
4. To determine the breakdown voltage of transformer oil.
5. To determine the breakdown voltage of different types of paper.
6. To study the characteristics of RTD.
7. To study and perform Inverting & Non-Inverting Configuration Op-amp.
8. To study and perform Summing, Scaling & Averaging Circuits using Op-amp.
9. To study and perform Integrator & Differentiator using Op-amp.
10. To study Peak detector.

4. Books Recommended:
1. A. K. Sawhney, Electrical and electronic Measurements and Instrumentation, Dhanpat Rai & co., 17th
Edition.
2. Gayakwad Ramakant, Op-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits, PHI, 3rd Edition, 1993.
3. A. D. Helfrick and Cooper W. D., Modern electronic Instrumentation and Measurement techniques,
Prentice Hall of India, 1997.
4. E. O. Doebelin, Measurement Systems - Application and Design, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York,
1992.
5. D. A. Bell, Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement, Oxford University press, 3rd Edition, 2013.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI
L T P Credit
Industrial Automation and Process Control
(EIS-II) 3 0 0 03

EE362 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO1 classify various types of Industrial process
CO2 explain working principle of various type of sensors and actuators
CO3 discuss various type of controller and various control system configurations
CO4 develop ladder logic program for PLC for various industrial applications
CO5 discuss case study of Industrial automation.

2. Syllabus:
 INTRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES (04 Hours)
Process with analog variables, discrete state sequential process, hybrid process, overview of
automation.
 SENSORS (06 Hours )
Mechanical sensors: strain; motion; pressure; flow: Thermal sensors: RTD; thermistors; thermocouple
Optical sensors; photo detectors; pyrometers; optical sources.
 ACTUATORS (05 Hours)
Final control operation: signal conversions; actuators; control elements, signal conversions: analog
electrical signals; digital signals; pneumatic signals, actuators: electrical; pneumatic; hydraulic, fluid
valves : control valve principle; types; sizing
 CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS (05 Hours)
Feedback control, Feed Forward Control, Ratio Control, cascade Control, over-ride control, optimizing
control system
 CONTROLLER PRINCIPLES (06 Hours)
Controller modes, electronic controller, pneumatic controller, digital controllers, controller software.
 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS (12 Hours)
Advantages & disadvantages of PLC with respect to relay logic, PLC architecture, Input Output
modules, PLC interfacing with plant, ladder diagram
 CASE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (04 Hours)
Boiler, conveyor belt system, Heat Exchanger

Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. John Webb, Programmable Logic Controllers Principles & applications, Prentice Hall of India, 1st
Edition, 2003.
2. C. D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology 4th Edition, PHI.
3. Andrews, Applied Instrumentation in Process Industries (Volume-IV).
4. D. Patranabis, Principles of Process Control, Tata Mc-Grow Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi,
3rd Edition.
5. T. A. Hughes, Programmable Controllers, 4th Edition, 2004, ISA.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
State Variable Analysis (EIS-II) 3 0 0 03

EE364 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course students will be able to:
CO1 construct state-space models for the systems from the ubiquitous domains
(electrical/mechanical).
CO2 correlate differential equations, transfer function model with the state space models.
CO3 recast linear, nonlinear, multi input multi output, continuous and discrete systems in state space
form.
CO4 design control systems using the state space techniques and analyze the properties of state space
models which are essential for developing controllers and observers.
CO5 adopt state space technique for the models of real world problems.

2. Syllabus:
 MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND-MATRICES: (03 Hours)
Definition of Matrices; Matrix Algebra; Matrix Multiplication and Inversion; Rank of a Matrix;
Differentiation and Integration of Matrix.

 STATE SPACE ANALYSIS METHODS AND TECHNIQUES: (16 Hours)

State Variables; State-Space Representation of Electrical and Mechanical and Electromechanical
Systems; State Space Representation of Nth Order, Linear Differential Equation; Transformation to
Phase Variable Canonical Form; Relationship Between Transfer Functions and State Equations;
Characteristic Equation; Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors; Transformation to Diagonal Canonical
Form; Jordan Canonical Form.

 SOLUTION OF THE TIME-INVARIANT SYSTEMS: (06 Hours)

Solution of the Time-Invariant State Equation; State Transition Matrix and its Properties; Transfer
Matrix; Transfer Matrix of Closed Loop Systems, Methods of calculations of the matrix exponentials
using algebraic and algorithmic methods.

 CONTROLLABILTY AND OBSERVABILITY: (08 Hours)

Concept of Controllability and Observability; Kalman’s Theorems on Controllability; and
Observability, Alternative Tests (Gilbert’s Method) of Controllability and Observability; Principle of
Duality; Relationship among Controllability, Observability and Transfer Function, Decomposition of
Transfer Function-Direct, Cascade and Parallel Decomposition; State Diagram.

 LYAPUNOV STABILITY ANALYSIS: (09 HOURS)

Stability of Equilibrium State in the Sense of Lyapunov; Graphical Representation of Stability;
Asymptotic Stability and Instability; Sign-Definiteness of Scalar Function; Second Method of
Lyapunov; Stability Analysis of Linear Systems; Krasovskii’s Theorem; Lyapunov Function Based on
Variable Gradient Method.

Total Hours: 42
3. Books Recommended:
1. I. J. Nagrath and M. Gopal, Control System Engineering, New Age International Publishers, 3rd
Edition, 2001.
2. K. Ogata, Modern Control System Engineering, Pearson Education Asia, 4th Edition, 2002.
3. B. C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, Prentice Hall of India, 7th Edition, 1995.
4. N. S. Nise, Control System Engineering, John Wiley & sons, 4th Edition, 2004.
5. P. F. Blackman, Introduction to State Variable Analysis, the McMillan Press, 1st Edition, 1977.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Energy Audit and Management (EIS-II) 3 0 0 03

EE366 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

After completion of the course, the students will be able to:

CO1 recognize the significance of energy management and its role in industries
CO2 analysis of Energy conservation and needs of energy audit and management.
CO3 evaluate the energy economics.
CO4 plan and design energy efficient systems
CO5 estimate the economy and judge the environmental concerns.

2. Syllabus:
 ENERGY MANAGEMENT (12 Hours)
Energy Scenario – Energy Demand and Ecological Balance –Resource availability and management,
Strategies, Tools available, Energy Monitoring and Targeting, Energy Norms, Energy Policy, Demand
Side Management–Role of Energy Managers in Industries - maximizing system efficiencies,
Optimizing input energy requirements - Principles and Imperatives of Energy Conservation - Energy
Consumption pattern, Energy Conservation acts, Energy Conservation Implementation Programme
(ECIP), Energy Audit concepts, needs, energy management (audit) approach, energy audit instruments,
Energy action planning and Project management.

 ELECTRICAL ENERGY AUDITING (10 Hours)

Potential areas of Electrical Energy Conservation in various industries–Energy Management
opportunities in Cable selection, Electricity Act, Electric Heating and Lighting systems –Six basic
rules of Energy, Efficient Lighting, Energy losses in electric motors and drives, Energy Efficient
Motors and Drives, Soft starters with energy saver, Power factor improvement, Energy conservation
in domestic gadgets and transport, DG system- factors affecting selection & performance.

 ENERGY ECONOMICS (10 Hours)

Economic analysis of investments, Present value criterion, Discount rate, simple payback period, return
on investment, net present value(NPV), internal rate of return, life cycle costing, energy performance
contracts and role of ESCOs, Energy Management Information Systems.

 ECONOMICS OF POWER GENERATION (10 Hours)

Factors affecting the cost of generation – Load factor, Diversity factor, Plant capacity factor, Plant use
factor, Load curves, Load duration curves, Reduction of costs by Interconnection of Stations, Choice
of size & number of generator units, Tariffs : types and significance.

Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Albert Thumann, Handbook of Energy Engineering, The Fairmont Press Inc., 6th Edition, 2003.
2. Wayne C. Turner, Energy management Handbook, John Wiley and sons, 9th Edition, 2019.
3. Prasanna Chandra, Financial management, Tata McGraw Hill, 10th Edition, 2019.
4. S. Choudhury, Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1995.
5. Cleaner Production, Energy Efficiency Manual for GERIAP, UNEP, prepared by National Productivity
Council, Bangkock.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
3 0 0 03
(EIS- II)

EE368 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

CO1 recognize the need for materials and its future for energy needs.
CO2 describe the physics and chemistry of the materials behind the energy conversion.
CO3 categorize the materials for different energy applications.
CO4 discuss the energy conversion process with different materials.
CO5 design a basic device structure using the materials for different energy applications.

2. Syllabus:
 ENERGY IN TRANSITION (02 Hours)
Introduction, Materials for Energy, How Far Ahead Is the Future?
 MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS (08 Hours)
The Physics of Solar Cells, Types of Solar Cell, Transparent Conductive Materials, Toward Low Cost,
Fast and Scalable Processing, Low-Cost Electricity Production from Sunlight: Third-Generation
Photovoltaics and the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Basics of Organic Photovoltaics, Dye-Sensitized
Solar Cell Principle
 THERMOELECTRICS (03 Hours)
Introduction, Definition, Applications of Thermoelectricity, Semi-classical Theory of
Thermoelectricity in Solids, Thermoelectric Materials, Conclusion
 PIEZOELECTRIC CONVERSION (03 Hours)
Introduction, Principles of Piezoelectric Transduction, Energy Conditioning Circuitry, Applications of
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting, Current Research Thrusts, Summary and Future Visions
 FUEL CELLS (05 Hours)
Introduction, History, Types of Fuel Cells, Thermodynamics, Fuel Cell Efficiency, Applications.
 BATTERIES: FUNDAMENTALS AND MATERIALS ASPECTS (06 Hours)
Introduction, Rechargeable Battery Systems, Beyond Li-Ion: From Single to Multivalent Ion
Chemistriesm, Redox Flow Batteries
 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SUPERCAPACITORS (04 Hours)
Introduction, Energy Storage Devices, Super-capacitors Background, Charge Storage Mechanisms,
Classification, Designing High-Performance Environmentally Friendly Super-capacitors,
Characterization, Future Perspectives
 HYDROGEN STORAGE (03 Hours)
Conventional Hydrogen Storages, Hydrogen Physisorption, Metal Hydrides, Complex Hydrides,
Amides and Imides, Ammonia-Borane, Conclusions
 SUPERCONDUCTORS (05 Hours)
Introduction, Fundamental Phenomenology of Superconductivity, Superconducting Materials for
Application, Coated Conductor Fabrication, Superconductors for Energy Applications,
Superconductors for Transportation Applications, Paradigm-Shifting Energy Technologies, Other
Applications of Superconductors, Cooling, Cost, Summary
  SOLID-STATE LIGHTING: AN APPROACH TO ENERGY-EFFICIENT (03 Hours)
ILLUMINATION
Properties of Light, Light Sources, LED Physics, Light Emitting Diodes Based on III-V Junctions,
Organic Light Emitting Diodes, White Light with LEDs, New Approaches, LED Packaging, LED
Drivers, Lighting Control Systems and Applications

Total Hours: 42

3. Books Recommended:
1. Xevier Moya and David Monoz-Rojas, Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications-
Conversion, Storage, Transmission and Consumption, Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore,
2016.
2. O. S. Burheim, Engineering Energy Storage. Academic Press, 1st Edition 2017.
3. S. O. Kasap, Principles of Electrical Engineering Materials and Devices, Irwin Professional
Publishing, 1997.
4. S. M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 2 nd Edition, Wiley Eastern Publication, New
Delhi, 1993.
5. Donald A. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2007.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Distributed Power Generation and Micro-Grids
3 0 0 03
(EIS-II)

EE372 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
CO1 explain the concept of conventional grid and micro-grids
CO2 appraise the need of distributed renewable energy resources
CO3 describe the extraction and conversion of solar and wind energy.
CO4 evaluate the response and protection of micro-grids.
CO5 recognize the need of smart meters, electricity tariff and other smart devices.

2. Syllabus:
 INTRODUCTION ( 07 Hours)
The basic concepts of power grid, the electric grid vs micro-grids: technical and historic perspective,
concept of micro-grid, typical configuration of micro-grid, AC and DC micro-grids, interconnection
of micro-grids, technical and economic advantages of micro-grid, challenges and disadvantages of
micro-grids, Islanding, need and benefits, different methods of islanding detection, modelling a micro-
grid system

 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES: (07 Hours)

Introduction - Combined heat and power (CHP) systems - Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems –
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) - Small-scale hydroelectric power generation - Storage
devices: Batteries: Lead acid, nickel metal hydrate, and lithium ion batteries , ultra-capacitors,
flywheels, Advantages and disadvantages of DG.

 MICRO-GRID SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM: (07 Hours)

the solar energy conversion process, photovoltaic power conversion, photovoltaic material,
photovoltaic characteristic, photovoltaic efficiency, design of photovoltaic system, MPPT, storage
system based on a single cell battery, the energy yield of a photovoltaic module and the angle of
incident, Application of power electronics in solar system

 MICRO-GRID WIND ENERGY SYSTEM: (08 Hours)

Wind power, wind turbine generators, power flow analysis of an induction machine, the operation of
an induction generator, Permanent magnet synchronous generators, reluctance generators and
Application of power electronics in wind farms.

 PROTECTION ISSUES FOR MICROGRIDS: (06 Hours)

Introduction, Islanding, Different islanding scenarios, Major protection issues of standalone Micro-
grid - Impact of DG integration on electricity market, environment, distribution system,
communication.

 INTRODUCTION TO SMART METERS, ELECTRICITY TARIFF: (07 Hours)

One Part Tariff, Two Part Tariff and Maximum Demand Tariff, Dynamic Pricing - Time of-use (TOU)
pricing, critical-peak pricing (CPP) and Real Time, Pricing- Automatic Meter Reading (AMR).

Total Hours: 42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Ali Keyhani, Mohammad Marwali and Min Dai, Integration and Control of Renewable Energy in
Electric Power System John Wiley publishing company, 2009.
2. S. Chowdhury, S. P. Chowdhury, P. Crossley, Micro-grids and Active Distribution Networks, IET
Power Electronics Series, 2012.
3. Ali Keyhani, Design of Smart Power Grid Renewable Energy Systems, Wiley, 2nd Edition, 2016.
4. James Momoh, Smart Grid: Fundamentals of Design and Analysis, Wiley, 1st Edition, 2012.
5. R. C. Durgan, M. F. Me Granaghen, H. W. Beaty, Electrical Power System Quality, McGraw-Hill, 3rd
Edition, 2017.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Electromagnetic Field Theory (Non-Electrical
3 0 0 03
Students)

EE374 Scheme
Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
CO1 describe various theorems related to vector analysis
CO2 differentiate different types of coordinate systems and use them for solving the problems of
electromagnetic field theory
CO3 explain concepts, theories and laws of electrostatics, magnetics, electromagnetics,
electromagnetic wave propagation and transmission lines
CO4 analyze problems of electrostatics, magnetics, electromagnetics and electromagnetic wave
propagation
CO5 apply theories and laws of electrostatics, magnetics and electromagnetics to solve electrical
engineering problems
CO6 deduce the electromagnetic wave propagation from Maxwell’s equations

1. Syllabus:
 VECTOR ANALYSIS: (08 Hours)
General Treatment on Cartesian, cylindrical, spherical and general curvilinear co-ordinate systems
with reference to vectors, operation of gradient, divergence, curl, Laplacian., Gauss’s Divergence
theorem, Stoke’s theorem.

 ELECTROSTATICS: (09 Hours)

Review of electric field quantities and their definitions. Gauss’s flux theorem, Poisson’s Equation
and Laplace Equation, uniqueness theorem, Green’s theorem, Coulomb’s law, dipole moment.
Electrostatic Field in Dielectric: Polarization, electric flux density, boundary conditions, capacitor
and capacitance, electrostatic shielding, energy stored in electric fields.

 MAGNETIC FIELDS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION: (10 Hours)

Magnetic flux and flux density, static currents in conducting media, Ampere’s law, Biot-Savart law,
boundary between magnetic media, forces between currents, magnetic potentials, magnetic torque
and moment, Dipole, Energy stored in magnetic field. Faraday’s law of induction (transformer and
motion), Inductor and Inductances (self and mutual).

 MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS & ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: (09 Hours)

Maxwell’s equations - Equation of continuity - Displacement current - Maxwell’s equation in point
and integral forms ,Time-varying potentials, wave equations, plane waves in Losses Dielectrics,
Free space & Good conductors, Poynting vector and Theorem.

 TRANSMISSION LINES: (06 Hours)

Line equations, input impedance, SWR and power, smith chart, some applications of Transmission
lines.
Total hours: 42
2. Books Recommended:
1. W. H. Hayt, J. A. Buck, and M. Jaleel Akhtar, “Engineering Electromagnetics”, 8 th Edition, McGraw
Hill Publication
2. David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, PHI, 2013.
3. S. P. Seth, Elements of Electromagnetic Fields, Dhanpat Rai & Co., 4th Edition, 2012.
4. C. L. Wadhwa, Engineering Electromagnetics, New Age International Publishers, 3rd Edition, 2012.
5. Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Electromagnetics for engineers, Pearson education, first Indian reprint,2005.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Power Plant Engineering (ES – I) 3 0 0 03

EE322 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO1 explain the basics of various components of the power station
CO2 describe the working of steam and hydro power stations
CO3 describe the working of nuclear and diesel and gas power stations.
CO4 explain the working of the power stations based on non-conventional resources.
CO5 design the controllers for various power stations.

2. Syllabus:
 STEAM POWER STATION (04 Hours)
Main flow circuits of thermal power station, thermodynamic cycles of steam flow, general layout of
power stations, power station auxiliaries, cooling system of alternators, flue-gas flow arrangement,
circulating water system, cooling tower.
 HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT (06 Hours)
Selection of site, water power equations, types of dams, arrangement and layouts of hydro-electric
station, classification of plants, water turbines, properties of water wheels, specific speed on the basis
of discharge, combined steam and hydro-plants, pumped storage hydro station.
 NUCLEAR POWER STATION (07 Hours)
Atomic structure, isotopes, energy release by fission, chain reaction, atomic reactor, fuels, moderators
and coolants, types of reactors, fast breeder reactor, radio activity and hazards.
 DIESEL AND GASTURBINE STATION (06 Hours)
Field of use, general layout and principle of operation.
 NON CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF POWER GENERATION (06 Hours)
MHD generation, wind power, tidal power, solar power, solar cell and fuel cell.
 COMBINATIONS OFDIFFERENT TYPESOF POWER PLANTS (10 Hours)
Types of power station, advantages of combined working of different types of power station, need for
coordination of different types of power station, run-off river plant in combination with steam plant,
hydro- electric plants with ample storage in combination with steam plants, pumped storage plant in
combination with ordinary hydro-electric plant, co-ordination of hydro-electric and gas turbine plant,
co-ordination of hydro-electric and nuclear power station, co-ordination of different types of power
plants in power station.
 POWER STATION CONTROL (03 Hours)
Excitation systems, excitation control, field protection, commissioning of alternators, power supply for
station auxiliaries, power station control.

Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Arogya swamy, Power Station Practice, Oxford & IBM Publication Co., New Delhi, 1976.
2. Baptidanov L., Power Station & Substation, Moscow Peace Publication.
3. Leznov S. & Taits, Power Station & Substation Maintenance, Moscow Mir Publication, 1983.
4. Leznov S. & Taits, Power Station Electrification, Moscow Mir Publication, 1983.
5. Bruce, John, London, Power Station Efficiency Control, Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1926.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Adaptive Control and Soft Computing (ES – I) 3 0 0 03

EE324 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course students will be able to:
CO1 explain various concepts related to adaptive control and soft computing techniques.
CO2 compare various soft computing techniques like ANN and fuzzy.
CO3 apply ANN, Fuzzy logic for implementing adaptive control strategies
CO4 choose a particular soft computing technique for solving a specific problem
CO5 design fuzzy, ANN based controllers for various applications.

2. Syllabus:
 ADAPTIVE CONTROL (15 Hours)
Need for adaptive control, MIT rule, Model reference and self-tuning adaptive control techniques,
Auto tuning, Gain scheduling, Design of Gain-Scheduling Controllers, Adaptive Feedback
Linearization, Adaptive Back Stepping, Stability, convergence issues in adaptive control. Practical
aspects, implementation and applications of adaptive control.

 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED CONTROL: (15 Hours)

Introduction to ANN, different activation functions, different architectures, different learning methods;
Back Propagation and Radial Basis Function networks: Representation and identification, modelling
the plant, control structures – supervised control, Model reference control, Indirect and direct adaptive
controller design using neural network.

 FUZZY LOGIC BASED CONTROL: (12 Hours)

Fuzzy Controllers: Preliminaries: Mamdani and Sugeno inference methods, Fuzzy sets in commercial
products: basic construction of fuzzy controller –Indirect and direct adaptive fuzzy control: case
studies.

Total Hours: 42

3. Books Recommended:
1. I. D. Landau, Adaptive Control: Algorithms, Analysis and Applications, Springer, 2nd Edition,
2011.
2. V. V. Chalam, Adaptive Control Systems: Techniques and Applications, Marcel Dekker, New
York, 1st Edition, 1987.
3. K. J. Astromand B. Wittenmark, Adaptive Control, Addison Wesley, 1995.
4. Simon O. Haykin, Neural Network and Learning Machines, 3rd Edition, PHI, 2008.
5. Kwang H. Lee, First course on Fuzzy Theory and Applications, Springer, 2005.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Utilization of Electrical Energy (ES – I) 3 0 0 03

EE326 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO1 explain basic principles of illumination, electric heating and welding and refrigeration system
CO2 estimate the lighting requirements for household Lighting and industrial lighting needs and its
design
CO3 calculate the heat developed in different electrical furnaces and ovens
CO4 evaluate the performance of various electric welding techniques.
CO5 evaluate the rating of electrical equipment used in refrigeration and air conditioning system.

2. Syllabus:

 ILLUMINATION (10 Hours)

Nature of light, visibility spectrum curve of relative sensitivity of human eye and wave length of light.
Various definitions related to illumination, Laws of illumination, construction and working of
Different type of lamps, characteristics, fittings required for various lamps, Calculation of number of
light points for interior illumination, calculation of illumination at different points, considerations
involved in simple design problems. Illumination schemes: indoor and outdoor, Illumination levels.
Main requirements of proper lighting; absence of glare, contrast and shadow. General ideas about
different lighting schemes.
 HEATING (10 Hours)
Advantages of electrical heating. Heating methods: Resistance heating – direct and indirect resistance
heating, electric ovens, their temperature range, properties of resistance heating elements, domestic
water heaters and other heating appliances and thermostat control circuit. Induction heating; principle
of core type and coreless induction furnace. Electric arc heating; direct and indirect arc heating,
construction, working and applications of arc furnace. Dielectric heating, applications in various
industrial fields. Infra-red heating and its applications. Microwave heating, Power electronics
application in heating system.
 WELDING (10 Hours)
Advantages of electric welding. Principles of resistance welding, types – spot, projection seam and
butt welding and welding equipment used. Principle of arc production, electric arc welding,
characteristics of arc, carbon arc, metal arc, hydrogen arc welding method of and their applications.
Power supply required. Advantages of using coated electrodes, comparison between AC and DC arc
welding, welding control circuits, welding of aluminum and copper. Introduction to TIG, MIG
Welding, Power electronics application in welding system.
 REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (12 Hours)
Introduction, Refrigeration systems, domestic refrigerator, Types of air conditioning systems, central
air conditioning system, heating of buildings, calculation of rating of electrical equipment, Modern
and efficient refrigeration and air conditioning system.

Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Gupta, J. B., Utilization of Electrical Energy and Electric Traction, S. K. Kataria and sons, 10th
Edition, 1990.
2. R. K. Rajput, Utilization of Electrical Power, Laxmi publications, 1st Edition, 2007.
3. C. L. Wadhwa, Generation Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Energy, New Age International
publishers, 4th Edition, 2011.
4. E. O. Taylor, Utilization of Electric Energy, Orient Blackswan, 1971.
5. H. Partab, Art and Science of Utilization of Electrical Energy, Dhanpat Rai & Co, 2017.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines
3 0 0 03
(ES – I)

EE328 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

CO1 explain the basic principle of electrical machines based on principle of electromagnetic energy
conversion
CO2 develop the mathematical model of DC machine
CO3 explain various reference frame theories for modeling electric machines
CO4 deduce the mathematical model of induction, synchronous and permanent magnet synchronous
machines based on reference frame theory
CO5 analyze the performance of electric machines based on the derived mathematical machines
CO6 simulate various electric machines based on mathematical models

2. Syllabus:

 BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ELECTRIC MACHINE (03 hours)

Review of Magnetic circuit and electromagnetics (Faraday’s law, Ampere’s law, Bio Savart’s law,
Kirchhoff law and Maxwell’s equation (integral form and point form)), Principle of transformer
action, Principle of Electromagnetic Energy Conversion, Elementary electric machine
 DC MACHINE MODELLING (06 hours)
Modeling of D.C. Machine (Separately Excited, shunt and series type), Linearization of machine
equations, State-Space Modeling of the machine.
 INDUCTION MACHINE MODELING (12 hours)
Distributed Winding in AC Machinery, winding function, air gap mmf, rotating mmf, Flux linkage
and Inductance, Stator and rotor voltage equation and torque equation in stator reference frame,
Reference frame theory: Space phasor description, Derivation of induction motor modelling in rotor
flux and stator flux reference frame, Derivation of steady state model.
 PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE MODELING (11hours)
Voltage and torque equation of surface mount permanent magnet machine in stator reference frame,
Voltage and torque equation of surface mount permanent magnet machine in rotor reference frame,
Derivation of steady state model.
 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE MODELING (10 hours)
Voltage and torque equation of salient pole synchronous machine including damper winding in stator
reference frame, Voltage and torque equation of salient pole synchronous machine including damper
winding in rotor reference frame.
Total Hours: 42
3. Books Recommended:
1. P. C. Krause, Oreg Wasynczuk, Scott D. Sudhoff, Analysis of Electric Machinery and drive systems,
Wiley Interscience, 2nd Edition, 2010.
2. P. S. Bimbhra, Generalized theory of Electrical M/C, Khanna Publication, 2000.
3. S. K. Sen, Electrical Machinery, Khanna Pub., Delhi, 2012.
4. Mrittunjay Bhattacharya, Electrical Machines: Modelling and Analysis, PHI, 2016.
5. R. Ramanujam, Modelling and Analysis of Electrical Machines, Wiley, 2019.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Random Processes (ES - I) 3 0 0 03

EE332 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO1 Illustrate with examples the concepts of random variables and probability densities
CO2 infer the statistical properties of various random variables and their properties
CO3 develop stochastic models for various real-life problems
CO4 appreciate the importance of Gaussian random variables and Gaussian density in real-life
problems
CO5 apply concepts of state estimation for linear and nonlinear systems

2. Syllabus:
 CONCEPTS OF PROBABILITY (06 Hours)
Introduction, set theory, probability space, Total and Conditional Probability, Bayes’ Theorem,
Examples.
 RANDOM VARIABLES (12 Hours)
Concept of random variable, Equivalent Events, Classification of Random variables: Continuous and
Discrete, Concepts of probability density function (pdf) and probability mass function (pmf),
Cumulative distribution function (cdf), Generation of random variables, Vector random variables,
Independent random variables, Co-relatedness and Independence.
 STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF SCALAR AND VECTOR RANDOM (12 Hours)
VARIABLES
Frequently used random variables: Uniform and Gaussian random variables, Concepts of Expectation
and moments, second central moment, variance, covariance, autocorrelation matrix, Cross correlation
matrix, Correlation coefficient, cross covariance, Marginal probability density, Conditional
probability density, Joint probability density, Properties of Gaussian random variables.
 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (12 Hours)
Difference between stochastic and deterministic system, Concept of random process, stationarity and
ergodicity, auto correlation function, cross correlation function and their properties, Gaussian process,
Markov process, central limit theorem, white noise-properties. Concepts of modelling: Brownian
motion, random walk problem, Linear perturbation models, Models for computer control: Linear and
nonlinear discrete dynamic models. Least squares estimate, Kalman and extended Kalman filter.

Total Hours: 42

3. Books Recommended:
1. A. Papoulis & S. U. Pillai, Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Process, 4 th Edition,
McGraw Hill, 2002.
2. X. Rong Li, Probability Random Signal and Statistics, CRC Press, 1999.
3. A. H. Jazwinski, Stochastic Processes and Filtering Theory, Dover publication, 2005.
4. V. K., Rohatgi and Md. Ehsanes Saleh, An introduction to probability and statistics, 2 nd Edition,
Wiley India, 2009
5. P. S. Maybeck, Stochastic Models, Estimation and Control, Vol. 1, Academic Press, 1979.
B. Tech. III year, Semester VI L T P Credit
Artificial Intelligence Techniques (ES - I) 3 0 0 03

EE334 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:

CO1 recognize the need of artificial intelligence
CO3 classify various artificial neural network based on its topology and processing methods
CO4 design the ANN for various applications
CO5 explain the basics of fuzzy logic
CO6 design the fuzzy logic controller for various applications.

2. Syllabus:
 INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (04 Hours)
Foundations of AI, History of AI, Agents and environments, The nature of the Environment, Problem
solving Agents, Problem Formulation, Search Strategies

 KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING FOR AI (06 Hours)

Knowledge-based Agents, Representation, Reasoning and Logic, Prepositional logic, First-order logic,
Using First-order logic, Inference in First-order logic, forward and Backward Chaining

 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (08 Hours)

History of Neural Networks, Structure and Functions Of Biological And Artificial Neuron, Neural
Network Architectures, Characteristics Of ANN, Basic Learning Laws and Methods. Neural Networks
Components and Terminology, Neural Networks Topology, Neural Network Adaption, Comparing
Neural Networks and Other information Processing Methods, Preprocessing and Post Processing.

 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS APPLICATIONS (08 Hours)

Single Layer Neural Network and architecture, McCulloch-Pitts Neuron Model, Learning Rules,
Perceptron Model, Perceptron Convergence Theorem, Delta learning rule, Outstar Learning, Kohenen
Self Organization Networks, Learning Vector Quantization

 FUZZY SYSTEMS CONCEPTS AND PARADIGMS (06 Hours)

Fuzzy sets and Fuzzy Logic, Theory of Fuzzy sets, Approximate Reasoning, Fuzzy Systems
Implementations and Fuzzy Rule System Implementation.

 FUZZY APPLICATIONS (10 Hours)

Automated Methods for Fuzzy System: Definitions, Batch Least Squares Algorithm, Recursive Least
Squares Algorithm, Gradient Method, Clustering Method, Learning From Examples, Modified
Learning From Examples, Decision Making with Fuzzy Information: Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation,
Fuzzy Ordering, Non transitive Ranking, Preference and Consensus, Multi objective Decision Making,
Fuzzy Bayesian Decision Method, Decision Making Under Fuzzy States and Fuzzy Actions.

Total Hours: 42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Simon Hakins, Neural Networks, Pearson Education, 3rd Edition 2016.
2. Timothy J. Ross, Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications, 3rd Edition, Willey, 2010
3. Yang Xiao, Security and Privacy in Smart Grids, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
4. Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 2 nd Edition, Pearson
Education, 2007.
5. Eberhart & Shi, Computational Intelligence ‐ Concepts to Implementations, Morgan Kaufmann,
1st Edition, 2007.
B. Tech. III (Electrical), Semester – VI L T P Credit
Power Quality Disturbances and Mitigations 3 0 0 03
(ES – II)

EE338 Scheme
1. Course Outcomes (Cos):
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
CO1 identify the power quality events and problems
CO2 analyze of stationary/Non-stationary signals
CO3 assess the power quality events.
CO4 design and analyze of power filters
CO5 design the controllers for power filters

2. Syllabus:
 POWER QUALITY (08 Hours)
Signal processing and power quality, Origin of power quality variation and events, power quality
indices, causes and effects of power quality disturbances, Power quality standards, Power quality
measuring instruments, Analysis of Power outages, unbalance, distortions, voltage sag, flickers and
load balancing.
 PROCESSING OF STATIONARY & NON-STATIONARY SIGNALS (09 Hours)
Stationary signals: Overview of analysis methods, frequency domain analysis and signal
transformation, estimation of harmonics and inter-harmonics.
Non –stationary signals: Power quality data analysis methods, discrete STFT for analyzing time –
evolving signal components, discrete wavelet transform for time scale analysis disturbances, block–
based modeling.
 CHARACTERIZATION OF POWER QUALITY EVENTS (09 Hours)
Voltage magnitude, phase angle and three characteristics versus time, event indices, transient.
 EVENT CLASSIFICATION (08 Hours)
Overview of event classification method, step used for event classification, learning and classification
using artificial neural network.
 POWER FACTOR CORRECTION & MITIGATION OF POWER
(08 Hours)
QUALITY PROBLEMS
Power factor improvement techniques, Passive Compensation, Passive filter: Design and operation,
Active filter: Design of shunt and series active filter and Control algorithms.
Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. Hirofumi Akagi, Edson Hirokazu Watanabe and Mauricio Aredes, Instantaneous Power Theory and
Applications to Power Conditioning, Wiley Interscience, New Jersey, 2007.
2. Bollen Math, H. J. GU and Y. H. Irene, Signal Processing of Power Quality Disturbances, Wiley
Interscience Publication (IEEE Press), 2006.
3. J. Wakileh George, Power System Harmonics: Fundamentals, analysis and filter Design, Springer,
(first Indian reprint) 2007.
4. E. F. Fuchs, A. S. Masoum Mohammad, Power Quality in Power Systems and Electrical Machines,
Elsevier Academic Press, 2008.
5. A. Ghosh and G. Ledwich, Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power Devices, Springer
International Edition, Delhi, 2009.
B. Tech. III (Electrical), Semester – VI L T P Credit
High Voltage Engineering (ES – II) 3 0 0 03

EE342 Scheme

1. Course Outcomes (Cos):

At the end of the course students will be able to:
CO1 illustrate different methods of generating various high voltages and currents
CO2 explain various methods of measuring various high voltages and currents
CO3 analyze various breakdown phenomena occurring in gaseous, liquid and solid dielectrics
CO4 apply appropriate testing method(s) for various high voltage apparatus
CO5 estimate the testing source requirement for any high voltage testing
CO6 plan the high voltage laboratory

2. Syllabus:
 GENERATION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF HIGH VOLTAGES (12 Hours)
Generation of High DC Voltages: Half Wave and full wave circuits –Ripple voltages in HW and FW
rectifiers. Voltage doubler circuits – Simple voltage doubler, cascade voltage doubler. Voltage
multiplier circuits – Crockroft Walton voltage multiplier circuits. Ripple and regulation. Electrostatic
machines – principles – Van de Graff generator.
Generation of high AC voltages: Cascade transformers, resonant transformers – parallel and series
resonant test systems. Generation of high frequency high voltages – Tesla coil.
Generation of impulse voltages – Standard impulse wave shape Basic circuits for producing impulse
waves – Analysis of commercial impulse generator circuits – Wave shape control, multi-stage impulse
generators – Marx circuit – modified Marx impulse generator circuit – Components of multi stage
impulse generator. Generation of Switching surges. Generation of impulse current. Definition of
impulse current waveform – Circuit for producing impulse current waves.
 MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH VOLTAGES & CURRENTS (06 Hours)
Measurement of high voltages and currents-DC,AC and impulse voltages and currents-DSO,
electrostatic and peak voltmeters, sphere gaps-factors affecting measurements, potential
dividers(capacitive and resistive)-series impedance ammeters, Rogowski coils, hall effect generators.
 ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN IN GASES, LIQUIDS & SOLID (10 Hours)
DIELECTRICS
Introduction to Insulation materials. Breakdown in gas and gas mixtures-breakdown in uniform and
non-uniform fields, Paschen’s law, Townsends criterion, streamer mechanism, corona discharge,
breakdown in electro negative gases, Breakdown in liquid dielectrics-suspended particle mechanism,
Breakdown in solid dielectrics-intrinsic, streamer, thermal breakdown.
 DESIGN, PLANNING AND LAYOUT OF HV LABORATORY (04 Hours)
Test Facilities, Activities & Studies in HV lab, Classification of HV lab, Size & rating of HV lab,
grounding of impulse testing laboratories.
 HV TESTING OF ELECTRICAL APPRATUS (10Hours)
Non-destructive testing of dielectric materials – measurement dielectric constant and loss factor.
Testing of Insulators, Bushings, Isolators, Circuit breakers, Cables, Transformers, Surge diverters, RI
Measurement.
Total Hours:42
3. Books Recommended:
1. E. Kuffel, W. S. Zaengl and J. Kuffel, High voltage Engineering Fundamentals, Newnes, 2nd Edition,
2002.
2. M. S. Naidu, V. Kamaraju, High Voltage Engineering, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2001.
3. L. L. Alston, High voltage Technology, BS Publications, 2008.
4. Nils Hylten-Cacallius, High voltage Laboratory Planning, High voltage test system, Asea Haefely.
5. Standard Techniques for High Voltage Testing, IEEE Publication, 1978.
6. Relevant IS standards and IEC standards.