Module 1: DC Circuits (8 hours)
Electrical circuit elements (R. L and C), voltage and current sources, Kirchoff current andvoltage laws, analysis of simple circuits with dc excitation. Superposition, Thevenin andNorton Theorems. Time-domain analysis of first-order RL and RC circuits.
Module 2: AC Circuits (8 hours)
Representation of sinusoidal waveforms, peak and rms values, phasor representation, realpower, reactive power, apparent power, power factor. Analysis of single-phase ac circuitsconsisting of R. L.C, RL, RC, RLC combinations (series and parallel), resonance. Three-phasebalanced circuits. voltage and current relations in star and delta connections.
Module 3: Transformers (6 hours)
Magnetic materials, BH characteristics, ideal and practical transformer, equivalent circuit,losses in transformers, regulation and efficiency. Auto-transformer and three-phasetransformer connections.
Module 4: Electrical Machines (8 hours)
Generation of rotating magnetic fields, Construction and working of a three-phase induction motor, Significance of torque-slip characteristic. Loss components and efficiency, starting and speed control of induction motor. Single-phase induction motor. Construction, working,torque-speed characteristic and speed control of separately excited dc motor. Construction andworking of synchronous generators.
Module 5: Power Converters (6 hours)
DC-DC buck and boost converters, duty ratio control. Single-phase and three-phase voltagesource inverters sinusoidal modulation.
Module 6: Electrical Installations (6 hours)
Components of LT Switchgear: Switch Fuse Unit (SFU), MCB, ELCB, MCCB, Types ofWires and Cables. Earthing. Types of Batteries, Important Characteristics for Batteries.Elementary calculations for energy consumption, power factor improvement and batterybackup.
Suggested Text / Reference Books:
(1) D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath. "Basic Electrical Engineering" Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
(2) D.C. Kulshreshtha. Basic Electrical Engineering". McGraw Hill, 2009.
(3) D. S. Bobrow. "Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering". Oxford University Press, 2011.
(iv) E.Hughes, “Electrical and Electronics Technology". Pearson, 2010.
(v) V.D. Toro, "Electrical Engineering Fundamentals". Prentice Hall India, 1989.
1. Vocabulary Building
The concept of land formation
Root words from Foreign languages and their use in English
Acquaintance with prefixes and suffixes from foreign languages in English to form derivatives.
Synonyms, antonyms, and standard abbreviations.
2. Basic Writing Skills
Sentence Structures
Use of phrases and clauses in sentences
Importance of proper punctuation
Creating coherence
Organizing principles of paragraphs in documents
Techniques for writing precisely
3. Identifying Common Errors in Writing
Subject-verb agreement
Noun-pronoun agreement
Misplaced modifiers
Articles
Prepositions
Redundancies
Clichés
4. Nature and Style of sensible Writing
Describing
Defining
Classifying
Providing examples or evidence
Writing introduction and conclusion
5. Writing Practices
Comprehension
Prose Writing
Essay Writing
6. Oral Communication
(This unit involves interactive practice sessions in Language Lab)
Listening Comprehension
Pronunciation, Intonation, Stress and Rhythm
Common Everyday Situations: Conversations and Dialogues
Communication at Workplace
Interviews
Unit 1
Conditional branching and Loops (6 lectures)
Writing and evaluation of conditionals and consequent branching (3 lectures)
Iteration loops (3 lectures)
Unit 2
Arrays (6 lectures)
Arrays: 3-D 2-D), Character arrays and Strings
Unit 3
Basic Algorithms (6 lectures)
Searching Basic Sorting Algorithms (Bubble, Insertion and Selection), Finding roots of equation of order of complexity through example programs (no formal definitionrequired)
Unit - 4
Function (5 lectures)
Function including using built in libraries), Parameter passing in functions, call by value, Passing arrays to functions: idea of call by reference
Unit 5
Recursion (5 lectures)
Recursion is a different way of solving problems. Example programs, such as Finding Factor to Fibonacci series, Ackerman function etc. Quick sort or Merge sort.
Unit 6
Structures
Structure Defining structures and Array of Structures
Unit 7
Pointers (12 lectures)
Idea of Pointers, Defining pointers. Use of Pointers in self-referential structures, notion oflinked lists of implementation)
Unit 8
File handas(only if time is available, otherwise should be done as part of the lab)
Suggested Book
SuggestedReferenceBooks
(1) Brian Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall of India