BEE101 / BEE201: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS

BEE101 / BEE201: 

FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Unit -1: DC Circuits

Electrical circuit elements (R, L and C), 

Concept of active and passive elements,

voltage and current sources, 

concept of linearity, 

unilateral and bilateral elements.

Kirchhoff‟s laws, 

Mesh and nodal methods of analysis.

Unit-2: : Steady State Analysis of Single Phase AC Circuits 6

Representation of Sinusoidal waveforms – Average and effective values, Form and peak factors.

Analysis of single phase AC Circuits consisting R-L-C combination (Series and Parallel) Apparent, active & reactive power, Power factor. 

Concept of Resonance in series & parallel circuits, 

bandwidth and quality factor.

Three phase balanced circuits, 

voltage and current relations in star and delta connections.

Unit-3: Transformers 6

Magnetic circuits, 

Ideal and practical transformer, 

Equivalent circuit, 

Losses in transformers, 

Regulation and Efficiency.

Unit-4: Electrical machines 8

DC machines: 

Principle & Construction, 

Types, 

EMF equation of generator

Torque equation of motor, 

Applications of DC motors (simple numerical problems)

Three Phase Induction Motor: 

Principle & Construction, 

Types, 

Slip-torque characteristics, 

Applications (Numerical problems related to slip only)

Single Phase Induction motor: 

Principle of operation,

Introduction to methods of starting, 

Applications.

Three Phase Synchronous Machines: 

Principle of operation of alternator and synchronous motor,

Applications.

Unit-5: Electrical Installations 4

Introduction of Switch Fuse Unit (SFU), MCB, ELCB, MCCB, ACB. 

Types of Wires,

Cables and Bus-bars. 

Fundamentals of earthing and lightning protection. 

Types of Batteries