| | Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws. Series and parallel connections, Voltage and current division. Nodal and mesh analysis. Superposition. Thevinin's and Norton's theorems. Inductance and capacitance. Source free RL and RC circuits. Response of RL and RC and RLC circuits to unit step function. Characteristics of a sinusoid. The phasor concept. Phasor relationships for R, L, and C elements. Impedance and admittance. Effective values of current and voltage. Instantaneous, average and apparent power and power factor. Three-phase Y- and Delta- connections. Introduction to semiconductors. The PN junction. Applications of PN junctions (rectifiers). Transistors: operation, model, V-I characteristics. Operational amplifiers and gates. Safety considerations. Protective earthing. | First year |
| | Introduction to probability and Random Variables. Discrete random variable. Continuous random variable. The probability density function. The probability distribution function. Statistics of random variable. Random process, Ergodicity and stationary. Auto correlation function. Power spectral density. Estimating the autocorrelation function and power spectral density from raw data. Input output relations of linear systems. | Third year |
| | General electric and magnetic units. Experimental data and error. Analogue and digital instrumentation of current, voltage and power. R, L, C components measuring instruments. RF power and voltage measurement. Oscilloscopes. Signal generation and analysis. Wave and spectrum analyzers. Transducers. Digital data acquisition and test systems. Capacitive interference. Grounding. Projects on use of 7216 and 7217 chips in digital multimeters. | Third Year |
| | Magnetic circuits; single-phase transformers: principles, analysis and performance characteristics; three-phase transformers: construction, connections and groups; single-phase and three-phase transformer testing; electromechanical energy conversion; basic principles of DC mechanics; principles and classification of DC generators; DC motors: analysis, performance characteristics, starting and speed control; DC machines testing; rotating field; synchronous generators: classification, analysis, performance characteristics, synchronization process and parallel operation. | Third Year |
| | General electric and magnetic units. Experimental data and error. Analogue and digital instrumentation of current, voltage and power. R, L, C components measuring instruments. RF power and voltage measurement. Oscilloscopes. Signal generation and analysis. Wave and spectrum analyzers. Transducers. Digital data acquisition and test systems. Capacitive interference. Grounding. Projects on use of 7216 and 7217 chips in digital multimeters | Third Year |
| | Basic elements of PE systems. Applications of PE. Classification of PE controllers. Power semiconductor devices (PSD). Classification of PSD. V-I characteristics of the major PSD. Switching characteristics of PSD. Basic drive circuits of PSD. Line commutated converters. Single-phase H.W. rectifiers. Single-phase F.W. rectifiers configuration. 3-phase H.W and F.W rectifiers. Single-phase and 3ph semiconverters. Inversion mode of operation. Performance characteristics of line commutated rectifiers. Introduction to AC switching controllers. Introduction to DC-to-DC converters. Introduction to DC-to-AC converters. | Third Year |
| | Introduction to sources of Electrical energy and power system components. Basic concepts. Per unit quantities. Per unit calculations applied to power systems. The one line diagram. Representation of transmission lines: current, voltages and power relations at both ends, reactive compensation. Symmetrical 3-phase fault calculations. Symmetrical components. Unsymmetrical faults calculations. Load flow: problem definition, Gauss siedal, Newton-Raphson (N-R), decoupled N-R, and fast decoupled N-R methods. | Third Year |
