Course No.

Title of the Course Credits Course Structure Pre-Requisite

ICICC06 Power Apparatus 04 3L-0T-2P Basic of Electrical Engg. / EEE

COURSE OUTCOME (CO): At the end of this course, students will demonstrate the ability to

1. Understand the concepts of polyphase circuits

2. Understand the concepts of magnetic circuits.
3. Understand operation of transformers.
4. Understand basic concepts of rotating machines.
5. Understand DC and AC machine characteristics.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Unit-1: Polyphase AC circuits: Concept of polyphase supply and phase sequence, Three phase
system-its necessity and advantages, Star to Delta Conversion and vice versa, Balanced supply
UNIT I
and balanced load, Line and phase voltage/current relations, Three-phase power and its
measurement:3 wattmeter method.

Magnetic circuits: Magnetic circuit concepts, B-H curve, Hysteresis and eddy current losses,
UNIT II Mutual coupling with dot convention, Magnetic circuit calculations, DC and AC excitation of
ferromagnetic structures

Transformers: Principle of operation, Constructional features, EMF equation, Phasor diagram,

UNIT III Equivalent circuits, Power losses, Efficiency, Testing, Introduction to auto transformer,
Introduction to three phase transformer-various connections like star-star, star-delta etc.

Basic concepts of rotating machines: Energy in singly excited

and multiple excited magnetic systems, Generated voltage, MMF of distributed winding,
UNIT IV
Rotating magnetic fields, Torque in non-salient pole machines, Concept of electro-mechanical
energy conversion.

Rotating Machines:

DC machines: Types, EMF equation of generator and torque equation of motor, Starting methods,
efficiency, Characteristics and applications of DC motors.

UNIT V Three Phase Induction Motor: Types, Principle of operation, Torque-slip characteristics, Single
Phase Induction motor: Principle of operation and methods of starting, applications, Losses and
Efficiency.

Three Phase Synchronous Machines: Principle of operation of alternator and synchronous motor
and their applications.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. A. E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingsley Jr. and S. D. Umars, “Electrical Machinery”, McGraw Hill, 2019.

2. I. J. Nagrath and D. P. Kothari, “Electric Machines”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2019.

3. P. S. Bimbhra, “Electrical Machinery”, Khanna Publishers, 2019.