Mid Term Syllabus for Power Electronics I (150903) Power Semiconductor Devices: Construction and Characteristics of Power diodes,

, Power Transistors, Uni Junction transistors (UJT), Programmable UJT, Power MOSFET, Insulated Gate Bipolar transistors(IGBTs), Static Induction Transistors. Thyristors and family : SCR, DIACs, TRIACs, Light Activated SCRs (LASCRs), Reverse Conducting Thyristor (RCT), Asymmetrical SCR (ASCR), Gate turn-off Thyristors (GTOs), Integrated Gate- Commutated Thyristors (IGCTs), MOS controlled Thyristors (MCTs), Power Integrated circuits (PICs), Intelligent Modules, etc. Thyristor Fundamentals: Construction, working, two transistor analogy, Static & dynamic characteristics, Gate characteristics, Turn on & turn off methods (Commutation methods), Ratings, Series & Parallel operations. Thyristor Protections: Cooling and Heat sinks, Thermal Modelling, di/dt and dv/dt protection, Design of Snubber Circuit, Over Voltage and Over Current protections, Gate protections, Electro Magnetic Interference(EMI) and Shielding. Thyristor firing (gate drive) circuits: Gate circuit requirements, Isolation of gate and base drives using Pulse transformer and Opto-couplers, Gate drive circuits like: Resistance trigger, R-C trigger, DIAC trigger, UJT based trigger, Programmable UJT trigger, IC based advance trigger, Microprocessor based trigger circuits. Phase Controlled (AC to DC) Converters: Principle of phase controlled converter operation- Single phase full wave converter, Single phase dual converters, Effect of source and load inductances, Operation of all above converters with R, RL, RLE load.

MID TERM SYLLABUS FOR ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (130902)

Operational Amplifier: DC amplifier, direct coupled amplifier, differential amplifier, open and closed loop gain of OPAMP, differential input impedance of OPAMP, Op amp Parameters, slew rate, offset voltage, offset balancing technique, inverting amplifier, non inverting amplifier, frequency response, frequency compensation techniques. OPAMP Applications: OPAMP as adder, subtractor, integrator, differentiator, voltage follower, constant voltage source, constant current source, differential input amplifier, log and antilog amplifier, active peak detector, half wave rectifier, full wave rectifier, comparator, window detector, zero crossing detector, Schmittz trigger, active filters etc Number system and codes:Binary, octal, hexadecimal and decimal Number systems and their inter conversion, BCD numbers (8421-2421), gray code, excess3 code, cyclic code, code conversion, ASCII, EBCDIC codes. Binary addition and subtraction, signed and unsigned binary numbers, 1's and 2's complement representation. Boolean Algebra: Basic logic circuits: Logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, Ex-OR, Ex-NOR and their truth tables,), Universal Gates, Laws of Boolean algebra,

Advanced Power System-I

1. Introduction: 1.1 Background 1.2 Electrical Transmission Networks 1.3 Conventional Control Mechanisms 1.3.1 Automatic Generation Control (AGC) 1.3.2 Excitation Control 1.3.3 Transformer Tap-Changer Control 1.3.4 Phase Shifting Transformers

1.4 Flexible ac Transmission Systems (FACTS) 1.4.1 Advances in power Electronics Switching Devices 1.4.2 Principles and Applications of Semiconductor Switches

2. Reactive Power Control in Electrical Power Transmission Systems

2.1 Reactive Power 2.2 Uncompensated Transmission Lines 2.2.1 A simple Case 2.2.2 Lossless Distributed Parameter Lines 2.3 Passive Compensation 2.3.1 Shunt Compensation 2.3.2 Series Compensation 04 HVDC Transmission-Development 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Historical Development 4.3 Equipment required for HVDC System 4.4 Comparison of AC and DC transmission 4.5 Limitation of HVDC Transmission Lines 4.6 Reliability of HVDC Systems 4.7 Standard Rated Voltages of HVDC and EHV AC systems 4.8 Choice of EHV AC and UHV AC lines and substation 4.9 Comparison of HVDC link with EHV AC link 4.10 HVDC-VSC Transmission System

5. HVDC Convertors 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) 5.3 HVDC Convertor Valve and Valve Assembly 5.4 HVDC VSC Operation and Principles 5.5 Three Phase Six Pulse Converter using SCRs 5.6 Twelve Pulse Bridge Converters 6. Six Pulse Converter Operation and Analysis 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Conduction Sequence in Six Pulse Converter 6.3 Ideal Commutation Process without Gate control 6.4 DC output Voltage 6.5 Gate control of valve 6.6 Analysis of Voltage Waveform with overlap angle4. HVDC TransmissionDevelopment

MID TERM SYLLABUS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES II

Polyphase Transformer: Polarity, Star/star, Star/delta, Delta/delta, delta/zigzag, terminal marking, Nomenclature, Vector diagram, Phase groups, Parallel operation, Scott connection, V-V connections tertiary winding, Testing of transformers, Sumpners test - efficiency - transients in transformers - voltage regulation - off load and on load tap changers. Concept of Welding transformer, Rectifier transformer & High frequency transformer. 2. Polyphase Induction Motor: Introduction, No-load & blocked rotor test, equivalent circuit, Phasor diagram, Analogy of an I.M. to a transformer, Effect of rotor resistance on performance of I.M., Double cage squirrel cage IM Starters of I.M Principles & Methods of speed control of 3- phase I.M. ,

Effect of harmonics, Harmonic torques, Cogging & Crawling,effect of unbalance voltages & frequency variation on operation of I..M.

MID TERM SYLLABUS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES I

D.C. Generator: Principle of D.C. generator and motor, construction, types of generators, E.M.F. equation, voltage build up process, critical resistance and speed , characteristics of generators, performance equation and efficiency, No load & load characteristics. Performance of shunt, series and compound generators. Three Phase Induction Motor : Introduction working principle, Classification of AC motors, Synchronous Speed, speed of rotor field, slip, Various methods of measurement of slip, starting & running torque, torque-slip characteristics, maximum torque, effect of change in voltage & frequency on torque, speed & slip Single Phase Transformer: Construction and principle of single-phase transformer, operation at no load and on load, vector diagram, equivalent circuit, losses, efficiency and regulation, determination of regulation and efficiency by direct load test and indirect test methods, parallel operation, auto transformer, condition for maximum efficiency, all day efficiency.

Mid Term Syllabus for Electrical Power Utilization and Traction (Institute Elective-II) Subject Code: 150906
Electric Drives: Introduction concept of electric drives, Classification of electric drives, Nature of load, Factors effecting selection of drive, Running characteristics of D.C, Series and shunt motor, 3-phase induction motor,3-phase synchronous motor and A.C series motors,Starting methods of D.C series and shunt motors, Starting methods of 3-phase induction motors, Examples, starting methods of synchronous motors and single-phase induction motor

Electrical Traction:

Introductions, Different traction systems, Various systems of electric traction. Locomotives, Tramways, trolleys, Track electrification, Comparison between A.C and D.C systems of railway electrification, Types of speed and speed-time curves, Examples. Mechanics of train movement, Tractive effort, power, Output, examples., Energy output from driving axles, Energy output using simplified speed-time curves, Examples, Factors affecting energy consumption, dead weight, accelerating weight, Abhesion weight, examples. Electrical Heating & Welding Advantages of electric heating, Modes of transfer of heat, Classification of electric heating methods, Resistances heating methods, Requirements of heating elements, Design of heating elements, Methods of temperature control, Problems, Induction heating: principle, types of induction furnaces, Direct core type, Vertical core type, Indirect core type, Core less type, Advantages and disadvantages, eddy current heating, Applications examples., Arc-furnace: principle, Types, direct and indirect arc furnaces, Power supply and control, Condition for maximum output, Examples.