Principles of Electrical Sciences

By Dr. Sanjay Agrawal | Indira Gandhi National Open University

Learners enrolled: 3230

This comprehensive course on “Principles of Electrical Sciences” is mainly for undergraduate first-year engineering students from all branch of engineering. The content of the course covers almost all the topics of basic electrical engineering, ranging from DC and AC circuits to electrical machines and transformers. In addition to this, low voltage electrical installations and elementary calculations for energy consumption have also been covered so as to prepare the students for an in-depth study later. In this course, easy explanation of topics, plenty of examples and illustrations are also discussed. This course “Principles of Electrical Sciences”, will work as positive catalyst to boost high-quality knowledge in the field of electrical engineering.

Course Credit: 4

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	15 Feb 2021
End Date :
Enrollment Ends :	30 Jun 2021
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1: Basics Concepts of Electrical Circuits and Basic Laws

Week 2: D.C. Network Theorems

Week 3: Steady- State Analysis of Single Phase AC Circuits

Week 4: Three Phase Balanced Circuits, Voltage and Current relations in star and Delta Connections

Week 5: Single Phase Transformer

Week 6: Auto-Transformer and Three-Phase Transformer Connections

Week 7: DC Machines

Week 8: Three Phase Induction Motor

Week 9: Single Phase Induction motor

Week 10: Three Phase Synchronous Machines

Week 11: Components of LT Switchgear, Types of Wires and Cables

Week 12: Batteries and their Important Characteristics, Calculations for Energy Consumption and Savings

Books and references

(i) D.P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.

(ii) D.C. Kulshreshtha, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 2009.

(iii) E. Hughes, “Electrical and Electronics Technology”, Pearson, 2010.

(iv) L. S. Bobrow, “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering”, Oxford University Press.

Instructor bio

Dr. Sanjay Agrawal

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Sanjay Agrawal obtained his Post Doctoral Fellowship from Smart Grid Energy Research Centre, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was awarded the prestigious Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and Department of Science and Technology (DST). He has nearly 18 years of rich teaching and research experience. His industrial experience also includes working in MNCs like Johnson Control (I) Pvt Ltd. For more information, one can visit my IGNOU website and Google scholar:

http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/school/soet/faculty/detail/Dr__Sanjay_Agrawal-4585 https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=JZroyGIAAAAJ.

Dr. Sanjay Agrawal
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering and Technology, IGNOU, New Delhi 110068
Email: sanjay.agrawal@ignou.ac.in

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