Syllabus of Diploma (RGPV), III Sem, Electrical Engineering

Syllabus of Diploma (RGPV) Semester-III, Electrical Engineering

 

 

 

Unit – I : Thermal Power Plants: Coal, Gas/ Diesel and Nuclear-based

  • Layout and working of a typical thermal power plant with steam turbines and electric generators.
  • Properties of conventional fuels used in the energy conversion equipment used in thermal power plants: Coal, Gas/ diesel,
  • Nuclear fuels –fusion and fission action Safe Practices and working of various thermal power plants: coal-based, gas-based, diesel-based, nuclear-based.
  • Functions of the following types of thermal power plants and their major auxiliaries: Coal fired boilers: fire tube and water tube.
  • Gas/diesel based combustion engines Types of nuclear reactors: Disposal of nuclear waste and nuclear shielding.
  • Thermal power plants in Maharashtra.

 

Unit – II : Large and Micro-Hydro Power Plants

  • Energy conversion process of hydro power plant.
  • Classification of hydro power plant: High, medium and low head.
  • Construction and working of hydro turbines used in different types of hydro power plant:
  1. High head – Pelton turbine
  2. Medium head – Francis turbine
  3. Low head – Kaplan turbine.
  • Safe Practices for hydro power plants.
  • Different types of micro- hydro turbines for different heads: Pelton, Francis and Kaplan turbines
  • Locations of these different types of large and micro-hydro power plants in Maharashtra
  • Potential locations of micro-hydro power plants in Maharashtra.

 

Unit– III : Solar and Biomass based Power Plants

  • Solar Map of India: Global solar power radiation.
  • Solar Power Technology
  1. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, construction and working of: Power Tower, Parabolic Trough, Parabolic Dish, Fresnel Reflectors
  2. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power plant: layout, construction, working.
  • Biomass-based Power Plants
  1. Layout of a Bio-chemical based (e.g. biogas) power plant:
  2. Layout of a Thermo-chemical based (e.g. Municipal waste) power plant
  3. Layout of an Agro-chemical based (e.g. bio-diesel) power plant
  • Features of the solid, liquid and gas biomasses as fuel for biomass power plant.

Unit– IV : Wind Power Plants

  • Wind Map of India: Wind power density in watts per square meter
  • Layout of Horizontal axis large wind power plant:
  • Geared wind power plant.
  • Direct-drive wind power plant.
  • Salient Features of electric generators used in large wind power plants:
  • Constant Speed Electric Generators: Squirrel Cage Induction Generators (SCIG),
  • Wound Rotor Induction Generator (WRIG)
  • Variable Speed Electric Generators: Doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG),
  • wound rotor synchronous generator (WRSG), permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)

Unit– V : Economics of Power Generation and Interconnected Power System

  • Related terms: connected load, firm power, cold reserve, hot reserve, spinning reserve. Base load and peak load plants; Load curve, load duration curve, integrated duration curve
  • Cost of generation: Average demand, maximum demand, demand factor, plant capacity factor, plant use factor, diversity factor, load factor and plant load factor.
  • Choice of size and number of generator units, combined operation of power station.
  • Causes and Impact and reasons of Grid system fault: State grid, national grid, brownout and black out; sample blackouts at national and international level

 

 

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, PAPER CODE : 7432, SUBJECT CODE : 302 

Unit – I : Single Phase A.C Series Circuits

  • Generation of alternating voltage, Phasor representation of sinusoidal quantities
  • R, L, C circuit elements its voltage and current response
  • R-L, R-C, R-L-C combination of A.C series circuit, impedance, reactance, impedance triangle,
  • Power factor, active power, reactive power, apparent power, power triangle and vector diagram
  • Resonance, Bandwidth, Quality factor and voltage magnification in series R-L, R-C, RL-C circuit

 

Unit – II : Single Phase A.C Parallel Circuits

  • R-L, R-C and R-L-C parallel combination of A.C. circuits. Impedance, reactance, phasor diagram, impedance triangle
  • R-L, R-C, R-L-C parallel A.C. circuits power factor, active power, apparent power, reactive power, power triangle
  • Resonance in parallel R-L, R-C, R-L-C circuit, Bandwidth, Quality factor and voltage magnification

 

Unit– III : Three Phase Circuits

  • Phasor and complex representation of three phase supply
  • Phase sequence and polarity
  • Types of three-phase connections, Phase and line quantities in three phase star and delta system
  • Balanced and unbalanced load, neutral shift in unbalanced load
  • Three phase power, active, reactive and apparent power in star and delta system

 

Unit– IV : Network Reduction and Principles of Circuit Analysis

  • Source transformation
  • Star/delta and delta/star transformation
  • Mesh Analysis
  • Node Analysis

 

Unit– V : Network Theorems

  • Superposition theorem.
  • Thevenin’s theorem.
  • Norton’s theorem
  • Maximum power transfer theorem
  • Reciprocity theorem
  • Duality in electric circuits

 

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS, PAPER CODE : 7433, SUBJECT CODE : 303 

 

Unit – I : Fundamentals of Measurements

  • Measurement: Significance, units, fundamental quantities and standards
  • Classification of Instrument Systems:
  • Null and deflection type instruments
  • Absolute and secondary instruments
  • Analog and digital instruments
  • Static and dynamic characteristics, types of errors
  • Calibration: need and procedure
  • Classification of measuring instruments: indicating, recording and integrating instruments.
  • Essential requirements of an indicating instruments

 

Unit – II : Measurement of voltage and current

  • DC Ammeter: Basic, Multi range, Universal shunt,
  • DC Voltmeter: Basic, Multi-range, concept of loading effect and sensitivity
  • AC voltmeter: Rectifier type (half wave and full wave)
  • CT and PT: construction, working and applications.
  • Clamp-on meter.

 

Unit– III : Measurement of Electric Power

  • Analog meters: Permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) and Permanent magnet moving iron (PMMI) meter, their construction, working, salient features, merits and demerits
  • Dynamometer type wattmeter: Construction and working
  • Range: Multiplying factor and extension of range using CT and PT
  • Errors and compensations.
  • Active and reactive power measurement: One, two and three wattmeter method.
  • Effect of Power factor on wattmeter reading in two wattmeter method. Maximum Demand indicator

 

Unit– IV : Measurement of Electric Energy

  • Single and three phase electronic energy meter: Constructional features and working principle.
  • Errors and their compensations.
  • Calibration of single phase electronic energy meter using direct loading.

 

Unit– V : Circuit Parameter Measurement, CRO and Other Meters

  • Measurement of resistance:
  • Low resistance: Kelvin’s double bridge,
  • Medium Resistance: Voltmeter and ammeter method
  • High resistance: Megger and Ohm meter: Series and shunt Measurement of inductance using Anderson bridge (no derivation and phasor diagram)
  • Measurement of capacitance using Schering bridge (no derivation and phasor diagram)
  • Single beam/single trace CRO, Digital storage Oscilloscope: Basic block diagram, working,
  • Cathode ray tube, electrostatic deflection, vertical amplifier, time base generator, horizontal amplifier, measurement of voltage/ amplitude/ time period/ frequency/ phase angle delay line, specifications.
  • Other meters: Earth tester, Digital Multimeter; L-C-R meter, Frequency meter (ferromagnetic and Weston type), Phase sequence indicator, power factor meter (single phase and three phase dynamometer type), Synchro scope, Trivector meter
  • Signal generator: need, working and basic block diagram.
  • Function generator: need, working and basic block diagram, function of symmetry.

 

ELECTRIC MOTORS AND TRANSFORMERS, PAPER CODE : 7434, SUBJECT CODE : 304

 

Unit – I : DC Generators

  • DC generator: construction, parts, materials and their functions.
  • Principle of operation of DC generator: Fleming’s right hand rule, schematic diagrams, e.m.f. equation of generator, armature reaction, commutation and.
  • Applications of DC generators. Classification of measuring instruments: indicating, recording and integrating instruments.

 

Unit – II : D.C. Motors

  • DC motor: Types of DC motors. Fleming’s left hand rule, Principle of operation of, Back e.m.f. and its significance, Voltage equation of DC motor.
  • Torque and Speed; Armature torque, Shaft torque, BHP, Brake test, losses, efficiency.
  • DC motor starters: Necessity, two point and three point starters.
  • Speed control of DC shunt and series motor: Flux and Armature control.
  • Brushless DC Motor: Construction and working.

 

Unit– III : Single Phase Transformers

  • Types of transformers: Shell type and core type; Construction: Parts and functions, materials used for different parts: CRGO, CRNGO, HRGO, amorphous cores,
  • Transformer: Principle of operation, EMF equation of transformer: Derivation, Voltage transformation ratio,
  • Significance of transformer ratings
  • Transformer No-load and on-load phasor diagram, Leakage reactance,
  • Equivalent circuit of transformer: Equivalent resistance and reactance.
  • Voltage regulation and Efficiency: Direct loading, OC/SC method, All day efficiency

 

Unit– IV : Three Phase Transformers

  • Bank of three single phase transformers, Single unit of three phase transformer Distribution and Power transformers.
  • Construction, cooling, Three phase transformers connections as per IS:2026 (part IV)-1977, Three phase to two phase conversion (Scott Connection),
  • Selection of transformer as per IS: 10028 (Part I)-1985, Criteria for selection of distribution transformer, and power transformer, Amorphous Core type
  • Distribution Transformer, Specifications of three-phase distribution transformers as per IS:1180 (part I)-1989
  • Need of parallel operation of three phase transformer, Conditions for parallel operation.
  • Polarity tests on mutually inductive coils and single phase transformers;
  • Polarity test, Phasing out test on Three-phase transformer.

 

Unit– V : Special Purpose Transformers

  • Single phase and three phase auto transformers: Construction, working and applications.
  • Instrument Transformers: Construction, working and applications of Current transformer and Potential transformer.
  • Isolation transformer: Constructional Features and applications.
  • Single phase welding transformer: constructional features and applications.
  • Pulse transformer: constructional features and applications.
  • ‘K’ factor of transformers: overheating due to non-linear loads and harmonics.

 

RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTS, PAPER CODE : 7435, SUBJECT CODE : 305 

 

Unit – I : Solar PV and Concentrated Solar Power Plants

  • Solar Map of India: Global solar power radiation, Solar PV
  • Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, construction and working of: Power Tower,
  • Parabolic Trough, Parabolic Dish, Fresnel Reflectors
  • Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power plant: components layout, construction, working.
  • Rooftop solar PV power system

 

Unit – II : Large Wind Power Plants

  • Wind Map of India: Wind power density in watts per square meter Lift and drag principle; long path theory.
  • Geared type wind power plants: components, layout and working.
  • Direct drive type wind power plants: components, layout and working.
  • Constant Speed Electric Generators: Squirrel Cage Induction Generators (SCIG), Wound Rotor Induction Generator (WRIG);
  • Variable Speed Electric Generators: Doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), wound rotor synchronous generator (WRSG), permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)

 

Unit– III : Small Wind Turbines

  • Horizontal axis small wind turbine: direct drive type, components and working
  • Horizontal axis small wind turbine: geared type, components and working
  • Vertical axis small wind turbine: direct drive and geared, components and
  • working Types of towers and installation of small wind turbines on roof tops and open fields.
  • Electric generators used in small wind power plants

 

Unit– IV : Micro-hydro Power Plants

  • Energy conversion process of hydro power plant.
  • Classification of hydro power plant: High, medium and low head.
  • Layouts of micro-hydro power plants
  • Construction and working of hydro turbines used in different types of hydro power plant:
    • High head – Pelton turbine
    • Medium head – Francis turbine
    • Low head – Kaplan turbine.
  • Safe Practices for micro hydro power plants.

 

Unit– V : Biomass-based Power Plants

  • Properties of solid fuel for biomass power plants: bagasse, wood chips, rice husk, municipal waste
  • Properties of liquid and gaseous fuel for biomass power plants: Jatropha, bio-diesel gobar gas
  • Layout of a Bio-chemical based (e.g. biogas) power plant:
  • Layout of a Thermo-chemical based (e.g. Municipal waste) power plant
  • Layout of a Agrochemical based (e.g. bio-diesel) power plant

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PAPER CODE : –, COURSE CODE : — 

 

Unit – I : Professional and Social Ethics

  • Professional ethics, its need and importance, general code of ethics for engineers, ethical issues for engineers.
  • Need and importance of social skills, social skills for better group performance, important social skills such as social perceptiveness, coordination, negotiation, persuasion etc.

 

Unit – II : Lifelong learning and Self-directed Learning

  • Lifelong learning, its examples, self-directed learning, its examples, important steps in lifelong learning.
  • Need for planning self-directed learning, planning self-directed learning plan, examples.

 

Unit – III : Career Planning

  • Importance of career planning, major career opportunities in concerned branch of engineering , study of the important career opportunities regarding qualification,
  • knowledge, skills, experience required for them, role of personal factors like personal life style, interest areas, desires, personal preferences in career planning.
  • Identification and detailing of important career opportunities in relation to branch of diploma,
  • identification and detailing of important self-personal factors and self-personal preferences, development of self-career plan.

 

Unit – IV : Industrial Visits

  • Necessity of exposure to environment and practices, lectures by industry experts.
  • Importance of Students’ industrial visits, learning through observing real life industrial systems, planning and organizing the industrial visits.

 

Unit – V : CV, Resume, Bio-data and Interview

  • Need of presenting self for employment, salient features and formats of bio-data, CV, resume,
  • comparison of the three for their merits, limitations and specific uses, study of cases and examples of bio-data, CV,
  • resume and covering letter by all students for self of for the given cases.
  • Importance of employment related interviews, purpose of interview, dress code, body language and posture of interviewee, do’s and don’ts for interviews,
  • interview checklist, practice of facing employment related interviews for all students.

 

Unit – VI : Group Discussion

  • Need and importance of group discussion in professional work,
  • ideal group discussion and skills needed to effectively participate in group discussion,
  • practice of group discussion skills.

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