Vivekanand Education Society’s

Institute of Technology
(Affiliated to University of Mumbai, Approved by AICTE & Recognized by Govt. of Maharashtra)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND APPLIED SCIENCES

First year B. Tech

SEM I

Subject: Basic Electrical

Engineering

Branch: All Branches

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND APPLIED SCIENCES

Course Course Teaching Scheme (hrs.) Credits Assigned

Code Name

Theory Continuous Practical Term Theory Continuous Practi Term Total

Assessment work Assessment cal Work
(Quiz) (Quiz)

ESC 103 Basic 03 -- 02 - 03 -- 01 - 04

Electrical
(Batch wise)
Engineering

Course Code Course Name Examination Scheme

Internal Continuous End Semester Term Work Practical/Oral Total

Assessment Assessment Examination

ESC 103
Basic 20 20 60 25 -- 125
Electrical
Engineering
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND APPLIED SCIENCES

Prerequisite: Resistance, inductance, capacitance, series and parallel connections of resistance, concepts of
voltage, current, power and energy and its units. Working of wattmeter,Magnetic circuits, MMF, Magnetic field
strength, reluctance, series and parallel magnetic circuits, BH Curve, Time domain analysis of first order RL
and RC circuits

Course Objectives:

1 To provide knowledge on fundamentals of DC circuits and single phase and three phase AC circuits and its
applications.

2 To inculcate knowledge on the basic operation and performance of 1-Φ transformer.

3 To provide knowledge on fundamentals of DC and AC machines.

Course Outcomes:

1 Apply various network theorems to determine the circuit response / behaviour.

2 Evaluate and analyse 1-Φ circuits.

3 Evaluate and analyse 3-Φ AC circuits.

4 Understand the constructional features and operation of 1-Φ transformer.

5 Illustrate the working principle of DC machine.

6 Illustrate the working principle of AC machines.

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Module Content Hrs.

1 DC Circuits 12

1.1 (Only independent source) Ideal and practical Voltage and current Sources,
Source Transformation, Kirchhoff’s Laws,

1.2 Star-Delta / Delta-Star Transformation, Mesh and Nodal Analysis.

1.3 Superposition, Thevenin’s Theorem

1.4 Norton’s Theorem and Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.

2 12
AC Circuits

2.1 Generation of alternating voltage, basic definitions, average and rms values,
phasor and phase difference, sums on phasors.

2.2 Single-phase ac series and parallel circuits consisting of R, L, C, RL, RC, RLC
combinations, Definitions - real, reactive and apparent power, admittance (Y),
Series and parallel resonance, Q factor.

3 Three Phase Circuits 5

3.1 Generation of Three-Phase Voltages, voltage & current relationships in Star and
Delta Connections,

3.2 Power measurement in three phase balanced circuit(Only two wattmeter

method).

4 Transformers 5

4.1 Working principle of single-phase transformer, EMF equation of a

transformer, Transformer losses

4.2 Actual (practical) and ideal transformer, Phasor diagram (considering winding
resistance and magnetic leakage) Equivalent circuit. Open-circuit test (no-load
test), short circuit (SC) test, efficiency.

5 DC Machines 3

5.1 Principle of operation of DC generators and DC motors, constructional

details, and classification of DC machines, e.m.f. equation of
generator/motor, applications.
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6 AC Machines 2

6.1 Rotating magnetic field produced by three phase ac, principle of

operation of Three-phase induction motor, constructional details, and
classification of Induction machines.

Self-study Introduction to type of Batteries, Lithium-ion and Lead Acid Batteries, --

Topic Charging and Discharging, Application.

Total 39

Textbooks:

1 V. N. Mittal and Arvind Mittal “Basic Electrical Engineering” Tata McGraw Hill, (RevisedEdition)

2 Vincent Del Toro “Electrical Engineering Fundamentals”, PHI Second edition, 2011

3 Edward Hughes “Hughes Electrical and Electronic Technology”, Pearson Education (Tenthedition)

4 D P Kothari and I J Nagrath, “Theory and Problems of Basic Electrical Engineering”, PHI 13thedition
2011.

5 M. Naidu, S. Kamakshaiah “Introduction to Electrical Engineering” McGraw-Hill Education,2004

6 B.R Patil “Basic Electrical Engineering” Oxford Higher Education

Reference Books:

1 B. L. Theraja “Electrical Engineering “ Vol-I and II.

2 S. N. Singh, “Basic Electrical Engineering” PHI , 2011Book

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Internal Assessment:
Assessment consists of one Mid Term Test of 20 marks and Continuous Assessment of 20
marks.
Mid Term test is to be conducted when approx. 50% syllabus is completed Duration of the
midterm test shall be one hour.

Continuous Assessment:-
Continuous Assessment is of 20 marks. The rubrics for assessment will be considered on
approval by the subject teachers.
Sr.no Rubrics Marks
1. *Certificate course for 4 weeks or more:- 10 marks
NPTEL/ Coursera/ Udemy/any MOOC
2. Wins in the event/competition/hackathon 10 marks
3. Content beyond syllabus presentation 10 marks
4. Creating Proof of concept 10 marks
5. Mini Project / Extra Experiments/ Virtual Lab 10 marks
6. GATE Based Assignment test/Tutorials etc 10 marks
7. Participation in event/workshop/talk / competition 5 marks
followed by small report and certificate of participation
relevant to the subject(in other institutes)

8. Multiple Choice Questions (Quiz) 5 marks

End Semester Theory Examination:

1 Question paper will be of 60 marks
2 Question paper will have a total of five questions
3 All questions have equal weightage and carry 20 marks each
4 Any three questions out of five needs to be solved.
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BEE Laboratory
Lab Code Lab Name Credit

ESL 103 Basic Electrical Engineering 1

Lab Objectives:

1 To impart the basic concept of network analysis and its application.

2 To provide the basic concept of ac circuits analysis and its application.

3 To illustrate the operation of machines and transformer.

Lab Outcomes:

1 Interpret and analyze the behavior of DC circuits using network theorems.

2 Perform and infer experiment on single phase AC circuits.

3 Demonstrate experiment on three phase AC circuits.

4 Illustrate the performance of single-phase transformer and machines.

Suggested Experiments: Students are required to complete at least 8 experiments.

Sr. No. Name of the Experiment

1 Introduction and use of measuring instruments – voltmeter,ammeter, multi-meter, oscilloscope.

Real-life resistors, capacitors, and inductors.

2 To measure output voltage across load resistor/current through load resistor and verify the result
using Mesh and Nodal analysis.

3 Verification of Superposition Theorem.

4 Verification Thevenin’s Theorem/ Norton’s Theorem.

5 Verification Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.

6 To find resonance conditions in a R-L-C series resonance circuit

7 To find resonance conditions in a R-L-C parallel resonance circuit.

8 To measure relationship between phase and line, currents and voltages in three phasesystem
(star & delta)
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9 To measure Power and phase in three phase system by two wattmeter method.

10 To find the equivalent circuit parameters by conducting OC and SC test on single phase
transformer.

11 To demonstrate cut-out sections of DC machine.

12 To study AC machine.

Term Work:

1 Term work should consist of 8 experiments.

2 Journal must include at least 2 assignments.

3 The final certification and acceptance of term work ensures satisfactory performance
of laboratory work and minimum passing marks in term work.

4 Total 25 Marks
(Experiments: 10-marks, Attendance Theory & Practical: 05-marks, Assignments: 10-marks)

Continuous assessment exam

1 Based on the subject and related lab of ESC 103 and ESL103.