NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JAMSHEDPUR, JHARKHAND

Department of Electrical Engineering

AUTUMN SEMESTER 2021-2022
Course Handout
Date: 18-12-2021
Course Code : EE 1101 Class: 1st Semester, 2021 batch Electronics

Course Title : Electrical Engineering & Measurement

Faculty in charge : SUSHIL KUMAR GUPTA
Course Description
D. C. Circuit: Voltage and current sources, mesh current method, nodal voltage method, Delta-star and Star-
delta transformation, Thevenin’s theorem, Superposition theorem. Norton’s theorem, Maximum power
transfer theorem.
A.C. Circuit: Single phase and three phase A. C. phasor representation, Electrical circuit elements R-L-C,
their physical origin based on electromagnetic and electrostatics, R-L, R-C, R-L-C series circuits, Sinusoidal
steady state: power factor, active and reactive power, Parallel and Series circuits, Delta and star connections,
Line and phase quantities, Single and three phase power measurement.
Introduction to static and rotating machines. Basics of transformers and D.C. Machines.
Types of errors: Gross errors, Systematic errors and random errors, probability of errors, normal distribution
of errors and probable errors, limiting errors.
Measurement of resistance: Measurement of low resistance- Kelvin double bridge. Measurement of medium
resistance- Wheat stone bridge. Measurement of high resistance- Megger.
Scope
• To provide good fundamental concepts of Electrical Engineering.
• To provide the concepts of different techniques to solve a circuit problem.
• To provide the concepts of A.C. and D.C. circuits.
• To provide the basic concepts of Transformer and D.C. Machine.
• To provide the ideas to measure resistances.
• To provide the ideas of errors.
Objectives
➢ At the end of this course, the students will be able to understand what is Electrical Engineering?
➢ At the end of this course, the students will be able to solve any A.C. and D.C. circuit.
➢ At the end of the course, the students will be able to the basics of Transformer and D.C. machine.
➢ At the end of the course, the students will be able to measure any resistance.
Text books
T1. Kothari D.P. and Nagrath I.J., “Basic Electrical Engineering”, TMH
T2. Reddy K. Krishna, “Electrical Measurements”, Scitech Publications(India) Pvt. Ltd.
Reference book
R1. Chakrabarti Abhijit, Nath Sudip and Chanda Chandan Kumar, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, TMH.

Course Plan
Lecture Learning Objectives Topics to be Refer to
No. Covered Chapter, See
(Book)
1-3 Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s voltage and current Law Introduction 1 (T1)
4-7 Series Parallel resistor, Star-Delta Transformation, Current and Voltage 2 (T1)
Independent and Dependent voltage and sources Source. Star-Delta
transformation.
8-11 To find voltage and current in a given circuit Mesh Current and Node 2 (T1)
Voltage method
12-19 To find the response when more than one source is Thevenin, Nortan, 2 (T1)
acting in a circuit. To find response in an element Superposition and
of a complex network Maximum power Transfer
theorem.
20-21 RMS, Peak, Instantaneous value of an alternating AC fundamentals 5 (R1)
Quantity, Phasor representation
22-25 A pure resistive, pure inductive, pure capacitive Active, reactive and 5 (R1)
circuit excited by an alternative source, Power in apparent power in single
R, L and C. RLC circuit phase circuit
26-29 Phase and Line quantities. Single and three phase Voltage, Current and 6 (T1)
Power measurement power in three phase circuit
30-35 Construction, basic principle and emf equation of Basic of Transformers and 8 (T1)
Transformer and DC machine DC machine
36-37 Errors, probability of errors, normal distribution of Types of errors Lecture
errors Notes
38-40 Measurement of low, medium and high resistance Measurement of resistance 7 (T2)

Evaluation Scheme
EC Evaluation Duration Weightage Date & Time Nature of the
No. Component Component
1 Mid Sem Exam 2 Hour 30% Open Book
2 Class Test/Oral Test 1 Hour/5 minute 10% Open Book
3 Home Assignment 10% Open Book
4 End Sem Exam 3 Hour 50% Open Book

Consultation Hour: During online class.

Faculty In charge