Electrical Engineering Syllabus
Electrical Engineering Syllabus
Basic material and components: electrical properties; conducting and non-conducting solids;
optical and magnetic materials; selection of materials for use as components (particularly
resistors and capacitors); production of components leading to need for nominal and tolerances;
preferred value ranges; color coding of components;
Sinusoidal steady state and impedance. Instantaneous and average power. Sinusoidal signals,
time and frequency domain representation, phasor and phasor diagrams. Selectivity, Q and
resonance. Transformrs. AC and DC machines models. Diodes application: Clampers, limiters,
rectifiers ...etc
Singular Functions, Laplace transform; network functions, poles and zeros; total response; time
and frequency domain; convolution theorems, three phase balanced circuits. Mutual inductance.
Series and parallel resonance. Laplace transform and its applications. Transfer function. Multi-
port network.
EE3107 Electromagnetic:
Electric and magnetic fields using vector analysis. Maxwell's equations, laws of coulomb, Gauss,
Ampere, and Faraday. Concepts of energy and potential. Poisson and Laplace fields. Wave
equation and plane wave.
General background, AC systems, complex power, balanced three phase systems; power in
balanced three phase systems. Transmission Lines: short, medium, long. Resistance, Inductance
and Capacitance of overhead lines. Transformers: Ideal, practical equivalent circuit, three phase
transformers, auto-transformer, three winding transformers, and regulating transformer.
Synchronous Machines: cylindrical and salient pole, armature reaction, models for cylindrical
machine, two-axis theory for salient pole machine, power of machine connected to infinite
busbars.
EE3122 Element of Electrical Engineering:
Generation of emf, rotating field, frequency, phasor representation, 3-phase machine, advantage
of 3-phase system. Cable: types, properties, losses, conductor size. economics, AC and DC
transmission. Transformers: conduction, types, rating factor, cooling use in power systems, star-
delta connection. Protection: fuses , thermal overload, electromagnetic overload, electronic relay;
circuit-breakers.
description and use of network analysis programs such as ECAP, CORAP and NASAP. Network
topology. Nodal analysis of linear and non-linear networks. standard form of state equations of
linear networks. Algorithmic methods for time domain and frequency domain analysis of
network using digital computer. Numerical solution of state equations. Sensitivity calculation.
Brief review of vector-phasors and Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic potentials, power and
energy; plane waves, frustrated and reflection, skin effect, anisotropic media; solution of
radiation problems in the Kirchhoff approximation; elementary applications.
Power System Load flow: Nodal Admittance Formulation, Definition power flow problem, The
Newton-Raphson Method, The Jacobian Matrix, Gaussian Elimination, Reactive Power Limits,
Decoupled Load flow. Fault Analysis: Z Bus formulation, General sequence impedance matrices,
General balanced and unbalanced system fault analysis. Transient Stability analysis, swing
equation, equal area criterion, numerical solution of swing equation.
Dynamic response of power converters. State Space average analysis: Zero voltage and current
switching techniques; Snubbers.
Generation and Transmission of Electrical Energy, Testing Methods, power frequency, lighting
impulse, switching impulse tests. DC voltages. Generation of high voltages: AC to DC,
electrostatic generators, alternating voltages, testing transformers, series resonant circuits,
impulse voltages, construction of impulse generators. Measurements of high voltages: peak
voltage measurements by spark gaps, sphere gaps uniform field gaps rod gaps, electrostatics
voltmeters, resistor voltage-dividers, high voltage capacitor for measuring circuits, voltage
dividing systems and impulse voltage measurements. Over-voltages and Insulation condition: the
lightning mechanism, simulated lightning surges for testing, switching surge test voltage
characteristics, insulation coordination. Protection: Concepts of protection: coordination,
discrimination, stability, sensitivity and speed.
Protection Equipment: relays, fuses, and circuit-breakers, current and voltage transformers. Unit
Protection: protection of generators, transformers, and busbars. Protection of Transmission
Networks: Distance and differential protection. Protection of radial Distribution Networks:
Concurrent relay coordination.
EE5218 Electrical Machines Dynamics:
Generalized Machine Theory. Synchronous and induction machines transients from generalized
equations. Dynamics of induction and synchronous machines. DC machines and servo-motor
transfer functions, principles of speed and voltage feedback control. An introduction to solid
state DC motor drivers. Special machines.
Overview of power system operation: power system security, power system economics,
Balancing security and economics, the operation cycle, observing the state of the power system,
state estimation. Analyzing the state of the power system: Static security analysis, Dynamic
security assessment, and voltage stability assessment. controlling the state of the power system
: Economic dispatch, optimal power flow, unit commitment, hydrothermal scheduling,
Automatic generation control, Load forecasting. Review of basic techniques: Series/Parallel
systems, conditional probability. Minimal cutest analysis, Modeling in repairable systems
network approach, Markov modeling, frequency and duration. General Capacity: generation
models, load models, loss of load expectation, capacity expansion planning, load forecast
uncertainty, frequency and duration method.
Introduction: Small synchronous generators, Excitation systems and AVRs. Induction generators,
power factor correction and self-excitation. Electronic Power convertors (natural and forced
commutation). Solar photovoltaic systems: solar resource and characteristics, photovoltaic cells,
silicon cells and modules, photovoltaic systems, Batteries and controllers, system sizing and
Performance prediction, economics and life-cycle costs. Small hydroelectric plants: the
hydroelectric resource, Types of turbines (Impulse/Reaction), Performance estimation. Wind
turbines: wind resource and structure, Essential acro-dynamics of horizontal axis turbines,
stall/pitch regulation, Design and control of wind turbines, Wind turbine electrical systems.
Review of other technologies: Solar thermal, Biomass, Tidal, Wave, Geothermal. Autonomous
systems: DC (battery based) systems, AC Hybrid systems, Performance and Stability.