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UNIT I		CIRCUITS AND THEOREMS				9
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering - Ohm`s Law - Kirchhoff`s laws - Mesh and Nodal Analysis - Super position Theorem - Thevenin`s Theorem - Norton`s Theorem - Reciprocity Theorem - Maximum Power Transfer Theorem - Star - Delta Transformations.
UNIT II		A C CIRCUITS				9
Magnetic Circuits - Electromagnetic Induction - Faraday`s Law, Lenz`s law - Self and Mutual Inductances - production of Alternating Voltage - RMS value - Average value - Form factor - Peak factor - Phase difference - Phasor diagram - RL, RC, RLC Circuits
UNIT III		DC MACHINES AND TRANSFORMER				9
Fundamentals of DC Machines - emf equation - Types of Generators - Load characteristics - D.C. Motors, types and characteristics - Torque equation - Starters - Speed control - Single Phase Transformer - emf equation - O C and S C. Tests - efficiency and regulation.
UNIT IV		AC MACHINES				9
Introduction - Construction and principle of operation of A C. Machines - Alternators - Three Phase and Single Phase Induction motors - Types - characteristics - O C and S C. Tests - Applications - Synchronous motor - starting.
UNIT V		POWER SUPPLIES				9
Half and Full wave rectifier - Bridge rectifier - rectification efficiency - transformer utility factor - voltage regulator- introduction to SMPS and UPS. Total: 45+15
TEXT BOOKS:
Sl. No.	Author(s)		Title of the Book	Publisher	Year of Publication
1.	Mittle V N and Arvind Mittal		Basic Electrical Engineering	Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company.	Second edition,
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Sl. No.	Author(s)		Title of the Book	Publisher	Year of Publication
1.	Kothari D P and Nagrath I J		Basic Electrical Engineering	Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company.	2002
2.	Del Toro		Electrical Engineering Fundamentals	Prentice Hall Publishers, New Delhi. 2nd edition.	2003
3.	Mehta V K and Rohit Mehta		Basic Electrical Engineering	S Chand and Company Ltd, NewDelhi..	2003
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