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EX-603 (A) · Utilization of Electrical Engineering/Official Syllabus

Utilization of Electrical Engineering (EX-603 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Illumination Engineering

  • Nature of light
  • units
  • sensitivity of the eye
  • luminous efficiency
  • glare
  • Incandescent lamps
  • arc lamps
  • gas discharge lamps- fluorescent lamps
  • polar curves
  • effect of voltage variation on efficiency and life of lamps
  • Distribution and control of light
  • lighting calculations
  • solid angle
  • inverse square and cosine laws
  • methods of calculations
  • factory lighting
  • flood lighting and street lighting
  • Direct diffused and mixed reflection & transmission factor
  • refractors
  • light fittings
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Unit 2

Heating, Welding And Electrolysis

  • Electrical heating-advantages, methods and applications
  • resistance heating
  • design of heating elements
  • efficiency and losses control
  • Induction heating: core type furnaces
  • core less furnaces and high frequency eddy current heating
  • dielectric heating: principle and special applications
  • arc furnaces: direct arc furnaces, Indirect arc furnaces
  • electrodes
  • power supply and control
  • resistance welding
  • arc welding
  • energy storage welding
  • laser welding
  • electron beam welding
  • electrical equipment for them
  • Arc furnaces transformer and welding transformers
  • Review of electrolytic principles, laws of electrolysis
  • electroplating, anodizing-electro-cleaning
  • extraction of refinery metals
  • power supply for electrolytic process
  • current and energy efficiency
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Unit 3

Traction

  • Special features of Traction motors
  • selection of Traction Motor
  • Different system of electric traction and their Advantages and disadvantages
  • Mechanics of train movement: simplified speed time curves for different services
  • average and schedule speed
  • tractive effort
  • specific energy consumption
  • factors affecting specific energy consumption
  • acceleration and braking retardation
  • adhesive weight and coefficient of adhesion
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Unit 4

Electric Drives

  • Individual and collective drives
  • electrical braking, plugging, rheostatic and regenerative braking
  • load equalization use of fly wheel
  • criteria for selection of motors for various industrial drives
  • calculation of electrical loads for refrigeration and air-conditioning
  • intermittent loading and temperature rise curve
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Unit 5

Introduction to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

  • Configuration and performance of electrical vehicles
  • traction motor characteristics
  • tractive effort
  • transmission requirement
  • vehicle performance and energy consumption

Reference Books

  • Utilization of electrical energy
  • Art and Science of Utilization of Electrical Energy
  • Utilization of Elect. Energy
  • Utilization of Elect. Power and Elect. Traction
  • Utilization of Elect. Power including Electric Drives and Elect. Traction
  • Electric Power Utilisation
  • Modern electric, hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles
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