EX 8th Semester Syllabus

1. Unit 1Basic Concepts of Electric Drives

   Elements of drive systems · Requirement of electric drives · Rating \& selection of drives · Groups and individual drives · Constant power and constant torque drives · Motor mechanism dynamics · Review of characteristics of AC \& DC motors · Load characteristic · Load‑drive speed‑torque characteristics · Quadrant speed‑torque characteristics · Mechanical systems stability of electric drives · Referred moment of inertia and torque of motor‑load combination · Load equalization

2. Unit 2DC Drives

   Starting \& braking of conventional drives · Phase‑controlled drives · Chopper‑controlled drives · Transient and steady‑state analysis · Energy recovery systems

3. Unit 3Induction Motor Drives

   Conventional method of starting, braking and speed control for induction motors · PWM control · Voltage‑Source Inverter (VSI) fed induction motor drives · Current‑Source Inverter (CSI) fed induction motor drives · Cyclo‑converter fed drive · Vector‑control drives · Slip‑controlled induction motor drives · Review of conventional methods and converter‑controlled Crammers \& Scherbius drives · Rotor‑impedance control

4. Unit 4Synchronous Motor Drives

   VSI fed synchronous motor drives · CSI fed synchronous motor drives · Self‑controlled brushless and commutatorless DC motor drives · Self‑controlled brushless and commutatorless AC motor drives

5. Unit 5Special Drives

   Fundamentals of switched‑reluctance motors · Stepper motors · Permanent‑magnet motor fundamentals · Introduction to vector control for permanent‑magnet motors · Digital control of drives · Case studies: electric traction, steel & cement plants, textile & paper mills, machine‑tool drive and CNC, electric cars

1. Unit 1Introduction to Power Quality

   Introduction to power quality and voltage quality · Power quality evaluation procedures · General classes of power quality problems · Causes and effects of power quality disturbances

2. Unit 2Power Quality Issues due to Loads and Compensation

   Loads causing power quality problems · State‑of‑the‑art passive shunt and series compensation · Classification and working of passive shunt compensation · Classification and working of passive series compensation · Principle and control of active shunt compensator (DSTATCOM) · Active series compensators – working and control

3. Unit 3Unified Power Quality Compensators

   Introduction to unified power quality compensators · Classification of UPQC · Working and operation of UPQC

4. Unit 4Voltage Sags, Interruptions and Transients

   Voltage sags and interruptions – sources · Estimating voltage sag performance · Fundamental principles of protection and monitoring of sags · Transient over‑voltages – sources · Principles of over‑voltage protection · Utility capacitor switching transients · Fundamentals of harmonics and harmonic distortion · Harmonic sources from commercial loads · Harmonic sources from industrial loads

5. Unit 5Applied Harmonics and Mitigation

   Harmonics distortion evaluation · Principles for controlling harmonics · Devices for controlling harmonic distortion · Shunt active filters – operation and control · Shunt passive filters – operation and control

1. Unit 1Stepper Motors

   Discretisation of angular position by stepper structures · Stepping angle and frequency of excitation · VR and PM rotor structures and their torque production · Torque‑angle characteristics · Hybrid structure and torque production by permanent magnet and excitation fluxes · Power electronic converters for stepper motors · Control by load angle

2. Unit 2Switched Reluctance Motor

   Static torque production · Partition of energy and effects of saturation · Dynamic torque production · Torque‑speed characteristics · Shaft position sensing · Solid rotors

3. Unit 3Brushless DC Motor

   Construction and principle · Speed control · Basic concept of torque · Outer and inner rotor configurations · Magnetic circuit concept · Electrical analogy · Winding pattern: series and parallel · Thermal considerations

4. Unit 4Permanent Magnet Materials and Circuits

   Characteristics, parameters, properties, classification and calculations of permanent magnet materials · Permanent magnet motor types · DC brushed motor design and analysis · Control strategies and applications

5. Unit 5PM Synchronous Motors and PM Step Motors

   PM synchronous motor rotor construction · Theory, operation and control of PM synchronous motors · Applications of PM synchronous motors · PM step motors and hybrid step motors · Sensorless control techniques · Reduction of torque pulsations · Case studies: electric vehicles, industrial drives, PV‑fed water pumping

1. Unit 1Introduction to $\mathrm{SCADA}$ and PLC

   Data acquisition system in $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · Evaluation of $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · Communication technologies for $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · Monitoring and supervisory functions of $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · PLC block diagram · PLC programming languages · Ladder diagram for PLC · Functional block diagram for PLC · PLC applications · Interfacing of PLC with $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · SCADA system components – schemes · Remote Terminal Unit ($\mathrm{RTU}$) · Intelligent Electronic Devices ($\mathrm{IED}$) · Communication network for $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · $\mathrm{SCADA}$ server

2. Unit 2$\mathrm{SCADA}$ Architecture

   Various $\mathrm{SCADA}$ architectures · Advantages and disadvantages of each architecture · Single unified standard architecture IEC 61850 · $\mathrm{SCADA}$/HMI systems

3. Unit 3$\mathrm{SCADA}$ Communication

   Industrial communication technologies – wired methods · Industrial communication technologies – wireless methods · Fiber‑optic communication for $\mathrm{SCADA}$ · Open‑standard communication protocols

4. Unit 4Operation and Control of Interconnected Power System

   Automatic substation control · $\mathrm{SCADA}$ configuration · Energy Management System (EMS) · System operating states · System security · State estimation

5. Unit 5$\mathrm{SCADA}$ Applications

   Utility applications – transmission and distribution sector · Monitoring, analysis and improvement in utility operations · Industrial applications – oil, gas, water sectors · Case studies · Implementation and simulation exercises

1. Unit 1Introduction

   Models of Neural Network – Architectures · Knowledge representation · Artificial Intelligence and Neural networks · Learning process · Error correction learning · Hebbian learning · Competitive learning · Boltzman learning · Supervised learning · Unsupervised learning · Reinforcement learning · learning tasks

2. Unit 2Multi‑layer Perceptron

   Multi‑layer perceptron using Back propagation Algorithm · Self‑organizing Map · Radial Basis Function Network · Functional link network · Hopfield Network

3. Unit 3Fuzzy Systems

   Fuzzy versus crisp · Fuzzy sets · Membership function · Basic Fuzzy set operations · Properties of Fuzzy sets · Fuzzy cartesian Product · Operations on Fuzzy relations · Fuzzy logic · Fuzzy Quantifiers · Fuzzy Inference · Fuzzy Rule based system · Defuzzification methods

4. Unit 4Genetic Algorithms

   Encoding · Fitness Function · Reproduction operators · Genetic Modeling · Genetic operators · Crossover · Single‑site crossover · Two‑point crossover · Multi point crossover · Uniform crossover · Matrix crossover · Crossover Rate · Inversion & Deletion · Mutation operator · Mutation · Mutation Rate · Bit‑wise operators · Generational cycle convergence of Genetic Algorithm

5. Unit 5Applications

   Load forecasting · Load flow studies · Economic load dispatch · Load frequency control · Single area system and two area system · Small Signal Stability (Dynamic stability) · Reactive power control · Speed control of DC and AC Motors

1. Unit 1Introduction to renewable sources

   World energy scenario and renewable sources · Wind, solar, hydro, geothermal fundamentals · Availability and power extraction of renewable sources · Photovoltaic effect and basics of solar power generation · P‑V and I‑V characteristics of PV modules · Effects of insolation, temperature and shading on PV performance · PV modules, connections, ratings, and array design · Maximum power point (MPP) tracking concepts and schemes · Solar tracking methods · Standalone PV systems and grid‑interfaced systems · Energy storage options for PV applications · AC‑DC load considerations

2. Unit 2Power converters for solar

   Micro‑converter topologies · DC‑DC buck, boost, buck‑boost, flyback, forward, and Cuk converters · Bidirectional DC‑DC converters for PV applications · Single‑phase and three‑phase inverter configurations · Multilevel inverter types: Neutral‑point‑clamped, Modular‑multilevel, CSI · Control schemes for inverters: unipolar and bipolar modulation

3. Unit 3Single‑phase and three‑phase back‑controllers

   Triggering techniques for power‑factor and harmonic control · Design and analysis of phase‑control circuits · Solid‑state transfer switches · Cycloconverter concepts: three‑phase to single‑phase and vice‑versa · Effect of source inductance on converter operation · PWM techniques: single‑pulse and multi‑pulse forms · STATCON, SVC, UPS and SMPS operation principles

4. Unit 4Introduction to wind energy

   P‑V and I‑V characteristics of wind turbines · Wind turbine‑generator‑inverter system architecture · Mechanical control and ratings of wind turbines · Maximum power point (MPP) and MPPT schemes for wind · PLL and synchronization techniques for wind converters · Power balancing and bypass strategies · Grid‑connection issues: leakage current, islanding, harmonics · Harmonic mitigation using passive and active filters · Active/reactive power feeding and unbalance compensation

5. Unit 5Generators for wind and battery systems

   DC generator with DC‑to‑AC converter interfaces · Induction generators with and without converters · Synchronous generators with back‑to‑back controlled/uncontrolled converters · Doubly‑fed induction generator topologies and rotor‑side converters · Permanent‑magnet based generators for wind applications · Battery technologies: types, charging and discharging methods

1. Unit 1Global Environmental Concerns and International Frameworks

   Global environmental concerns · Changing global atmosphere · United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) · Kyoto Protocol · Conference of Parties (COP) · Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) · Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) · Earth Summit · Sustainable development · Green Certificate

2. Unit 2Protected‑Area Management, Improvement Strategies and Standards

   Global programme for protected‑area management · Strategies for environmental improvement plans · Key organisations: UNEP, IPCC, CPCB · Fundamental features of ISO 14000

3. Unit 3Water Quality Standards and Parameters

   Water‑quality parameters (physical, chemical, bacteriological) · Potable‑water standards · Waste‑water effluent standards · Minimal National Standards (MINAS)

4. Unit 4National Environment Policies and Legislation

   Water Act 1974 · Air Act 1981 · Environmental (Protection) Act 1986 · M.P. State Environment Policy · Municipal Solid‑Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998 · Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998

5. Unit 5Energy Sources, Converters and Emerging Technologies

   Review of conventional and unconventional energy sources · Unconventional sources: solar, biogas, wind, tidal · Energy converters: high‑performance motors, biogas‑driven generators, wind turbines · Mini‑hydro generators · State‑of‑the‑art and futuristic energy conversion systems

1. Unit 1MOSTRANSISTORPRINCIPLE

   NMOS and PMOS transistors · Process parameters for MOS and CMOS · Electrical properties of CMOS circuits and device modeling · Scaling principles and fundamental limits · CMOS inverter scaling · Propagation delays · Stick diagram · Layout diagrams

2. Unit 2COMBINATIONAL LOGIC CIRCUITS

   Examples of combinational logic design · Elmore’s constant · Pass transistor logic · Transmission gates · Static and dynamic CMOS design · Power dissipation – low‑power design principles

3. Unit 3SEQUENTIALLOGICCIRCUITS

   Static and dynamic latches and registers · Timing issues · Pipelines · Clock strategies · Memory architecture and memory control circuits · Low‑power memory circuits · Synchronous and asynchronous design

4. Unit 4DESIGNINGARITHMETICBUILDINGBLOCKS

   Data‑path circuits · Architectures for ripple‑carry adders · Carry‑look‑ahead adders · High‑speed adders · Accumulators · Multipliers · Dividers · Barrel shifters · Speed and area trade‑off considerations

5. Unit 5IMPLEMENTATIONSTRATEGIES

   Full‑custom and semi‑custom design · Standard‑cell design and cell libraries · FPGA building‑block architectures · FPGA interconnect routing procedures

1. Unit 1Descriptive Statistics

   Probability distributions · Inferential statistics · Hypothesis testing · Regression analysis · Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

2. Unit 2Introduction to Big Data

   Big data and its importance · Four V’s of big data (volume, velocity, variety, veracity) · Drivers for big data adoption · Overview of big data analytics · Big data analytics applications · Hadoop’s parallel computing model · Data discovery techniques · Open‑source technologies for big data analytics · Cloud integration with big data · Predictive analytics in big data · Mobile business intelligence · Crowd‑sourcing analytics · Inter‑ and trans‑firewall analytics · Information management for big data

3. Unit 3Processing Big Data

   Integration of heterogeneous data stores · Mapping data to programming frameworks · Data extraction from storage systems · Data transformation for processing pipelines · Data partitioning for Hadoop MapReduce

4. Unit 4Hadoop MapReduce

   Designing Hadoop MapReduce jobs · Distributed data processing across server farms · Monitoring and managing MapReduce job flows · Components and daemons of the Hadoop ecosystem · Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) architecture · Execution modes: local, pseudo‑distributed, fully distributed

5. Unit 5Big Data Tools and Techniques

   Installation and execution of Apache Pig · Pig Latin scripting language · User‑Defined Functions (UDFs) in Pig · Data processing operators in Pig · Installation and execution of Apache Hive · HiveQL query language · User‑Defined Functions (UDFs) in Hive · Oracle Big Data platform overview

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1. Unit 1Study of Electrical Toolbox

   Power System · Power Electronics · Control System · Electrical Measurement · Flexible AC Transmission

2. Unit 2Simulation Models for Rectifier, Inverter, and Converter

   Single‑phase Rectifier · Three‑phase Rectifier · Single‑phase Inverter · Three‑phase Inverter · Converter for different load models

3. Unit 3Simulation Models using FACTS Devices

   STATCOM · SVC · TCSC · SSSC · IPFC · UPFC in power‑system transmission lines

4. Unit 4Simulation Models of Power‑Electronics‑Based Electrical Drives

   AC Electrical Drives · DC Electrical Drives

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