Utilization of Electrical Power (3-1-0)

Sessional
Final
Total

Theory
50
50
100

Practical

Total
50
50
100

Course Objectives:
To familiarize with utilization of
electrical power in applications
like electrical drives, tractions, lighting systems, heating and welding

Course Contents:
1. Illumination and Lighting
(8hrs)
1.1 Lighting basics and Photometry
1.2 Units of illumination, reflectors , beam angle , illumination levels , standards ,
luminous efficiency, luminous efficacy and color rendering index
1.3 Different type of lamps: fluorescent versus incandescent lights, arc and neon
lights and ultra violet lamps
1.4 Polar curves and their uses, lighting schemes, Lighting calculations,
Evaluation of light requirements for specific tasks
1.5 Building and Industrial lighting, Flood lighting and Street lighting
2. Electric Heating and Welding
2.1 Methods of electric heating equipment, Resistance ovens
2.2 Induction heating and its types
2.3 Dielectric heating, arc furnace, Heating of buildings
2.4 Electric welding, resistance welding and arc welding

(6hrs)

3. Industrial Drives
(8hrs)
3.1 Introduction and classification of electric drives, Functional block diagram
3.2 Types of loads, speed-torque characteristics
3.3 Motor Sizing and Power-Torque Calculation
3.4 Thermal Loading, Motor Duty Cycle types
3.5 Steady state and transient Characteristics
3.6 Load Equalization and Fly wheel sizing
3.7 Electric drives for different applications
4. Starting of Electric Motors
(7hrs)
4.1 Effects of starting on power supply
4.2 Starting Dynamics of DC drives :Separately excited and DC Shunt motor
4.3 Starting Dynamics Induction Motor
4.4 Acceleration time, energy relation during starting of DC shunt motor, DC
series motor and 3 phase induction motors
4.5 Energy losses during transient operation of DC motor and three phase
induction motor
4.6 Methods of reducing energy losses during starting
5. Electric Braking
(8hrs)
5.1 Types of Braking
5.2 Regenerative braking for DC shunt motor and Induction Machine, Braking of
Synchronous Machine
5.3 Energy losses and stopping time calculation during dynamic braking of DC
shunt motor

5.4 Energy losses and stopping time calculation during dynamic braking and
plugging of 3-ph induction motor
6. Electric Traction
(8hrs)
6.1 System of traction and their Significant features
6.2 Transmission of drive, train movement, speed time and speed distance curves,
simplified speed time curves
6.3 Mechanical considerations, control and auxiliary equipments
6.4 Factors influencing energy consumption of traction
6.5 Introduction to Hybrid Vehicles and topologies
Text Books:
1. E. O. Taylor, Utilization of Electric Energy, Orient Longman Private Limited,
2006.
2. G.K.Dubey, Fundamentals of Electrical Drives, Alpha Science International
Ltd, 2001.
3. R.K. Rajput, Utilization of Electrical Power, Firewall Media, 2006.