UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Course Code: BEL 604 Credit Units: 04

Course Objective:

This course intends to impart knowledge on the practical and practice aspects of electrical
engineering

Course Contents:

Module I: Illumination

Basic laws of illumination; light sources and their characteristics; sources of light; design of lighting schemes;
incandescent lamp; sodium lamp; mercury lamp and fluorescent lamp; comparison of various lamps.

Module II: Heating and Welding

Electrical heating-advantages, methods and application, resistance over general construction, 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. Different methods of electrical welding
and electrical equipment for them. Arc furnaces transformer and welding transformers.

Module III: Traction

Advantages and disadvantages, system of electric traction, diesel electric locomotives. Mechanics of train
movement: simplified speed time curves, average and schedule speed, tractive effort, specific energy
consumption, factors affecting specific energy consumption.

Module IV: Traction Motors

DC motors, single phase and three phase motors, starting and control of traction motors, braking of traction
motors. Modern 25 KV a.c. single phase traction systems: advantages, equipment and layout of 25 KV, single
phase power frequency A.C. traction.

Module V: 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.

Examination Scheme:

Components A CT S/V/Q HA EE
Weightage (%) 5 15 5 5 70

CT: Class Test, HA: Home Assignment, S/V/Q: Seminar/Viva/Quiz, EE: End Semester
Examination;
Att: Attendance

Text & References:

 Pratab. H. “Art and Science of Utilization of Electrical Energy”: Dhanpat Rai & Sons,
2001
 Wadhwa C.L. “Generation, Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Power”; Khanna
Publications,2005
 Gupta.J. B. “A Course of Electric Power”, S. K. Kataria & Sons, 2009
 Uppal .S. L. “Electrical Power”, Khanna Publisher, 2005
 Dover. A. T. “Electric Traction” , Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1965