B. TECH. ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 8-SEMESTER SYLLABUS

                                B. TECH.
  ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
                   VIII-SEMESTER

8EX1 EHV AC/DC TRANSMISSION
Unit-1 EHV AC Transmission: Need of EHV transmission lines, power handling
capacity and surge impedance loading. Problems of EHV transmission, bundled
conductors: geometric mean radius of bundle, properties of bundle conductors.
Electrostatic fields of EHV lines and their effects, corona effects: Corona loss, audio and
radio noise.
Unit-2 Load Frequency Control: Introduction to control of active and reactive power
flow, turbine speed governing system. Speed governing characteristic of generating unit and
load sharing between parallel operating generators. Method of Load Frequency Control:
Flat frequency, flat tie line and tie line load bias control. Automatic generation control
(description of block diagram only).
Unit-3 Voltage Control: No load receiving end voltage and reactive power generation.
Methods of voltage control. Synchronous phase modifier, shunt capacitors and reactors,
saturable reactors, Thynstorised static VAR compensators- TCR, FC-TCR and TSCTCR.
Unit-4 FACTS: Introduction to FACTS controllers, types of FACTS controllers, Brief
description of STATCOM, Thyristor controlled series capacitors and unified power flow
controller.
Unit-5 HVDC Transmission: Types of D.C. links, advantages and disadvantages of
HVDC transmission. Basic scheme and equipment of converter station. Ground return.
Basic principles of DC link control and basic converter control characteristics.
Application of HVDC transmission.
 
8EX2 ELECTRIC DRIVES AND THEIR CONTROL
Unit-1 Dynamics of Electric Drives: Fundamental torque equations, speed-torque
conventions and multiquardant operation, equivalent values of drive parameters, nature
and classification of load torques, steady state stability, load equalization, close loop
configurations of drives.
Unit-2 DC Drives: Speed torque curves, torque and power limitation in armature voltage
and field control, Starting, Braking-Regenerative Braking, dynamic braking and
plugging. Speed
Control-Controlled Rectifier fed DC drives, Chopper Controlled DC drives.
Unit-3 Induction Motor Drives-I: Starting, Braking-Regenerative braking, plugging and
dynamic braking. Speed Control-Stator voltage control, variable frequency control from
voltage source, Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) Control.
Unit-4 Induction Motor Drives-II: Variable frequency control from current source,
Current Source Inverter (CSI) Control, Cycloconverter Control, Static rotor resistance
control, Slip Power Recovery- Stator Scherbius drive, Static Kramer drive.
Unit-5 Synchronous Motor Drive: Control of Synchronous Motor-Separately Controlled
and VSI fed Self-Controlled Synchronous Motor Drives. Dynamic and Regenerative
Braking of Synchronous Motor with VSI. Control of Synchronous Motor Using Current
Source Inverter (CSI)
 
8EX3 SWITCHGEAR & PROTECTION
Unit-1 (i) Static Relays: Introduction to static relays, merits and demerits.
Comparators: amplitude and phase comparators, duality between amplitude and phase
comparators. Introduction to (a) amplitude comparators-circulating current type, phase
splitting type and sampling type, (b) phase comparators-vector product type and
coincidence type.
(ii) Static over Current Relays: Introduction to instantaneous, definite time, inverse
time and directional overcurrent relays.
Unit-2 (i) Static Differential Relays: Brief description of static differential relay
schemes-single phase and three phase schemes. Introduction to static differential
protection of generator and transformer.
(ii) Static Distance Relays: Introduction to static impedance, reactance and mho relays.
Unit-3 (i) Carrier Current Protection: Basic apparatus and scheme of power line
carrier system. Principle of operation of directional comparison and phase comparison
carrier protection and,carrier assisted distance protection.
(ii) Distance Protection: Effect of power swings on the performance of distance
protection. Out of step tripping and blocking relays, mho relay with blinders. Introduction to
quadrilateral and elliptical relays.
Unit-4 Circuit Breakers I: Electric arc and its characteristics, arc interruption-high
resistance interruption and current zero interruption. Arc interruption theories-recovery rate
theory and energy balance theory. Restriking voltage and recovery voltage, develop
expressions for restriking voltage and RRRV. Resistance switching, current chopping and
interruption of capacitive current. Oil circuit breakers-bulk oil and minimum oil circuit
breakers. Air circuit breakers.
Unit-5 (i) Circuit Breakers II: Air blast, SF6 and vacuum circuit breakers. Selection of
circuit breakers, rating of circuit breakers.
(ii) Digital Protection: Introduction to digital protection. Brief description of block
diagram of digital relay. Introduction to digital overcurrent, transformer differential and
transmission line distance protection.
 
8EX4.1 IMAGE PROCESSING AND PATTERN RECOGNITION
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION: Imaging in ultraviolet and visible band. Fundamental steps in
image
processing. Components in image processing. Image perception in eye, light and
electromagnetic
spectrum, Image sensing and acquisition using sensor array.
UNIT 2: DIGITAL IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS: Image sampling and quantization,
Representing digital images, Spatial and gray-level resolution, Aliasing and Moiré patterns,
Zooming and Shrinking digital
images.
UNIT 3: IMAGE RESTORATION: Image restoration model, Noise Models, Spatial and
frequency
properties of noise, noise probability density functions, Noise - only spatial filter, Mean filter
Statistic filter and adaptive filter, Frequency domain filters - Band reject filter, Band pass filter
and Notch filter.
UNIT 4: IMAGE COMPRESSION: Compression Fundamentals - Coding
Redundancy, Interpixel
redundancy, Psycho visual redundancy and Fidelity criteria. Image Compression models,
Source encoder and decoder, Channel encoder and decoder, Lossy compression and
compression standards. color space formats, scaling methodologies (like horizontal,
vertical up/down scaling). Display format (VGA, NTSC, PAL).
UNIT 5: EXPERT SYSTEM AND PATTERN RECOGNITION: Use of computers in
problem solving, information representation, searching, theorem proving, and pattern
matching with substitution. Methods for knowledge representation, searching, spatial,
temporal and common sense reasoning, and logic and probabilistic inferencing.
Applications in expert systems and robotics
 
8EX4.2 VHDL
UNIT 1 : INTRODUCTION - Fundamental & history of various hardware description
language, Design flow of ASICs and and standard logic circuits using software.
UNIT 2 : COMBINATIONAL CIRCUIT BUILDING BLOCKS- Multiplexer,
Decoders, encoders, Code Converters, VHDL Code for Combinational Circuits.
UNIT 3 : SEQUENCIAL CIRCUITS: VHDL code for Flip-Flops, shift registers,
Counters.
UNIT 4 : SYNCHRONOUS/ ASYNCHRONOUS SEQUENCIAL CIRCUITS:
Mealy & Moore type FSMs, VHDL Code for Mealy & Moore Machines, VHDL Codes for
Serial Adder, Vending Machine.
UNIT 5 : DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN- Building Block circuits, Memory
organization, SRAM, Design examples of divider, Multiplier, Shifting & Sorting
Operations, Clock Synchronization, CPU organization and design concepts.
 
8EX4.3NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
Unit-1 (i) Introduction: World energy situation, conventional and non-conventional
energy sources, Indian energy scene.
(ii) Tidal Energy: Introduction to tidal power. Components of tidal power plants, double
basin arrangement. Power generation. Advantages and limitations of tidal power
generation. Prospects of tidal energy in India.
Unit-2 Solar Energy: Solar radiation, solar radiation geometry, solar radiation on tilted
surface. Solar energy collector. Flat- plate collector, concentrating collector - parabolidal and
heliostat. Solar pond. Basic solar power plant. Solar cell, solar cell array, basic
photo-voltaic power generating system.
Unit-3 (i) Wind Energy: Basic principle of wind energy conversion, efficiency of
conversion, site selection. Electric power generation-basic components, horizontal axis
and vertical axis wind turbines, towers, generators, control and monitoring components.
Basic electric generation schemes- constant speed constant frequency, variable speed
constant frequency and variable speed variable frequency schemes. Applications of wind
energy.
(ii) Geothermal Energy: Geothermal fields, estimates of geothermal power. Basic
geothermal steam power plant, binary fluid geothermal power plant and geothermal
preheat hybrid power plant. Advantages and disadvantages of geothermal energy.
Applications of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy in India.
Unit-4 Nuclear Fusion Energy: Introduction, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
Requirements for nuclear fusion. Plasma confinement - magnetic confinement and
inertial confinement. Basic Tokamak reactor, laser fusion reactor. Advantages of nuclear
fusion. Fusion hybrid and cold fusion.
Unit-5 Biomass Energy: Introduction, biomass categories, bio-fuels. Introduction to
biomass conversion technologies. Biogas generation, basic biogas plants-fixed dome
type, floating gasholder type, Deen Bandhu biogas plant, Pragati design biogas plant.
Utilization of bio gas. Energy plantation. Pyrolysis scheme. Alternative liquid fuels -
ethanol and methanol. Ethanol production.
 
8EX4.4 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Unit-I
Introduction
Basic structure of Robotics, Resolution, Accuracy, and Repeatability,
Position representation, Classification and structure of Robotic Systems-Point to
Point Robotic Systems, Continuous Path Robotic systems, The manipulator
Cartesian co-ordinate Robots, Cylindrical coordinate Robots, Direct and Indirect
Drivers, The Wrist motions and Gripper, Structure of continuous path Robot
Systems.
Unit-II
Drives and Control Systems:-
Hydraulic Systems, direct current servo motors, control approaches of robots,
Denabit Hasten Berg convention, application of the D.H. Method, The Jacobian
Matrix for position and orienting.
Unit-III
Application of Robots:-
Programming, Manual teaching Lead through teaching, programming
languages, storing and operating task programs, Sensor and Intelligent Robots,
Vision systems, Range detectors, Assembly aid devices, Force and Torque
sensors. Artificial Intelligence
Unit-IV
Production Design for Robot Assembly
Production design for small parts assembly, production Design for robotic
and automatic assembly, considerations for assembly oriented product design,
Robot Safety.
Unit-V
Programming system:-
Robot languages in the eighties, A Robot programming
systemincorporating Real time and supervisory control val.II.Programming vision
and Robotic systems with RATE, Implicit Robot Programming based on high
level explics systems.
 
8EX5 INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
1 Money Banking and Trade: Functions of money, supply & demand for money,
money price level & inflation, black money, meaning, magnitude & consequences.
Functions of Commercial banks, banking system in India, shortcomings and
improvements.. Function of RBI, monetary policy-making, objectives and features.
Sources of public revenue, principles of taxation, direct and indirect taxes, Theory of
international trade, balance of trade and payment, Foreign exchange control, devaluation
New economic policy: Liberalization, extending privatization, globalization.
2 Management Principles: Management functions, responsibilities of management to
society, development of management thought. Nature of planning, decision making,
management by objectives, Line and staff authority relationships, decentralization and
delegation of authority, span of management,
3 Production Management: Production planning and control, inventory control, quality
control and Total quality management. Tools of project management - CPM, PERT,
project information systems. Marketing functions, management of sales and advertising
marketing research.
4 Human Resource Management: Function, application of industrial psychology for
selection,training and recruitment. Communication process, media channels and barriers to
effective communication, theories of motivation, leadership.
5 Finance and Account Management: Engineering Economics: Investment decision,
present worth, annual worth and rate of return methods. Payback time. Need for good cost
accounting system, cost control techniques of financial control, financial statements,
financial ratios, break-even analysis, budgeting and budgetary control.
 
8EX6 ELECTRICAL DRIVES AND CONTROL LAB
1 Study and test the firing circuit of three phase half controlled bridge converter.
2 Study and obtain waveforms of 3 phase half controlled bridge converter with R and RL
loads.
3 Study and test the firing circuit of 3-phase full controlled bridge converter.
4 Study and obtain waveforms of 3-phase full controlled bridge converter with R and RL
loads.
5 Study and test 3-phase AC voltage regulator.
6 Control speed of dc motor using 3-phase half controlled bridge converter. Plot armature
voltage versus speed characteristic.
7 Control speed of dc motor using 3-phase full controlled bridge converter. Plot armature
voltage versus speed characteristic.
8 Control speed of a 3-phase induction motor in variable stator voltage mode using 3-
phase AC voltage regulator.
9 Control speed of universal motor using AC voltage regulator. 10
Study 3-phase dual converter.
11 Study speed control of dc motor using 3-phase dual converter.
12 Study three-phase cycloconverter and speed control of synchronous motor using
cycloconverter.
13 Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor in variable frequency V/f constant mode using 3-
phase inverter.



                                          Shri Akash Bhai