EEE2049W - Introduction To Electrical And Electronic

Course Outline:

The course aims to help students understand: (a) DC networks including DC circuits, series and parallel connection, Kirchhoff’s laws, Mesh Analysis, DC network theorems, DC transients in R-L and R-C circuits; (b) Fundamentals of AC including generation, concepts of waveform, period, frequency, angular velocity, phase etc., average, peak and RMS values; (c) Single-phase AC circuit including AC through resistance (R), inductance (L) and capacitance (C), concept of reactance and impedance, phasors, single-phase AC series and parallel circuits, concept of active power, reactive power, apparent power and power factor; (d) Three-phase AC systems; (e) Magnetic circuits including definition of magnetic circuits, simple and composite magnetic circuits, magnetic circuit calculations, magnetic hysteresis, core loss, sinusoidal excitation of magnetic circuits and induced voltage; (f) Single-phase transformers including core construction, principle of operation, e.m.f. equation and transformation ratio, no-load and on-load operation, phasor diagram under no-load and full-load operation with lagging and leading loads, exact and approximate equivalent circuits, open and short circuit tests, losses and efficiency, voltage regulation. (g) DC motors.