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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS POST OF FOREST RANGE OFFICERS

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS


I.  ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS:
Basic  electrical  laws,  Analysis  of  DC  networks,  transient  response  of  RLC  networks
excited  by  impulse,  step,  ramp  and  sinusoidal  excitations.    Transform    methods,  transfer
functions,  poles  and  zeros  steady  state  AC  networks,  frequency  domain  analysis,  resonance,
coupled  circuits,  two  port  networks,  three  phase  networks,  power  in  a.c.  networks,  power
measurement in 3 phase networks.

II.  E.M. THEORY:
Electro static and electro magnetic fields, vector methods, Fields in dielectric, conducting
and  magnetic  materials,  Laplace  and  Poisson’s  equation.    Time  varying  fields,  Maxwell’s
equation, Poynting Theory, properties of transmission lines.

III.  ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTS:
Electrical  standards,  Error  analysis,  Measurement  of  current,  voltage,  power,  energy,
power  factor,  resistance,  inductance  capacitance  frequency  and  loss  angle.    Indicating
instruments,  extension  of  range  of  instruments,  DC  and  AC  bridges.    Electronic  measuring
instruments.    Electronic  multimeter,  CRO,  frequency  counter,  digital  voltmeter,  transducers,
Thermocouples, Thermistor, LVDT, strain gauges, Piezo electric crystal, Measurement of non
electrical  quantities  like,  pressure,  velocity,  temperature,  flow  rate,  displacement  acceleration
and strain.

IV. CONTROL SYSTEMS 
Open  and  closed  loop  control  systems,  Mathematical modelling,  block  diagram,  signal
flow  graphs,  time  response  and  frequency  response  of  linerar  systems,  error  constants  and
series  Rootlocus  technique,  Bodeplot,  polar  plot,  M circles,  N circles,  Nichol’s  charts, stability,
Routh  Hurwitz  criteria.    Nyquist  stability  criteria,  compensators,  design  in  frequency  domain. 
Control  system  components.    Servo  motors,  synchros,  tacho  generator,  error  detector.    State
variable approach, modelling, state transition matrix, transfer function, response.
  
V.  ELECTRONICS:
Solid  state  devices  and  circuits.    Small  and  large signal amplifiers  with  and  without
feedback  at  audio  and  radio  frequency,  multistage  amplifiers.    Operational  amplifiers  and
applications.    Integrated  circuits  oscillators,  RC,  LC  and  crystal  oscillators  wave  form
generators,  multi vibrators  –  Digital  circuits,  Logic  gates,  Boolean  algebra  combinational  and
sequential  circuits.    A  to  D  and  D  to  A  converters Micro  processors  (8085)  instruction  set,
memories,  interfacing  programmable  peripheral  devices  –  Number  system  flow  charts  –
expressions and statements in C – language – simple programs for engineering application.

VI.  D.C. ELECTRICAL MACHINES:
Fundamentals of electro mechanical energy conversion, constructional features of D.C.
Machines,  emf  equation  types  and  characteristics  of  generators  application,  Torque  in  DC
motor,  types  of  DC  motors,  applications.    Testing  of  D.C.  motors,  efficiency,  and  starting  and
speed control.

VII.  TRANSFORMERS:
Construction  –  Principle  of  operation  of  1 phase  transformers  –  Vector  diagram  on  No
Load  and  –  Load  –  Parallel  operation  –  Regulation  –  efficiency  –  Equivalent  circuit  3  phase
transformer connections – Scott connection.

VIII.  INDUCTION MOTORS:
Production  of  rotating  magnetic  field,  production  of  torque  types  of  motors  equivalent
circuits, Circle diagram, torque slip characteristics, starting and maximum torque, speed control,
principle of single phase induction motors, Applications.

IX.  SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES:
Generation  of  emf  in  3  phase  AC  Generator,  Armature  reaction,  regulation  by
Synchronous  inpedance  and  Ampere  turn  methods,  parallel  operation,    transient  and  sub
transiat reactances, theory of salient pole machines.

Synchronous  Motor: 
   Torque  production,  performance characteristics,  methods  of
starting, V Curves, synchronous condenser.

Special  Machines:    Stepper  motor,  Methods  of  operation,  Amplidyne  and  metadyne
applications.

X.  ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION:
General layout – Types of power stations, economics of different types, base load and
peak load stations, load factor and its effects, pumped storage schemes.

XI.  POWER TRANSMISSION:

Calculation of line parameters, concepts of short, medium and long transmission lines,
ABCD  parameters,  insulators,  Corona,  P.U.  quantities,  fault  calculations,  symmetrical
components  load  flow  analysis  using  Gauss  Seidal,  New ton  Raphson,  methods,  economic
operation,  stability,  steady  state  and  transient  stability,  equal  area  criterion,    ALFC    and  AVR
control for real time operation of interconnected systems. 

XII.  POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION:
Principles  of  arc  quenching,  circuit  breaker  classification,  Recovery  and  restriking
voltages,  relaying  principles  over  current,  directional  over  current  relays generator  and
transformer  protection  using  differential  relays line  protection  using  distance  relays  Surgeo
phenomena in transmission lines – Travelling wave theory,  protection against surges.

XIII.  UTILISATION:
Industrial  Drives  –  Motors  for  various  drives  –  Braking  methods  –  Speed  control  of
motors – Economics of rail traction – Mechanics of train movement – Estimation of power and
energy  requirements  –  Illumination  –  Laws  Factory  lighting  –  Street  lighting  –  Induction  and
dielectric heating.






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