Electric Circuit I

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Electric Circuits (6 hours)
   1. Overview of electrical supply
   2. Electric current and potential
   3. Circuit components (dependent/independent sources, linear/nonlinear loads)
   4. Ohm's law, limitations, and applications
   5. Resistance and resistivity
   6. Factors affecting resistance
   7. Temperature effects on resistance
   8. Conductance and conductivity
   9. Power and energy
   10. Series and parallel resistor combinations
   11. Current and voltage divider rules
2. DC Network Analysis (16 hours)
   1. Network terminology
   2. Kirchhoff's laws
   3. Nodal analysis method
   4. Mesh analysis method
   5. Star/Delta and Delta/Star transformations
   6. Superposition theorem
   7. Thevenin's theorem
   8. Norton's theorem
   9. Maximum power transfer theorem
   10. Compensation and reciprocity theorems
3. Capacitance and Inductance (4 hours)
   1. Capacitance concepts and geometry
   2. Factors affecting capacitance
   3. Energy stored in capacitors
   4. Capacitor series/parallel combinations
   5. Inductance concepts and geometry
   6. Inductance series/parallel combinations with mutual inductance
   7. Energy stored in inductors
4. AC System (5 hours)
   1. AC quantities introduction
   2. Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction
   3. Alternating voltage generation
   4. Waveforms and characteristics
   5. Average values
   6. Root mean square (RMS) values
   7. Phase and phase difference
   8. Phasor representation
5. Single Phase AC Circuit (8 hours)
   1. AC analysis with resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads
   2. Series RL, RC, and RLC configurations
   3. Parallel circuit analysis
   4. Resonance in RLC circuits, bandwidth, and quality factor
   5. Single-phase power measurement
6. Three Phase Circuit Analysis (6 hours)
   1. Three-phase AC system advantages
   2. Three-phase voltage generation
   3. Phase sequence and importance
   4. Three-phase coil interconnection
   5. Star and delta connections (phase and line quantities)
   6. Balanced and unbalanced load analysis
   7. Power measurement and Blondel theorem
   8. Power factor and correction