Industrial Electronics

Introduction to electronic devices and circuits used in control systems – Rectifiers - Control-free rectification circuits - Thyristor - Control rectification circuits - Voltage regulators - Static switches - Methods for turning off Thyristors working in DC circuits - Choppers and DC generators - Power transistors - Distributors - Un-Interruptible power supply (UPS).

Electrical Machine 

Phase Induction Machines: Performance Circle Diagram and Starting - Speed Control and Testing - High Starting Torque Cage Motors - Braking and Induction Generator - Unbalanced Operation and Effect of Space Harmonics. Phase Synchronous Machine: Construction and Principle of Operation - Armature Winding and Space Harmonics - Armature Reaction and Equivalent Circuit - Voltage Regulation - Special machines - Step motor - Two phase motors - Repulsion motor.

Power Systems

Components of power systems – representation of power system - far communication through - Transmission lines - Control Theory in power systems – free-air transmission lines – under ground cables – Inactive power - - Interference between communication circuits and power lines – Haloc theory – Wave propagation – Control of channel of variable – Temporal and space - control of inactive power – symmetric and asgmmetric short circuit faults – permittivity and resistive matrix of power networks.

Automatic Control

Open Loop and closed Loop control systems - Transfer functions and block diagrams - Signal flow Control systems components – Steady - State and transient response - sensitivity of control systems - Stability of control systems - Routh‘s Criteria - Root locus analysis and design - Frequency response analysis of a control system - Nyquist analysis – relative stability – Bode diagram – Design of compensation technique – design and analysis of control systems – State space representational of control systems- Introduction to optimum control systems using PCs.