Course Title: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Course Code: EEE 159
Course Type: Theory
Credit Hours: 3.00
Duration: April 2021 - August 2021
Sections: 7
Total Students: 390
Duration: September 2021 - December 2021
Sections: 2
Total Students: 98
Duration: January 2022 - April 2022
Sections: 2
Total Students: 83
Duration: May 2022 - August 2022
Sections: 1
Total Students: TBD
Laws of Electric Circuit:
Ohm's Law
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
Kirchhoff’s Current Law
Delta-Wye transformation
Electrical Networks
Network analysis:
Methods of branch and loop currents
Method of node-pair voltages
Thevenin's Theorem
Norton's Theorem
Magnetic Concepts:
Magnetic field
Right-hand rule
Magnetic flux density
Biot-Savart law
Magnetic field intensity
Measurement of magnetic flux
Energy of magnetic field
Characteristics of ferromagnetic materials
Theory of ferromagnetism:
B.H. curves
Hysteresis loss
Eddy currents and eddy-current loss
Total core loss.
Introduction to magnetic circuit
Electromagnetic forces:
Forces upon a current-carrying conductor
Forces upon a charged particle moving in a magnetic field
Electromagnetic Torque:
Electric Motor
Electromagnetic Induction and EMF:
Lenz's law
Blv rule
Elementary A.C. generator: General concepts and definitions
Instantaneous current and power:
R-branch
L-branch
C-branch
RL-branch
RLC- branch
Effective current and voltage:
Average values
Form factor
Crest factor
Power: Real and Reactive
Introduction to vector algebra
Impedances in Polar and Cartesian forms
Sinusoidal single phase circuit analysis
Impedance in series, parallel branches, series-parallel circuits
Balanced poly phase circuits:
Three-phase, four wire system
Three-phase, three-wire systems
Balanced wye loads
Balanced delta loads
Power in balanced systems
Power factor