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INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

COURSE STRUCTURE COURSE: EGR 2209 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (3 cr) PREREQUISITE(S): None COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course in electrical circuits that involves the application of network theorems in solution of circuits, and the analysis of transient circuits, sinusoidal steady state response, analysis of magnetic circuit and three phase circuits. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The aims of this course are to enable students to: 1. Differentiate balanced and unbalanced three-phase systems. 2. Discuss various laws concerned to electrical circuits. 3. Explain the knowledge on various network theorems 4. Explain the construction and circuit representation of active and passive elements 5. Define important concepts of Sinusoids and phasors. 6. Explain interconnection of three phases. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Successful students will be able to: 1. Compute the electrical circuit parameters using various circuit laws. 2. Compute nodal voltages and branch currents using nodal and mesh method. 3. Explain Thevenin, Norton, Superposition theorems. 4. Describe voltage and current source transformation. 5. Describe the importance of transients in D.C. circuits and AC circuits. 6. Explain the series/parallel RLC circuit. 7. Differentiate balanced and unbalanced three-phase systems. 8. Explain interconnection of three phases. COURSE FORMAT: Lecture / Instructional Hours: 2 hrs per week, Tutorial: 1 hr per week, Laboratory Work: 1 hr per week. [For short semester, Instructional Hours: 4 hrs per week, Tutorial: 2 hrs per week, Laboratory Work: 2 hrs per week.]

Total Student Learning Time (SLT)

Face to Face

( L = Lecture; T = Tutorial; P = Practical; O = Others ) Guided & Independent Learning (hr) 64 Total Student Learning Time (hr) 120

L
28

T
10

P
12

O
6

STUDENT EVALUATION Test 1: 10%, Test 2: 10%, Laboratory/project: 10%, Assignments/Tutorial: 10%, Final Examination: 60%. FINAL EXAMINATION FORMAT: Duration: 2 hours Students are required to answer FOUR out of SIX questions.

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GRADING SCALE: A+ (90100), A (8089), A (7579), B+ (7074), B (6569), B (6064), C+ (55-59), C (5054), C (4549), D (4044), F (039). Note: A student is deemed to have passed the module if the TOTAL of the coursework mark and the examination mark, weighted as above, is at least 50 marks, and the student is also required to obtain at least 40 % of the 100 marks in the final examination. BASIC TEXT 1. Boylestad, Robert L., Introductory Circuit Analysis. 11th ed. Prentice-Hall International , 2007. REFERENCES 1. B.L.Theraja, A.K. Theraja, A Textbook of Electrical Technology. Volume 1. S.Chan Company Ltd, 2008. 2. Hayt, Kemmerly, Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis. 7 th ed. McGraw Hill International, 2006. 3. Hambley, Allan R, Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2005. 4. Bird, John, Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology. 3rd ed. Elsevier/Newnes, 2007. Class Syllabus: Lecture(s) Topics 16 Network Analysis Unit, definitions, experimental laws and simple resistive circuit; Current source and voltage source, source conversion- converting a voltage source into a current source and vice versa, mesh current analysis, nodal analysis. Transient Analysis Natural response of a RL circuit, natural response of a RC circuit, step response of RL and RC Circuits. Introduction to the natural response of a parallel RLC circuit, Forms of the natural response of a parallel circuit, Step Response of a parallel RLC circuit, Natural and Step response of a series RLC circuit; Resonance frequency of a series/parallel RLC circuits. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis Complex number review, Response of R-L-C circuits to sinusoidal excitation, impedance, Phase difference and Phasor diagrams, Frequency response, Average power in ac circuits, Power factor Network Theorems applied to AC circuits Node and Mesh analysis, Network theorems- Superposition Theorem, Thevenins Theorem, Nortons Theorem and Maximum Power T ransfer Theorem. Three phase circuits YY Conversions, Balanced three-phase voltages, three-phase voltages sources , the Y connected generator, analysis of the YY circuit, analysis of the Y circuit, the connected generator, , Y Three phase systems. Final Examination LABORATORY WORK: Experiment Title 1. Kirchhoffs Voltage/Current Laws 2. Superposition Theorem 3. Thevenin/Norton Theorem 4. Voltage relationships in a series RL and RC circuit 5. Resonance circuit. 6. 3-phase star /delta connection

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