ENG 2MM3

 

Electrical Circuits & Power

 

Fall 2011

 

Instructor: Shiva Kumar

Office hours: Wednesdays and Fridays afternoons

Ph: 26008

 

Teaching Assistants: emails, locations and office timings:

C. Tu : ITB-A202 – Friday 4:00-5:00 PM, tuc2@mcmaster.ca

X. Liang: ITB-A204 – Mon 4:00-5:00 PM, liangx5@mcmaster.ca

Ye Feng Wen: ITB-A204 – Tuesday -14:30-15:30, wangyf2@mcmaster.ca

Y. Cai: ITB-A204- Wednesday – 4:00-5:00 PM, caiy3@mcmaster.ca

 

 

 

Course outline*

*The marking scheme has been changed following the discussion in the class.

 

 

Announcements:

 

Final Exam:

If you miss the final exam, you will have an oral exam. In the past, the pass rate in the oral exam is very low (1%).

 

There will be 9 questions in the final exam.

 

3 questions – explain or discuss type

3 questions – Prove that or show that .. (Math type)

3 questions  - Problem solving type (Find the current in …)

 

Formula sheet

 

 

No tutorial in the week of Dec. 5

 

Mini Midterm on Nov. 23.

Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Location: T-29/101

Topics: Transformers, AC-generators and motors (up to two-phase generators)

              3-phase generators – not included.

Format: Two questions – equal weight

                Question 1 – math type – Show that …. or Derive ….

                Question  2 – problem solving type – similar to the ones in midterm-I, part B

Formula sheet for this midterm

 

 

 

Quiz 3 in the week of Nov. 7

Quiz 4 in the week of Nov. 14

 

 

No Tutorials in the week of October 24-28.

 

Midterm: Oct. 21, Friday, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Location: Family/last name A-S  HH 109.

                   Family/last name T-Z BSB 108.

 

Formula sheet

 

Topics: Magnetic circuits, DC and AC electric circuits – topics covered until Oct. 14. Transformers – not included.

 

Format: The exam has two parts. Part A has 5 multiple-choice questions, which should be finished within the first 15 minutes. You need to fill up the PART A sheet and it will be collected by TAs at 7:15 PM.

Part B has   two problem-solving type questions similar to the ones in the quizzes.

 

No re-marking if written in pencil.

 

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There is a quiz in the week of October 10 during the tutorials.

Topic: Equivalent circuits – Series and parallel networks. Please look at the practice problems

posted below.  The following rules apply:

 

  1. No re-marking if written in pencil.
  2. You are allowed to take the quiz in any sections. But if you take it multiple times (in the same week), the lowest mark is considered.

 

 

Tutorials start from the week of Sept. 19.

 

For administrative type questions (missed quiz, midterm, marking etc.), please contact the TA X.Liang,

liangx5@mcmaster.ca. Please contact the instructor for this type of issues only if the matter is not resolved by the TA.

 

Tutorial notes*

*Please look here for more info on quizzes.

 

 

Lecture notes

 

Introduction

 

Magnetic field

 

1*

*Note that this is updated on Sept. 15. Some of typos have been fixed.

 

Text book sections:

 

Chapter – Introduction to machinery principles

 

 Section:   The magnetic field

 Section:   Faraday’s law

 

Electric circuits

1 2 3 4

 

The text book does not cover the basics of electric circuit. Refer to lecture notes/practice problems/tutorials

 

Transformers

 

1 2

 

Text book sections:

 

Why transformers are important

Types of Transformer

The ideal transformer

Theory of operation of real single-phase transformers (selected sections – refer to lecture notes)

The per unit system of measurements

Transformer efficiency

 

Electric generators and motors

 

1 

2*

*This was updated on Nov. 9 to fix errors.

3*

This was updated on Nov. 16.

 

Induction Motors:

 

Text-book sections:

 

Chapter 1 Introduction – Production of induced force on a wire

                                           Induced voltage on a conductor ..

Chapter 4 AC Machinery Fundamentals – A simple loop in a uniform magnetic field

                                                               Induced voltage in AC machine

Appendix A Three-phase circuits A.1 to A.4

 

Reference book sections ( Wildi):

 

Chapter 8 – Three phase circuits

Chapter 13 – Three phase induction motors

 

Practice Problems

 

Magnetic field:

 

Electric circuits:

1 2

 

Transformers