Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GET 201 — Applied Electricity I

3 units · GET department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

DC circuits: definition of electric circuit, linear circuit, non-linear circuit, bilateral circuit, unilateral circuit, dependent source, node, branch, active and passive elements, Kirchhoff’s laws, source equivalence and conversion, network theorems-superposition theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton theorem, maximum power transfer theorem, star-delta conversions. Magnetic circuits: the concept of magnetic circuit, B-H curve, analogous quantities in magnetic and electric circuits, Faraday’s law, iron losses, self and mutual inductance, energy stored in magnetic field. AC single phase circuits: sinusoidal quantities, average and RMS values, peak factor, form factor, phase and phase difference, concept of phasor diagram, V-I relationship in R,L,C circuit, combination R,L,C in AC series, parallel and series parallel circuits with phasor diagrams, impedance and admittance, power factor, power in AC circuit, resonance in RLC series and parallel circuit, Q factor, bandwidth of resonant circuit. Three phase circuits: voltages of three balanced phase system, delta and star connection, relationship between line and phase quantities, phasor diagrams. Power measurement by two-watt meters method. DC machines: construction, basic concepts of winding (lap and wave). DC generator: principle of operation, EMF equation, characteristics (open circuit, load). DC motors: principle of operation, t

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GET 201.

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