[PDF] Syllabus Assistant Engineer Electrical Harbour Engineering Kerala PSC

Assistant Engineer Electrical Harbour Engineering Kerala PSC Syllabus : The Detailed Syllabus of Kerala PSC AE Electrical Harbour Engineering is given in this post.

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Assistant Engineer Electrical Harbour Engineering Exam Details

Category No	123/2023
Date of Examination	22/07/2024 Monday
Date of Confirmation	22.04.2024 to 11.05.2024
Admission Tickets available from	08/07/2024
Mode of Exam & Total Marks	ONLINE / OMR 100 Marks
Medium of Exam	ENGLISH
Duration	1 Hour 30 Minutes
No. of candidate	11695

ASSISTANT ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL) (HARBOUR ENGINEERING) – DIRECT RECRUITMENT

AE Harbour Engineer Syllabus topics

Electric Circuits – (10 marks)
Magnetic Circuits- Absolute and relative permeability of a medium (10 marks)
DC Generators – (10 marks)
Digital Electronics – (10 marks)
Power Systems – (10 marks)
Control Systems- (10 marks)
Power Electronics – (10 marks)
Measurements and Instrumentation- (10 marks)
Signals and Systems- (10 marks)
Transducers– (10 marks)

Electric Circuits

Kirchoff’s laws – maximum power transfer theorem. Star/delta transformation. Energy stored in a capacitor and inductor.

Analysis of coupled circuits – dot polarity convention – sinusoidal steady state analysis of coupled circuits.

Generation of alternating voltages and currents – rms value, average value, peak factor, form factor. AC through series R, L, C circuit – series resonance- resonant power – bandwidth. Resonance in parallel circuits.

Magnetic Circuits

Magnetic Circuits – Absolute and relative permeability of a medium Magnetic field strength- magnetic potential.

Relation between magnetism and electricity – Series and parallel magnetic circuits with composite materials.

Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction- Lenz’s law – statically and dynamically induced emf.

DC Generators

Constructional details, working principle – types of dc generators – emf equation – power stages – condition for maximum efficiency. DC motor – armature control and field control.

Single phase transformer – working principle, equivalent circuit, losses in a transformer, condition for maximum efficiency.

Three phase transformer – construction- difference between power transformer and distribution transformer.

Alternators- constructional details –Synchronous motor – starting methods – synchronous condenser. Three phase induction motor – working principle, constructional details – slip, torque and current equations – torque- speed curve.

Digital Electronics

Number Systems and Codes: Binary, Octal and hexadecimal conversions- ASCII code, Excess -3 code, Gray code.

Combinational circuits – Adders – Full adder and half adder. Multiplexers- Demultiplexers. Flipflops – registers – counters. Digital – to – Analogue and Analogue-to-Digital conversion.

Microprocessors – Internal architecture of 8085 microprocessor–Functional block diagram Instruction set –
Addressing modes – Classification of instructions – Status flags. Machine cycles and T states – Fetch and execute cycles- Timing diagram.

Power Systems

Line parameters -resistance- inductance and capacitance. Insulators –string efficiency corona.

Circuit breakers – rating- SF6 circuit breaker. Relays – types. Per unit quantities- symmetrical components – symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault.

Power system stability – steady state, dynamic and transient stability-power angle curve.

Control Systems

Transfer function of LTI systems – block diagram reduction – Signal flow graph – Mason’s gain formula – Type and Order of the systems- Characteristic equation Time domain specifications of transient and steady state responses- Impulse and Step responses of first order and second order systems.

Static error coefficients of type 0,1,2 systems. Routh’s stability criterion. Frequency domain specifications. Polar plot and Bode plot – concepts of gain margin and phase margin- stability analysis.

Power Electronics

SCR- Structure, Static characteristics. Fully controlled and half controlled bridge rectifier with R, RL and RLE loads. Voltage Source Inverters– 1-phase half-bridge & full bridge inverter with R and RL loads – Pulse width modulation.

Single quadrant, Two quadrant and Four quadrant chopper. Operational Amplifiers – fundamental differential amplifier- Modes of operation. Properties of ideal and practical Op-amp –
gain, CMRR and slew rate.

Measurements and Instrumentation

Measurement standards – errors – Types of Errors. Classification of instruments, secondary instruments–indicating, integrating and recording.

Ammeters and voltmeters – moving coil, moving iron. Measurement of power: Dynamometer type wattmeter –Construction and working – 3- phase power measurement.

Measurement of energy – Single phase energy meter – construction and working. Digital Energy
meters –Time of Day(TOD) meters.

Oscilloscopes- principle of operation of general purpose CRO-basics of vertical and horizontal deflection system.

Signals and Systems

Classification of signals – Elementary signals- Basic operations on continuous time and discrete time signals. Concept of systems – Classification of systems- Properties of systems – Time invariance- Linearity -Causality – Memory – Stability.

Sampling process – Impulse train sampling – sampling theorem- Aliasing effect. Zero order and
First order hold circuits.

Transducers

General classification- LVDT– angular displacement transducers- hall effect transducers. Batteries – Primary cells– secondary cells- battery ratings- grouping of cells.

Wiring – systems of wiring- rules for domestic wiring.

Earthing- types of earthing – rules for earthing.

Illumination – Laws of illumination. Electric lamps – different types.