{"id":20574,"date":"2025-07-24T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20574"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:47:07","slug":"ee280","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ee280\/","title":{"rendered":"EE280"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction to Electrical Engineering - EE280 <\/h2><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Credits : 3<\/p>\n

Prerequisites :  –<\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n
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Aim(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To provide knowledge required to design basic wiring system and to understand construction and operation of electrical machines and their control.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Analyze single phase AC circuits and balanced three phase AC circuits.<\/li>\n
  2. Describe the principle of operation and construction of dc and ac machines.<\/li>\n
  3. Describe basic speed control techniques applicable to ac and dc motors.<\/li>\n
  4. Design a wiring system for a domestic or a commercial building to meet requirements of IEE wiring regulations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Course content\/Course description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. AC circuits : <\/a>Phasors, j-notation; the concept of impedance; analysis of ac circuits; power factor improvement; Mutually coupled circuits; ac bridges; Analysis of balanced three phase systems; measurement of power in three-phase systems<\/li>\n
  2. Electrical machines :<\/a> Torque and emf; commutator action; DC machines; rotating magnetic fields; three-phase windings; synchronous and induction machines<\/li>\n
  3. Motors and control :<\/a> DC motor speed control; AC motor starting and speed control; single-phase motors; motor selection and application<\/li>\n
  4. IEE wiring regulations and building wiring systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
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Time Allocation<\/th>\nHours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Lectures<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tutorials<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practical<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assignments<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Assessment<\/th>\nPercentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
In-course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tutorials\/Assignments\/Experiments<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid Semester Examination<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End-semester<\/b><\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction to Electrical Engineering – EE280 Credits : 3 Prerequisites :  – Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory Aim(s) To provide knowledge required to design basic wiring system and to understand construction and operation of electrical machines and their control. Intended Learning Outcomes … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}