Department of Electrical Engineering

Syllabus Structure of open electives for

Final Year B.Tech (offered by Electrical Engineering Dept.) 2014-15

Approved By BOS
Electrical Engineering

On 7th Dec. 2013

Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar

(An Autonomous Institute)

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 Final Year U.G. Program in Electrical Engineering
Semester VII

Sr. Course Subject Title Contact Hours Credits Evaluation Scheme

No Code
L T P Sche Theory Marks Practical

me Marks
Min
Passi . for Min. for
Max Max.
ng Pass Passing
ing

01 OE* Open Elective 1 3 - - 3 ISE 20 -- --

MSE 30 40 -- --

ESE 50 20 -- --
Total Credits: 3, Total Contact Hours: 3Hrs.
Note: Tutorial and Practical Shall be conducted in batches with batch strength not exceeding 18 students.
ISE: In Semester Evaluation ESE: End Semester Examination P-Pass, NP-Not Pass

Final Year U.G. Program in Electrical Engineering

Semester VIII

Sr. Course Subject Title Contact Hours Credits Evaluation Scheme

No Code
L T P Sche Theory Marks Practical

me Marks
Min
Passi . for Min. for
Max Max.
ng Pass Passing
ing

01 OE** Open Elective-II 3 - - 3 ISE 20 -- --

MSE 30 40 -- --

ESE 50 20 -- --

Total 03 0 0 3
Total Credits: 3, Total Contact Hours: 3Hrs.
Note: Tutorial and Practical Shall be conducted in batches with batch strength not exceeding 18 students.
ISE: In Semester Evaluation ESE: End Semester Examination P-Pass, NP-Not Pass

List of Open Electives of Electrical Engineering:

Sem VII:
OE* Open Elective-I
OE731 RAM Industrial Automation and Process Control
OE733 HTJ Energy Audit and Management

Sem VIII:
OE* Open Elective-II
OE732 HTJ Advanced Engineering Optimization Techniques
OE734 RAM Optimal Control Theory

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 Final Year B. Tech (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)-PART I (SEM- VII)
Subject code-OE731: Industrial Automation and Process Control

Teaching Scheme: Lecture: 3 hours/week.

Exam Scheme: Paper: 100 Marks (ISE 20 + MSE 30 + ESE 50)

Unit I 04
Introduction to Process Control

Unit II 08
Mathematical Modeling: Development of mathematical models, modeling considerations for
control purposes.

Unit III 06
Dynamic Behavior of Chemical Process, Computer simulation and the linearization of nonlinear
systems, Brief of Laplace transforms, transfer functions and the input-output models, Dynamics
and analysis of first, second and higher order systems.

Unit IV 06
Feedback Control Schemes, Concept of feedback control, Dynamics and analysis of feedback-
controlled processes, Stability analysis, Controller design, Frequency response analysis and its
applications.

Unit V 04
Advanced control schemes, feedback control of systems with dead time or inverse response, feed
forward and ratio control.

Unit VI 08
Control systems with multiple loops, Overview of modern control methodologies: PLC,
SCADA, DCS, Adaptive control, variable structure control

Text Book

George Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control - An introduction to Theory and Practice,

Prentice-Hall of India, 1st Edition.1984

References
1. Thomas E. Marlin, Process Control - Design Processes and Control System for
Dynamic Performance, 2nd Edition, Mc Graw Hill publication.
2. F.G. Shinskey, Process Control System Application, Design and Tuning, McGraw-
Hill Publication, 3rd Edition,1988

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3. Curtis D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 7th Edition, Pearson
Education, 7th Edition. 2003
4. M. Chidambaram, Applied Process Control, Allied Publishers Ltd.
5. Bela G. Liptak, Process Control: Instruments Engineers Handbook, Butterworth,
Heinermann Publishers.

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 Final Year B. Tech (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)-PART I (SEM- VII)
Subject code-OE733: Energy Auditing and Management

Teaching Scheme: Lecture: 3 hours/week.

Exam Scheme: Paper: 100 Marks (ISE 20 + MSE 30 + ESE 50)

Unit I 06
Energy Scenario
Primary energy resources, Commercial and Non-commercial energy, commercial energy
production, final energy consumption, energy needs of growing economy, long term energy
scenario, energy pricing, energy sector reforms, energy and environment.

Unit II 06
Energy Management
Definition, significance and objectives of energy management, principle of energy management
sectors of supply side management , Energy and economy, electricity tariff, load management
and maximum demand control, power factor improvement, selection and location of capacitors,
Optimizing the input energy requirements, fuel and energy substitution.

Unit III 06
Energy Strategies and Energy Planning
Energy planning flow for supply side, essential data for supply side energy planning, roles and
responsibilities of energy manager, Energy Audit: Definition, need of energy audit types of
energy audit, intermediate and comprehensive energy audit, end use of energy consumption
profile, Procedure of energy auditing, site testing and measurement. Energy security, bench
marking, energy performance, matching energy use to requirement, maximizing system
efficiencies, energy Audit instruments.

Unit IV 06
Energy Conservation
Energy conservation and its importance, listing of energy conservation opportunities (ECOs ),
Electrical ECOs, ECOs in process industry, small industries building and shopping complexes,
waste management.

Unit V 06
Energy Monitoring and Targeting
Defining monitoring and targeting, elements of monitoring and targeting, data and information-
analysis, On line energy monitoring: Various aspects and techniques of on line energy
monitoring

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Unit VI 06
Material and Energy Balance
Facility as an energy system, methods for preparing process flow, material and energy balance
diagrams. Financial analysis techniques-simple payback period, return on investment, net present
value, internal rate of ret urn, cash flows, risk and sensitivity analysis, financing options, energy
performance contracts.

References
1. Energy-Economy and prospective- Andre Gardel, Pergmann press -2005
2. Introduction to energy technologies- V. A. Venikov, E.V.Putiatin -2006
3. Conventional energy technology S. B. Pandya, Tata Mc-Grawhill-2003

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 Final Year B. Tech (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)-PART II (SEM- VIII)
Subject code:-OE732: Advanced Optimization Techniques

Teaching Scheme: Lecture: 3 hours/week,

Exam Scheme: Paper: 100 Marks (ISE 20 + MSE 30 + ESE 50)

Unit I: Evolutionary algorithms 06

Genetic Algorithm , Biological Background, Search Space, GA Operators, Parameters of GA,
Selection, Encoding, Crossover and Mutation, differential evolution, GA Example (TSP)

Unit II: Particle Swarm Optimization 06

Principles of bird flocking and fish schooling, neighborhood topologies, speed and position of
particle, PSO variants, PSO tuning parameters, PSO example

Unit III: Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search 06

Physical Annealing Process, analogy with SA, control parameters temperature, use of Markov
chain in SA, tabu search.

Unit IV: Ant Colony Optimization 06

From real to artificial ants, theoretical considerations, convergence proofs, ACO and model
based search, application of ACO

Unit V: Artificial bee colony 06

Behavior of natural bee, employed bee, onlookers, scout, probability calculations, ABC
derivatives, applications of ABC

Unit VI: Other Algorithms 06

Harmony search, memetic algorithms, bacteria foraging, biogeography based optimization,
seeker optimization

References:
1. S N Sivanandam and S N Deepa, Introduction to Genetic Algorithm, Springer Verlag
publication, New Delhi, 2008.
2. Kenneth A DeJong, Evolutionary Computation A Unified Approach, Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi, 2006.
3. Marco Dorigo and Thomas Stutzle, Ant Colony optimization, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi 2005.
4. Kennedy J and Russel C Eberhart, Swarm Intelligence, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, USA,
2001

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 Final Year B. Tech (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)-PART II (SEM- VIII)
Subject code-OE734: Optimal Control Theory

Teaching Scheme: Lecture: 3 hours/week.

Exam Scheme: Paper: 100 Marks (ISE 20 + MSE 30 + ESE 50)

Unit I: Introduction 06
Global Methods, Hamilton Jacobi theory, global sufficient conditions, electric circuit example.

Unit II: LQ Problems 06

Introduction, finite control, infinite control, optimal regulator, stability, robustness properties,
control problems, inverse problems.

Unit III: LQG Problems 06

Introduction, Kalman Filter, normal case, singular case, LQG control problems, finite control &
infinite control, control problems.

Unit IV: Riccati Equation 06

Introduction, Differential equations, algebraic Riccati equation, control problems, solutions of
Riccati equation, LQR.

Unit V: Variational Methods 06

Introduction, The maximum principal, simple constraints, Integral performance index, PI of the
final event.

Unit VI: Complex Constraints 06

Introduction, control problem, Integral constraints, Instantaneous equality constraints, Isolated
equality constraints, Time optimal control.

References:
1. Arturo Lacatelli, Optimal ControlBirkhauser Verlay,2001..
2. Jeffrey B. Burf, Addison,Linear Optimal Control, Wesley, California, 1999.
3. Frank L Lewis, Optimal Control, John Wiley, New York, 1986.
4. Gopal M., Modern Control System Theory, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 2nd Edition, 1993.
5. Kirk D.E,.Optimal Control Theory: An introduction, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1970.