Syllabus of IES Exam Electrical stream

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[Kiran Chandar]

IES is Indian Engineering Services Examination. It is conducted by UPSC for recruitment in a variety of engineering services in various Government Departments

As you want the syllabus of IES Exam Electrical stream so here it is given below

The examination take place in two parts mainly:
(i)Written Tests:
(ii)Personality Test:

Syllabus for Electrical Engineering Paper-1:

This part is for both objective and conventional types papers:

1) EM Theory-

The electromagnetic force is said to be one of the fundamental interactions in nature also this force is described by electromagnetic fields and has incalculable physical instances. This includes

Electric and magnetic fields. Fields in dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials. Gauss’s Law and Amperes Law .Maxwell’s equations. Plane-Wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media. Time varying fields. Transmission line.

2 )Electrical Materials-

Electrical Materials may be referred to a metal, dielectrics ,electrical insulators or conductors ,paramagnetic materials and many other .This includes

Band Theory, Conductors, Insulators and Semi-conductors . Super-conductivity. Insulators for electrical and electronic applications. Magnetic materials. Ceramics, Properties and applications. Hall effect and its applications. Ferro and ferri magnetism. Special semi conductors.

3) Electrical Circuits –

It is an interconnection of electrical elements such as inductors ,resistors,capacitors, current sources, voltage sources and switches. An electrical circuit is a system consisting of a closed loop giving a return pathway for the current. This include

Circuits elements. Kirchoff’s Laws. Network Theorems and applications. Mesh and nodal analysis. Transient response and steady state response for arbitrary inputs. Transfer function. Threephase circuits. Two-port networks. Resonant circuits. Natural response and forced response. Properties of networks in terms of poles and zeros. Elements of two-element network synthesis.

4) Measurements and Instrumentation –

A Measuring instrument is a used for measuring a physical quantity also Measuring instruments are recognized test methods which characterize the instrument usage . All measuring instruments are matter to varying degrees of measurement uncertainity and instrument error.This includes

Units and Standards. Indicating instruments. Error analysis, Voltage, power, measurement of current ,Power-factor and energy. Bridge measurements. Measurement of Capacitance, frequency ,inductance and resistance. Digital Voltmeter and frequency counter. Electronic measuring instruments. A/D and D/A converters. Transducers and their applications to the measurement of non-electrical quantities like temperature, flow-rate displacement, pressure, noise level , acceleration etc. Data acquisition systems.

5) Control System-

A control system is a set of devices which manages ,directs and commands the performance of other devices. Control systems are used in industrial production. This includes

Block diagrams and signal flow graphs and their reduction. Mathematical modelling of physical systems. Errors for different type of inputs and stability criteria for feedback systems.Time domain and frequency domain analysis of linear dynamical system. Root locus and Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and phase margin. Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array, Nyquist plot and Bode plot. State variable matrix and its use in system modelling and design. Basic concepts of compensator design. Stability of sampled data system.Sampled data system and performance of such a system with the samples in the error channel. Control system components, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic components. Elements of non-linear control analysis.

Electrical Engineering Paper-2 Syllabus :

This part is for both objective and conventional types papers :

1) Electrical Machines and Power Transformers –

An electrical machine is used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy,motors which convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, and transformers which changes the voltage level of an alternating current . This includes

Magnetic Circuits – Analysis and Design of Power transformers. Parallel operation.Construction and testing. Equivalent circuits.
Regulation. Losses and efficiency. 3-phase transformer, Auto-transformer,. Basic concepts in rotating machines. B.C. Machines. Construction and operation, leakage losses and efficiency. Excitation methods ,Construction. Circuit models. EMF, torque, basic machine types. Armature reaction and commutation. Testing, Losses and efficiency. Generators and motors. Characteristics and performanceanalysis. Starting and speed control.
Synchronous Machines. Construction. Salient-pole machine, Parallel operation. Synchronous reactance. Efficiency. Circuit model. Operating characteristics and performance analysis. Short circuit transients. Hunting. Voltage regulation.
Induction Machines. Construction. Rotating fields. Principle of operation. Characteristics and performance analysis. Circle diagram. Determination of circuit model. Fractional KW motors.Starting and speed control. Single-phase synchronous and induction motors.

2) Power systems –

It’s a system of electrical components used to transmit , supply and uses electric power. An instance of an electric power system is the set of connections that provisions a regions like homes and industry with power .This include

Types of Power Stations, Thermal , Hydro and Nuclear Stations. Pumped storage plants.
Power transmission lines. Economics and operating factors.Voltage control. Modeling and performance characteristics.Load flow studies. Optimal power system operation. Symmetrical short circuit analysis. Load frequency control. ZBus formulation. Fault analysis. Symmetrical Components. Transient and steady-state stability of power systems. Equal area criterion. Per Unit representation.
Power system Transients. Relays. HVDC transmission. Power system Protection Circuit breakers.

3) Digital And Analog Electronics and Circuits –

In analog electronics voltages and currents can take on virtually any value .Thus, in an analog circuit information tends to be conveyed by the magnitude of the current or voltage signal. Digital electronics is that division of electronics that deals with logic gates, flip-flops, counters, the digital integrated circuit chip .This includes

Semiconductor device physics, circuit models and parameters, PN junctions and transistors FET, Zener, Schottky, tunnel, photo diodes and their applications, rectifier circuits, voltage regulators and multipliers, switching behavior of diodes and transistors.

Small signal amplifiers, frequency response and improvement, biasing circuits , multistage amplifiers and feed-back amplifiers, Oscillators, D.C. amplifiers. Large signal amplifiers , push pull amplifiers ,coupling methods, operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Digital logic gate families, sequential logic circuits , universal gates-combination circuits for arithmetic and logic operational. Multivibrators and flip-flops and their applications .Counters, registers, RAM and ROMs

4) Microprocessors-

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a central processing unit of a computer on a single integrated circuit as well as few integrated circuits. Microprocessors works on numbers that are represented in the binary number system

Microprocessor architecture-Instruction set and simple assembly language programming. Applications of Micro-processors in power system, interfacing for memory and I/O

5) Communication Systems-

This system is a collection of communications networks, relay stations, tributary stations, transmission systems usually capable of interconnection as well as interoperation to form an integrated system.

Types of modulation: AM, PM and FM. Demodulators. Digital communication systems, Noise and bandwidth considerations, Carrier communication, Pulse code modulation and demodulation, Telemetry system in power engineering, Frequency division and time division multiplexing, Elements of sound and vision broadcasting.

6) Power Electronics –

Power electronics is the referred to a subject of examine in electronic and electrical engineering which deals with control, design, calculation and assimilation of time varying energy processing electronic systems .This time

Power Semiconductor devices. Thyristor. Power transistor, GTOs and MOSFETS. AC to DC Converters; AC regulators; 1-phase and 3-phase DC to DC Converters. Thyristor controlled reactors; switched capacitor networks. Characteristics and operation.
single-phase and 3-phase ; Inverters. Sinusoidal modulation with uniform sampling. Pulse width modulation. Switched mode power supplies

Sir I am looking for the syllabus of the IES Exam Electrical stream so can you please provide me the same

[Kiran Chandar]

Hey buddy below I am giving you the syllabus of the IES Exam for the Electrical stream

Paper I Syllabus

1. EM Theory Electric and magnetic fields

Gauss’s Law and Amperes Law. Fields in dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials. Maxwell’s equations. Time varying fields. Plane-Wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media. Transmission lines.

2. Electrical Materials

Band Theory, Conductors, Semi-conductors and Insulators. Super-conductivity. Insulators for electrical and electronic applications. Magnetic materials. Ferro and ferri magnetism. Ceramics, Properties and applications. Hall effect and its applications. Special semi conductors.

3. Electrical Circuits

Circuits elements. Kirchoff’s Laws. Mesh and nodal analysis. Network Theorems and applications. Natural response and forced response. Transient response and steady state response for arbitrary inputs. Properties of networks in terms of poles and zeros. Transfer function. Resonant circuits. Threephase circuits. Two-port networks. Elements of two-element
network synthesis.

4. Measurements and Instrumentation

Units and Standards. Error analysis, measurement of current, Voltage, power, Power-factor and energy. Indicating instruments. Measurement of resistance, inductance, Capacitance and frequency. Bridge measurements. Electronic measuring instruments. Digital Voltmeter and frequency counter. Transducers and their applications to the measurement of nonelectrical quantities like temperature, pressure, flow-rate displacement, acceleration, noise level etc. Data acquisition systems. A/D and D/A converters.

5. Control Systems

Mathematical modelling of physical systems. Block diagrams and signal flow graphs and their reduction. Time domain and frequency domain analysis of linear dynamical system. Errors for different type of inputs and stability criteria for feedback systems. Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array, Nyquist plot and Bode plot. Root locus and Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and phase margin. Basic concepts of compensator design. State variable matrix design. Sampled data system and performance of such a system with the samples in the error channel. Stability of sampled data system. Elements of non-linear control analysis. Control system components, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic components.

Paper II Syllabus

1. Electrical Machines and Power Transformers

Magnetic Circuits - Analysis and Design of Power transformers. Construction and testing. Equivalent circuits. Losses and efficiency. Regulation. Auto-transformer, 3-phase transformer. Parallel operation. Basic concepts in rotating machines. EMF, torque, basic machine types. Construction and operation, leakage losses and efficiency. D.C. Machines. Construction, Excitation methods. Circuit models. Armature reaction and commutation. Characteristics and performance analysis. Generators and motors. Starting and speed control. Testing, Losses and efficiency. Synchronous Machines. Construction. Circuit model. Operating characteristics and performance analysis. Synchronous reactance. Efficiency. Voltage regulation. Salient-pole machine, Parallel operation. Hunting. Short circuit transients. Induction Machines. Construction. Principle of operation. Rotating fields. Characteristics and performance analysis. Determination of circuit model. Circle diagram. Starting and speed control. Fractional KW motors. Single-phase synchronous and induction motors.

2. Power systems

Types of Power Stations, Hydro, Thermal and Nuclear Stations. Pumped storage plants. Economics and operating factors. Power transmission lines. Modeling and performance characteristics. Voltage control. Load flow studies. Optimal power system operation. Load frequency control. Symmetrical short circuit analysis. Z-Bus formulation. Symmetrical Components. Per Unit representation. Fault analysis. Transient and steady-state stability of power systems. Equal area criterion. Power system Transients. Power system Protection Circuit breakers. Relays. HVDC transmission.

3. ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND CIRCUITS

Semiconductor device physics, PN junctions and transistors, circuit models and parameters, FET, Zener, tunnel, Schottky, photo diodes and their applications, rectifier circuits, voltage regulators and multipliers, switching behavior of diodes and transistors. Small signal amplifiers, biasing circuits, frequency response and improvement, multistage amplifiers and feed-back amplifiers, D.C. amplifiers, coupling methods, push pull amplifiers, operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Multivibrators and flipflops and their applications. Digital logic gage families, universal gatescombinational circuits for arithmetic and logic operational, sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers, RAM and ROMs.

4. MICROPROCESSORS

Microprocessor architecture-Instruction set and simple assembly language programming. Interfacing for memory and I/O. Applications of Micro-processors in power system.

5. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Types of modulation; AM, FM and PM. Demodulators. Noise and bandwidth considerations. Digital communication systems. Pulse code modulation and demodulation. Elements of sound and vision broadcasting. Carrier communication. Frequency division and time division multiplexing, Telemetry system in power engineering.

6. POWER ELECTRONICS

Power Semiconductor devices. Thyristor. Power transistor, GTOs and MOSFETs. Characteristics and operation. AC to DC Converters; 1-phase and 3-phase DC to DC Converters. AC regulators. Thyristor controlled reactors; switched capacitor networks. Inverters; single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse width modulation. Sinusoidal modulation with uniform sampling. Switched mode power supplies.