TSSPDCL SE Syllabus 2022, Check the Sub Engineer recruitment syllabus. Syllabus for TSSPDCL SE/Sub-Engineers Recruitment 2022: TS Southern Power has released the SE Posts Recruitment Notification and Applications are invited On-line through TSSPDCL Website tssouthernpower.cgg.gov.in from eligible candidates holding Diploma in Engineering with Electrical branch for filling up of 153 vacant posts of Sub-Engineers (Electrical) by direct recruitment on regular basis in TSSPDCL-Engineering Service. Syllabus for Written Exam of Sub-Engineers (Electrical) Recruitment: Part-A (80 Questions):
UNIT 1: Basic Electrical Engineering: Ohms law and Kirchhoff‟s laws, Star/Delta transformation, Network theorems, Power and Energy, Heating effects of electric current, Magnetic effects, Electromagnetic induction, Electrostatics. Batteries, Types of Electrical engineering materials – Conducting, Semi-conducting, Magnetic, Insulating, Di-electric materials – Properties and Uses.
UNIT II: D.C. Machines & Measurements: D.C. Generators: Construction, Operation, Types, EMF Equation, Windings, Characteristics, Efficiency, and Parallel operation. DC Motors: Principle of operation, Back EMF, Torque Equation, Types, Characteristics, Starters, Speed Control, Losses, Efficiency, and Testing. Measuring Instruments: Classification, Principle &f Operation of Moving Coil, Moving Iron, Dynamometer type and Induction type meters.
Instrument Transformers, Induction type Energy meter, M.D. Indicator, Tri Vector Meter, Power factor meter, Frequency meter, Measurement of Resistance, Transducers and Sensors – Types, Thermistor, Thermo-couple, Pressure Transducers and Strain gauges, Working of Cathode ray oscilloscope
UNIT III: A.C. Circuits and Transformers: A.C. Circuits: Fundamentals, Series and parallel R-L-C Circuits, Resonant circuits, Three-phase circuits, Measurement of power by two Watt meters. Transformers: Single-phase Transformer, Construction, Operation, Equivalent circuit, Regulation, Efficiency, Testing and parallel operation, Three-phase transformer, Auto-transformer
UNIT IV: A.C. Machines: Alternators: Construction, Operation, EMF equation, regulation, testing and parallel operation. Synchronous Motors: Operation and performance, Effects of excitation, V – Curve and inverted V – Curve, Methods of starting and uses.
Three-Phase Induction Motors: Construction, Principle of Operation, Torque Equation, Slip-torque characteristics, Losses & efficiency, Speed control, Starters, Double-cage motor. Single-phase Motors: Types, Principle of operation, characteristics and applications of induction motors and commutator motors
UNIT V: Power System Generation & Protection: Generating Stations: Working components, Comparison of Thermal, Hydel, and Nuclear stations, Pollution control, Combined Working, Power Station auxiliaries, Characteristic Curves, and Important definitions, Types of tariffs, Power factor correction, and economy.
Power Systems Protection: Circuit Breakers – Types, Principles of operation and uses. Current Limiting reactors, Relays – Classification, Principle of Operation of Induction type overcurrent relay, Directional and Non-directional relays, Differential relays and Distance relays, Protection of Alternations, Transformers, Bus-bars, Transmission lines, Lightening arrestors, Neutral grounding.
UNIT VI: Transmission and Distribution: Transmission: Types of supply systems, Transmission Line parameters, inductance and capacitance, the performance of short and medium lines, regulation, Ferranti effect, Corona, Basic concepts of HVDC Transmission, Advantages and disadvantages of HVDC Transmission.
Components of lines, supports, conductor spacing, ground clearance and sag, insulators, voltage distribution across the string, string efficiency, methods of improving string efficiency, Earthing and layout of sub-stations.
Cables – Classification, insulation resistance, specifications,
Distribution – Radial and ring-type distributions, variation of load voltage,
UNIT VII: Utilization and Electric Drives
- Lighting: Laws of Illumination, Types of Lamps, Lighting Schemes for indoor, outdoor, street and factory.
- Heating and Welding: Principles and application of different resistance heating, direct and indirect arc furnaces, core and core-less induction furnaces, dielectric heating, Welding generators & welding transformers.
- Electric Traction: Systems of Train Electrification, Speed-time Curves for different services, Schedule speed, Tractive Effort, Specific Energy Consumption, Traction system auxiliaries, Traction motors.
- Electric Drives: Different Types, nature of the load, Rating of motors, Types of enclosures, Motors for different drives. Electric Braking – Dynamic braking and Counter-current braking of dc motors and 3-phase induction motors.
UNIT VIII: Electrical Estimation and Automation
- Electrical Wiring: Tools, Wires, Types of wiring, Accessories, Lamp Circuits, Estimating and Costing of domestic, industrial power, irrigation pump sets, Rural electrification, departmental tests, earthing.
- Automation: Basics of the control system, Basic principles of Programmable Logic. controller (PLC), Parts of PLC, Simple applications with PLC.
UNIT IX: Basic Electronics and Digital Electronics
Semi-Conductor Devices: N-Type & P-type, Zener diode, PNP and NPN Transistors, Transistor configurations, input and output characteristics, power supplies – half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. Filters, Zener diode, regulation, Special devices-UJT, FET, LED, SCR, Opto-Coupler, Photodiode, Photo Transistor.
Amplifiers: Types, Principles of operation, Characteristics RC coupled,
Transformer coupled and Direct-coupled amplifiers. Class A amplifiers, Push-pull amplifiers, Feed-back, Difference, and Operational amplifiers
Oscillators and Electronic Testers, Function Generators, Industrial application of timers, Basics of IC‟s.
Digital Electronics: Different numbering systems, Inter Conversions, Boolean Algebra, Logic families, Performance of AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND gates, Combinational logic circuits, Sequential logic circuits, Registers and Memories, A/D and D/A converters.
UNIT X: Power Electronics and Micro Controller
- Power Electronic Devices: Construction and working of SCR, GTO, DIAC, TRIAC, Volt-ampere characteristics, Trigging of SCR using UJT Protection.
- Convertors: Types of Phase-controlled Convertors, Working of AC regulators and Choppers. Types & basic principles of working of Inverters and Cyclo- converters.
Speed control: Speed control of D.C.Motors using convertors and choppers, Speed control of induction motor using AC Voltage regulators and V/f Control, Switched-mode power supplies (SMPS), UPS.
Micro-Controllers: Architecture and Instruction set of 8051, Programming concepts, peripheral IC‟s – Function, features, Pin details and interfacing of 8255,8251, 8279, 8257, 8259, RS-232.
Syllabus for TSSPDCL SE/Sub-Engineers Recruitment 2020: Part-B (20 Questions) Weightage 20 Questions
| Sl. No | Particulars of the section |
| 1 | Numerical Ability (Indices, Ratios, Proportions, Profit & Loss, Menstruation, Algebra, Geometry and Statistics) |
| 2 | Language proficiency (Vocabulary, Sentence corrections, Reading comprehension). |
| 3 | Computer Awareness |
| 4 | General Knowledge |
| 5 | Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood |