Program Overview

Electrical Engineering

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay offers a comprehensive Electrical Engineering program.

About the Department

IIT Bombay was established in 1957, and the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) has been one of its major departments since its inception.

Academics

• Courses
• PhD
• MTech
• Dual Degree
• BTech
• Faculty Advisors
• Teaching Labs
  • Wadhwani Lab
  • TI DSP Lab
• ePGD
• Calendar
• Timetable
• Placements
• Co-curricular

Admissions

• PhD
• Postgraduation
• Undergraduation

Research

The department focuses on various research areas, including:

• Communication and Signal Processing
• Control and Computing
• Power Electronics and Power Systems
• Electronic Systems
• Integrated Circuit and Systems
• Solid State Devices

People

The department consists of:

• Faculty
• Post Doc
• Students
• Staff
• Committees

EE 687 - Switchgear Principles

Course Description

Switchgear installation and criteria for selection. Circuit breaker ratings, principles of a-c circuit breaking. RRRV and recovery voltage and their control. Current chopping. Switching of capacitive currents. Kilometric faults. Resistance switching. D-C current interruption.

Course Topics

• Principles of fuse gear
• Salient features and characteristics of different arc interrupting media -- air, oil, air-blast, SF6, and vacuum
• The electric arc and circuit-breaker
• Theories of arc interruption - restriking voltage and energy balance theories and their applications

Latest Semester

Autumn

Programs

PG

Latest Instructor

Himanshu J. Bahirat

Substitutions

Not Applicable