Gate(Old) Electrical Machines Syllabus :

 Single phase transformer – equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests,

regulation and efficiency;
 three phase transformers – connections, parallel operation;
autotransformer;
 energy conversion principles; DC machines – windings, generator
characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed
control of motors;
 Three phase induction motors – principles, types, performance
characteristics, starting and speed control; single phase induction motors;
 Synchronous machines – performance, regulation and parallel
operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and
applications; servo and stepper motors

Gate(New) Electrical Machines Syllabus :

 Single phase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, open circuit

and short circuit tests, regulation and efficiency;
 Three phase transformers: connections, parallel operation;
Auto‐transformer,
 Electromechanical energy conversion principles, DC machines: separately
excited, series and shunt, motoring and generating mode of operation and
their characteristics, starting and speed control of dc motors;
 Three phase induction motors: principle of operation, types, performance,
torque-speed characteristics, no-load and blocked rotor tests, equivalent
circuit, starting and speed control; Operating principle of single phase
induction motors;
 Synchronous machines: cylindrical and salient pole machines, performance,
regulation and parallel operation of generators, starting of synchronous
motor, characteristics; Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric
machines.
 ESE Electrical Machine syllabus (Old) Paper 2

 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.

ESE Electrical Machine syllabus (New) Paper 2

 Single phase transformers, three phase transformers - connections, parallel

operation, auto-transformer,
 Energy conversion principles, DC machines - types, windings, generator
characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed
control of motors,
 Induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting
and speed control,
 Synchronous machines - performance, regulation, parallel operation of
generators, motor starting,
 characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors

Electrical Machine Syllabus for Junior Engineer

 D.C. Machine – Construction, Basic Principles of D.C. motors and

generators, their characteristics, speed control and starting of D.C. Motors.
Method of braking motor, Losses and efficiency of D.C. Machines
 1 phase and 3 phase transformers –Construction, Principles of operation,
equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, O.C. and S.C. Tests,Losses and
efficiency. Effect of voltage, frequency and wave form on losses. Parallel
operation of 1phase/3 phase transformers. Auto transformers.
 3 phase induction motors, rotating magnetic field, principle of operation,
equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics, and starting and speed
control of 3 phase induction motors. Methods of braking, effect of voltage
and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics.
 Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors:
Characteristics and applications.
 Synchronous Machines - Generation of 3-phase e.m.f. armature reaction,
voltage regulation, parallel operation of two alternators, synchronizing,
control of active and reactive power. Starting and applications of
synchronous motors.