ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

• GATE ELECTRICAL SYLLABUS 2026

Section  6:  Power Systems

• Power Systems Basic concepts of electrical power generation
• AC and DC Transmission – Concepts
• Models and performance of transmission lines and cables
• Economic Load Dispatch (with and without considering transmission losses)
• Series and shunt compensation
• Electric field distribution and insulators, Distribution systems
• Per unit quantities, Bus admittance matrix
• Gauss–Seidel and Newton–Raphson Load Flow Methods
• VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY CONTROL
• POWER FACTOR CORRECTION
• Symmetrical Components and Symmetrical & Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis
• Over-current, Differential, Directional, and Distance Protection 
• CIRCUIT BREAKERS
• POWER SYSTEM STABILITY 
• EQUAL AREA CRITERION 

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