Insrumentation & Process Control
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The official GTU curriculum for Insrumentation & Process Control (subject code 2150504) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 5 divides the course into 13 units, covering 93 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2150504)Unit 1 Introduction of Process Control
- Steady state system
- Process control
- Feedback control
- Transient response
- Proportional control
- Integral control
- Block diagram
- Parts of control system
Unit 2 Laplace Transforms
- Transforms of simple functions
- Ramp functions
- Sine functions
- Solutions of differential equations
- Inversions of transform function by partial fractions
- qualitative nature of solutions
- Final value and initial value theorems
- Translation of transforms
- Transforms of unit impulse functions
- Transforms of integral
Unit 3 Response of First Order Systems
- Mercury thermometer
- Transient response of step functions
- Sinusoidal input
- Impulse functions
- Physical Examples of First Order Systems: Liquid level
- Mixing process
- RC circuit
- First Order System in Series: Non-interacting system of liquid level
- Generalization of several non-interacting systems in series
- Interacting systems
Unit 4 Second Order Systems
- Development of transfer functions
- Damped vibrator
- Liquid manometer
- Thermometer in thermo pocket
- Step response & impulse response for ζ<1
- Decay ratio
- Rise time
- Response time
- Period of oscillation
- Natural period of oscillation
- Sinusoidal response
- Transportation lag
Unit 5 The Control Systems
- Block diagram
- Negative and positive feedback
- Servo problem v/s regulator problems
- Development of block diagrams
- Process measuring element
- Final control element
- Closed Loop Transfer Functions: Standard block diagram symbols
- Overall transfer function for single loop system
- Overall transfer function for change in load
- Overall transfer function for multi loop control system
Unit 6 Controllers and Final Control Elements
- Actual v/s Ideal controller
- Pneumatic controller mechanism of proportional control
- Proportional integral (PI) control
- Proportional derivative (PD) control
- Proportional integral derivative (PID) control
- Control valve
- Control valve characteristics
Unit 7 Transfer functions of P, On-off, PI, PD, and PID control, Motivation for
- addition of integral and derivative modes
- Block diagram of chemical reactor control system
Unit 8 Transient Response of Simple Control Systems
- Proportional control for Set point change (Servo Problem)
- Proportional control for load change (Regulator Problem)
- Proportional integral control for load change
- Proportional Integral control for set point change
- Proportional control for system with measurement lag
Unit 9 Stability
- Concept of stability
- Definition of stability (linear system)
- Stability criterion
- Characteristic equation
- Routh test for stability
- Routh array
- Method of Root Locus for stability analysis
- Nyquist stability criterion
Unit 10 Frequency Response analysis
- Fortunate circumstances
- Transportation lag, Bode diagrams
- First order system
- First order system in series
- Graphical rules for Bode diagrams
Unit 11 P & I Diagrams (Piping & Instrumentation diagram)
- P&I Diagram of reactors
- Distillation column
- Shell & tube heat exchanger, etc
Unit 12 Introduction of Process Measurement
- Elements of instruments
- Parts of instruments
- Static and dynamic characteristics
Unit 13 Temperature Measurement
- Expansion thermometers like constant volume gas, Mercury in glass
- Filled system thermometer like pressure spring thermometer
- Static accuracy of thermometer
- Dip effect in thermometer
- Errors in thermometer of liquid and gas filled type like cross ambient effect
- Head effect
- Methods of compensation
- Thermoelectric temperature measurement: Thermo couples
- Laws of thermo electricity
- Pyrometers: Laws of radiation
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