Process Instrumentation and Plant Maintenance
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The official GTU curriculum for Process Instrumentation and Plant Maintenance (subject code DI05023051) as prescribed for AI & ML · Semester 5 divides the course into 7 units, covering 37 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 (DI05023051)Unit 1 Instrumentation fundamentals
- 1.1. Introduction to instrumentation
- 1.2. Selection of measuring instruments
- 1.3. Errors in instruments
- 1.4. Block diagram of instrumentation system
Unit 2 Process Instrumentation
- 2.1. Temperature measurement instruments and scales
- 2.1.1. Solid thermometer
- 2.1.2. Liquid thermometer
- 2.1.3. Gas thermometer
- 2.2. Thermocouple & resistance thermometer or Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD)
- 2.3. Pressure measurement instruments
- 2.3.1. Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)
- 2.3.2. Pressure measurement instruments with the help of LVDT & Burdon tube
- 2.4. Classification of Transducers
Unit 3 Servo mechanisms & PLC system
- 3.1. Open & close loop control system
- 3.2. Regulators & servo-mechanism
- 3.4. PLC control system
Unit 4 Plant maintenance
- 4.1. Types of maintenance
- 4.2. Fault finding methods
- 4.3. Planning & Scheduling of maintenance work
- 4.4. Maintenance cost and economy
- 4.5. Service life of equipment
Unit 5 Wear, Corrosion & Lubrication
- 5.1. Wear types and reduction techniques
- 5.2. Corrosion and its types
- 5.3. Corrosion prevention techniques
- 5.4. Function and types of Lubricants
- 5.5. Lubrication methods
- 06. 13% GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Plastics Engineering Subject Code : DI05023051 Subject Name : Process Instrumentation and Plant Maintenance w.e.f. 2026-27 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 5
Unit 6 Maintenance of Plastics processing machines
- 6.1. Maintenance of an Injection Molding machine
- 6.2. Maintenance of Moulds
- 6.3. Maintenance of Hydraulic & pneumatic systems
Unit 7 Safety
- 7.1. Importance of safety
- 7.2. Major safety measures in plastics processing plants
- 7.3. Management responsibilities towards safety
- 7.4. Accidents and its prevention
- 7.5. Activities related to promotion of safety
- 7.6. Personal Protection Equipment
- 7.7. Different safety mechanisms in Injection and Extrusion machines
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