Electrical Instrumentation
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The official GTU curriculum for Electrical Instrumentation (subject code DI03000091) as prescribed for EC · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 36 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 (DI03000091)Unit 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF MEASUREMENT AND
- INSTRUMENTATION Methods of measurement -Direct and indirect method Types of Instruments - Indicating
- integrating and recording
- absolute and secondary instrument Generalised measurement system Essential torques for electromechanical instruments: Deflecting
- Controlling and damping torque Terms regarding instrumentation: Range
- true value
- indicated value
- significant figure
- etc. Types of error: gross error
- systematic error
- random error Sources of error Instrumentation system
Unit 2 POTENTIOMETERS AND BRIDGES
- Construction and working of DC potentiometer, and its applications Dial type and Crompton type (2 dial type only) Low, medium, and high resistance DC Bridges: Kelvin’s double bridge
- Wheatstone bridge
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Electrical Engineering / Renewable Energy Course / Subject Code : DI03000091 Course / Subject Name : Electrical Instrumentation w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ P a g e | 3 High resistance measurement by Megger Earth resistance measurement by Earth tester. Types of AC Bridges for measurement of Inductance
- Capacitance & frequency AC Bridges Maxwell’s Bridge for measurement of Inductance De Sauty’s Bridge for measurement of Capacitance Universal impedance bridge for measurement of resistance
- inductance and capacitance
Unit 3 ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS
- Classification of electromechanical instruments Moving iron instruments: Ammeter
- Frequency meter PMMC instruments: Ammeter
- Voltmeter Electrodynamometer type meter: Ammeter
- Wattmeter. Measurement of 1-Ø power Measurement of 3-Ø power by three wattmeter and two wattmeter method Induction type Energy meter (single phase
- three phase) Maximum demand meter
- Tri vector meter
- Phase sequence indicator
- Solid state energy meter
- Clip on meter Extension of range using shunt
- multipliers and derive equation for them. Extension of range of meters using instrument transformer like CT and PT
Unit 4 CALIBRATION AND TESTING
- Calibration and its importance Calibration of ammeter
- voltmeter and wattmeter and single-phase energy meter as per IS
Unit 5 TRANSDUCERS
- Basic requirements of transducers. Classification based on: Transduction phenomenon
- type of application
- types of input and output signal
- electrical principle involved etc
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Electrical Engineering / Renewable Energy Course / Subject Code : DI03000091 Course / Subject Name : Electrical Instrumentation w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ P a g e | 4 Resistive Transducers Inductive Transducers: LVDT
- RVDT Capacitive Transducers
- Piezoelectric Transducers
- Strain Gauge Transducers (unbonded and bonded)
- Thermocouple, RTD, Thermistor Selection of Transducer Measurement of non-electrical quantities using abovementioned transducers Proximity sensor
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