Industrial Transducers
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The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Transducers (subject code C4321701) as prescribed for PE · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 31 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 (C4321701)Unit 1 Concepts of Measurement
- 1.1. History and evolution of Measurement system 1.1a. Indian Traditional ancient Measurement System v/s Existing Measurement System
- 1.1. Direct Method Indirect Method Comparative Method Substitution Method Null Method Fundamental Method
- 1.2. Units of Measurement ; Fundamental and Derived Units
- 1.3. MKS Units System, CGS Unit System and FPS Unit System ; Prefixes in Unit System
- 1.4. Conversions based on Prefixes and Different Unit System
- 1.5. Mistake and Error, systematic error Instrumental error, environmental error, random error. Industrial Transducer Course Code: C4321701 Topics and Sub-topics
- 1.6. Calibration: Process standards, Working standards, Secondary reference standard, National Standard Organization
Unit 2 Transducers in Industries 2.a.Infer Process without Transducer 2.b. Draw and Explain Block Diagram of Transducer
- 2.1. Definition: Process, Sensor, transducer, transmitter
- 2.2. Block diagram of Transducer
- 2.3. Importance of Transducers in Process
- 2.4. Classify / Enlist different transducers based on parameters measured ( Pressure , Temperature , Level and Flow)
- 2.5. Need of electrical parameters as a output of transducer ;
- 2.6. Standard range: 4-20mA
- 2.7. Draw diagram of a Control Loop where Process parameter measurement with an industrial example (CSTR)
- 2.8. Draw diagram of a Control Loop where Safety parameter measurement with an industrial example(Fire & Gas)
- 2.9. Draw diagram of a Control Loop Industrial Transducer Course Code: C4321701 Topics and Sub-topics where Environmental parameter measurement with an industrial example(O2/CO: SOx/NOx)
- 2.10. Prepare a table to select relevant parameters, prioritize them, and then choose the appropriate value for the parameters.
Unit 3 Sensor Technology
- 3.1. Mechanical Transducer: C-type Bourdon Type , Revolution Counter
- 3.2. Resistive Transducers : Strain Gauge, RTD
- 3.3. Capacitive Transducers: DPT and Capacitive Level gauge
- 3.4. Inductive Transducers: Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction : LVDT, Electromagnetic Flow meter
- 3.5. Piezoelectric Effect : Pressure Transducer
- 3.6. See-back Effect : Thermocouple
- 3.7. Archimedes Principle : Displacer
- 3.8. Doppler Shift : Ultrasonic Flow Meter, Guided Wave Radar Unit– IV 4.a. Explain Display methods of measured data
- 4.1. Display of measurement signals Industrial Transducer Course Code: C4321701 Topics and Sub-topics Transducer data Representation
- 4.2. Recording of measurement data (i) Mechanical chart recorders (ii) Magnetic tape recorders (iii) Digital recorders (iv) Storage oscilloscopes
- 4.3. Presentation of data (i) Tabular data presentation (ii) Graphical presentation of data
Unit 4 Case Studies
- 5.1. Transduce r failure which caused massive fatalities
- 5.2. Transduce r failure which caused massive environmental damages
- 5.3. Transduce r failure which caused massive industrial / equipment damages