Industrial Transducers
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The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Transducers (subject code DI03017041) as prescribed for PE ยท Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 60 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 (DI03017041)Unit 1 Concepts of Measurement 5 10
- Compare different measurement methods. 1.1.1
- Direct Method
- Indirect Method
- Comparative Method
- Substitution Method
- Null Method, and Fundamental Method. 1.2
- Recall the different types of units used for measuring process parameters (i.e.
- Convert measurement units with prefixes into a different unit system. 1.4
- List the errors that occur during measurement along with examples. 1.5
- Definition of Range and Span in Transducer
Unit 2 Transducer Basics 5 10
- Explain block diagram of transducer. 2.2
- List the transducer based on, a
- Principle of transduction. b
- Active and passive transducer. c
- Primary and Secondary transducers. d
- Analog and Digital transducer. 2.3
- Classify the control signals. 2.3.1
- Standard electronic signal range: 04mA to 20mA DC current Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Instrumentation & Control Engineering Course / Subject Code: DI03017041 Course/Subject Name: Industrial Transducers signals. 2.3.2
- Standard pneumatic signal range: 03 psig (pounds per square inch gauge) to 15 psig pneumatic signals. 2.4
- Calculation of Error as Percentage of Range and Percentage of Span in transducer. 2.5
- Prepare a table to identify transducers for different process parameters
Unit 3 Mechanical Transducers and Electrical Transducers 8 40
- List the components of different types of mechanical transducers. 3.2
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of mechanical transducers with schematic diagrams. 3.2.1
- Mechanical Transducer - Bimetallic Strip
- Liquid expansion thermostat
- Bourdon Tube
- Flow Transducers (i.e.
- Orifice, and Venturi
- Level Transducers (i.e.
- Float type, and Displacement type), and Seismic Displacement Transducer. 3.3
- List the components of different types of electrical transducers. 3.4
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of electrical transducers with schematic diagrams. 3.4.1
- Electrical transducers - Resistive Transducer
- Inductive Transducer
- Capacitive Transducer
- Piezoelectric Transducer
- Linear Variable Differential Transformer (L.V.D.T.)
- Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (R.V.D.T.), and Strain gauge Transducers
Unit 4 Thermoelectric Transducers and Electrochemical Transducers 6 20
- List the components of different types of thermoelectric transducers. 4.2
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of thermoelectric transducers with schematic diagrams. 4.2.1
- Thermoelectric transducers โ Thermocouple (i.e.
- based on the Seebeck effect)
- Resistance Temperature Detector (R.T.D.), and Semiconductor temperature sensors
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Instrumentation & Control Engineering Course / Subject Code: DI03017041 Course/Subject Name: Industrial Transducers 4.3
- List the components of different types of Electrochemical transducers. 4.4
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of Electrochemical transducers with schematic diagrams. 4.4.1
- Electrochemical transducers โ Gas-sensing electrode
- Metal- Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) gas Sensors and Ion Selective Electrode
Unit 5 Electro-optical Transducers, Radiation-ionization Transducer and
- Ultrasonic Transducer 6 20 5.1
- List the components of different types of electro-optical transducers. 5.2
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of electro- optical transducers with schematic diagrams. 5.2.1 Optoelectronics devices: Infrared emitter
- Photo transistor
- Photovoltaic cells
- Light Dependent Resistor (L.D.R.)
- Digital Encoders (Incremental/ Absolute). 5.3
- List the components of radiation ionization transducer and Ultrasonic transducer. 5.4
- Illustrate the working principles of different types of Radiation ionization transducer with schematic diagrams. 5.4.1
- Radiation ionization transducer - Geiger Muller Counter. 5.5
- Illustrate the working principles of Ultrasonic transducer (i.e
- Level) with schematic diagram