Instrumentation and Process Control Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech third year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Instrumentation and Process Control B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year first sem is as follows.
B.Tech. III Year I Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code:PE501PC 4/1/0/4
Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Process Heat Transfer
Course Objectives: The subject is designed to understand the fundamentals and principles of Process Control and instrumentation It also provides the details of performance characteristics and applications of various instruments used in petroleum industry.
Course Outcomes: The student would be able to understand Process modeling fundamentals, idealized dynamic behavior, transfer functions, control system context like evaluate stability, frequency response, and other characteristics relevant to process control.
UNIT – I : Elements of instruments, static and dynamic characteristics, mercury in glass thermometer,
bimetallic thermometer, pressure spring thermometer, static accuracy. Thermo electricity: Industrial thermocouples, thermocouple wires, thermo couple wells Composition analysis, spectroscopic analysis by absorption, emission, mass and color measurement by spectrometers, gas analysis by thermal conductivity, analysis of moisture, gas chromatography, refractometer
UNIT – II: Measurement of Pressure and vacuum: liquid column manometers, measuring elements for
gauge pressure and vacuum, indicating elements for pressure gauges, measurement of absolute pressure, measuring pressure in corrosive liquids Measurement of head and level: Head, density and specific gravity, direct measurement of liquid level, pressure measurement in open vessels, level measurements in pressure vessels.. velocity meters, quantity meters, viscosity measurements. Recording instruments, indicating and signalling instruments, transmission of instrument readings, control center, instrumentation diagram
UNIT – III: Introduction to process control: Response of First order systems, Transfer Function of
mercury thermometer, Transient response to step, impulse, sinusoidal forcing function, physical examples of first order systems, liquid level, mixing process, RC circuit, response of first order systems in series: Noninteracting and interacting systems
TEXT BOOKS:
- Industrial instrumentation by Donald P. Eckman, Wiley eastern, 1950.
- Donald R. Coughanowr, Process Systems Analysis and Control, 2nd edition McGrawHill,1991
REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Principles of industrial instrumentation by Patra Nabis, TMH.
- Chemical Process Control Stephanoupoulous, G., Prentice Hall, India New Delhi.1990.
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