Electronic Instrumentation

ENT353 Electronic Instrumentation syllabusSyllabus Module I: (6 Hrs) Errors and analysis in measurement, Basics of Instrumentation System, components: Sensing elements. transducers, actuators, display, introduction to transducers and their classification and types. Module II: (5 Hrs) Instrumentation systems for temperature measurement, Contact type sensors and non-contact type sensors. Module III: (4 Hrs) Instrumentation system for Pressure Measurement, classification of pressure: High and low pressure measurement sensors. Module IV: (6 Hrs) System for measurement displacement, force and torque: Resistive, inductive and capacitive transducers for measurement of displacement, force, torque, velocity and acceleration. Module V: (8 Hrs) Instrumentation for real world monitoring: Standards, working principle, design criterion: PH, humidity, magnetic, flux, electrical conductivity. Light intensity, air monitoring. Module VI: (6 Hrs) Grounding and shielding, isolation: Grounding concepts, ground loop, isolation amplifier, instrumentation amplifier, 4 -20 mA current converter for instrumentation, and Case study of parameter acquisition, processing and display methods. Text Book: 1. Electrical & Electronic Instruments & Measurement by A.K. Sawhney, Dhanpat Rai and Co. 19th Edition, 2015. Reference Books: 1. Electronic Instrumentation & Measurement Technique by W.D. Cooper & A.D. Helfrick, Prentice Hall, 3 rd revised Edition, 1985. 2. Process Measurement and Analysis by B.G. Liptak, Chilton Book Company, 4 th Edition, 2003