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Title of the course

MM 451: Instrumentation and Process Control Theory

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

2           1          0           6

 

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

 

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Course content

Modelling in mechanical translation, rotary and simple hydraulic and pneumatic systems, one tank and two tank process, Block diagrams, transfer functions and steady state behaviour of systems. Dynamic behaviour, transient response and analysis, stability criterion. Types of controllers on-off, P, PI, PID controllers. Analog computers and their use in simulation and analysis of control systems. Characteristics of measurements, temperature measurement, flow measurement, pressure measurement and level measurement. Measurement of force and torque. Measurement of acceleration. P & ID of typical process case examples in instrumentation from metallurgical processes. 

 

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Texts/References

F.H. Raven, Automatic Control Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1961.P. Dransfield, Engineering Systems and Automatic Control, Prentice Hall, 1968.B.C. Nakra and K.K. Chaudhry, Instrumentation, Measurement and Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill, 1985.D.P. Eckeman, Industrial Instrumentation, Wiley Eastern, 1985.

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. N.K.Khosla