Exercises in Measurement and Process Control

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Status of the course

Course objectives

Acquisition of knowledge in working with measuring instruments to control the process.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Measurement and Process Control

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam, the student is expected to know:
- Describe the basic principles of measuring instruments
- Select instrument needed to measure physical parameters essential for process
- Identify sources of error in measuring
- To measure certain physical quantity by measuring instrument

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

First week: Description and view the contents of the lecture. The principles of the measurement. General characteristics of the measuring instruments.
Second Week: Pressure Measurement.
3rd week: Liquid manometers.
4th week: Manometers with solid weights. Deformation manometers.
5th week: Vakuummeters.
6th week: Temperature measurement. Liquid thermometers.
7th week: Mechanical thermometers. Pressure thermometers.
8th week: Thermocouples.
9th week: Heat resistant thermometers. Radiation pyrometers.
10th week: Flow measurement. Turbine flowmeters. Ionization flowmeters. The ultrasonic flowmeters.
11th week: Level measurement of liquids and solids.
12th week: Application of computers in measurement.
13th week: A/D converters
14th week: D/A converters
15th week: Examination

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Student responsibilities

Attendance in the amount of 80% of the hourly rate.