Faculty of Engineering and Technology
DEPARTMENT OF ICE
Course Code
Course Title
Year& Semester
Course duration
Faculty Details
Name of the staff
A.Dominic savio
:IC0204
:Transducers Engineering
: II / IV
: EVEN semester (JAN-APRIL2014)
:
Section
ICE-A
Office
TECH PARK
14 th floor
Office Hours
Mail ID
8.30AM to 4 PM
dominicsavio.a@ktr.srm
univ.ac.in
REFERENCE BOOKS
1.
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3.
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5.
6.
Deoblin E.O., Measurement System Application and Deisgn, McGraw Hill, 1997
Patranabis D., Principle of Industrial Instrumentation, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004
Dr.S.Raenganathan.,Transducer Engineering
Neubert, HKP, Instrument Transducers, Oxford University Press, 1999
D.V.S. Murty,Transducers And Instrumentation ,PHI,2008
Sawhney A. K., A Course in Electrical and Electronics Measurements and Instrumentation,
Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi,
Web Resource:
• http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/io/io_1.html
• http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~koray/exp1.pdf
• http://www.instrumentationtoday.com/tag/inductive-transducers/
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/38881940/Capacitive-Transducer
•
http://www.ndted.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Ultrasonics/EquipmentTrans/piezotransduc
ers.htm
Prerequisite :
Basic knowledge of resistor, capacitor, inductor, and sensor and transducer
Objective:
It deals with various types of Sensors & Transducers and their working principle.
Tentative test details and portions:
Cycle Test – I
:
Unit I & II
Cycle Test –II
:
Unit III & IV
Model Exam
:
All five units
Assessment details
Outcomes
Cycle test I
Cycle test I
Model test
Surprise test
Attendence
TOTAL
10 Marks
10 Marks
20 Marks
05 Marks
05 Marks
50 Marks
Students who have successfully completed this course
Course outcome
•
•
•
It deals with various types of Sensors &
Transducers and their working principle
It deals with Resistive, Capacitive and
Inductive transducers
It deals with some of the miscellaneous
transducers also
Program outcome
•
To enable the students to select and
design suitable instruments to meet the
requirements of industrial applications.
•
The students will be able to to
understand the use of sensors &
transducers
in
the
field
of
instrumentation.
Detailed Session Plan
Day
Name of the topics
UNIT-I
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 9
DAY 10
DAY 11
DAY 12
DAY 13
DAY 14
DAY 15
DAY 16
DAY 17
DAY 18
Reference
INTRODUCTION
Sensors - Transducer
Classification of Transducer
Basic requirements of a transducer.
Generalised scheme for
measurement system
Basic method of measurement
Static characteristics
Sawhney, A. K., A Course in Electrical
and Electronic Measurement and
Instrumentation
Errors in measurement- Types of
errors
Statistical analysis of measurement
data - Mean
Standard Deviation, Probability
errors.
SURPRISE TEST I
UNIT II: RESISTIVE
TRANSDUCER
Potentiometer - Loading effect Application
Strain gauge - Theory,
Strain gauge - Types, Temperature
compensation-Applications
Torque measurement, Proving
Ring, Load Cell
Resistance thermometer
Thermistors materialsConstructions,
Thermistors materials Characteristics
Hot wire anemometer -LDR.
Surprise test II
.
UNIT II: INDUCTIVE
TRANSDUCERS
Self inductive transducer
Deoblin E.O., Measurement System
Application and Deisgn, McGraw Hill
Sawhney, A. K., A Course in Electrical
DAY 19
DAY 20
Mutual inductive transducers
and Electronic Measurement and
Instrumentation
Reluctance pick up
DAY 21
DAY 22
DAY 23
DAY 24
DAY 25
DAY 26
DAY 27
DAY 28
DAY 29
DAY 30
DAY 31
DAY 32
DAY 33
DAY 34
DAY 35
DAY 36
DAY 37
DAY 38
DAY 39
DAY 40
Linear Variable Differential
Transformer
LVDT Accelerometer
RVDT - Synchros - Proximity
sensors
Microsyn - Induction Potentiometer
Variable Reluctance Accelerometer
Magnetostrictive TransducersApplications(thickness & level
measurement).
UNIT II: CAPACITIVE
TRANSDUCERS
Capacitive transducer
Variable Area Type
Variable Air Gap type
Variable Permittivity typeApplications(Measurement of
level,)
Variable Permittivity typeApplications(pressure, thicknes)
Variable Permittivity typeApplications(sound
Frequency response
UNIT V: MISCELLEANEOUS
TRANSDUCERS
Piezoelectric Transducer
Piezoelectric Crystals
Accelerometer - Charge Amplifier
Hall Effect transducers
Applications-Shaft Encoder
IC sensors for Temperature and
Pressure
Intelligent Sensors
Sawhney, A. K., A Course in Electrical
and Electronic Measurement and
Instrumentation
Dr.S.Raenganathan.,Transducer
Engineering
D.V.S. Murty,Transducers And
Instrumentation ,PHI,2008