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Sub: Industrial automation and control Date: Oct 14th 2012

TOPICS FOR MID SEM

1.Control valves
1. Study the notes and go through this ppt 2. Dont refer to louver and three port valves in the slides 3. Important topics: Classification of control valves Actuators (slides 1 to 11 and 27 and the notes only) Valve characteristics Valve positioner Methods of fluid control Note: Dont refer to the slides with nos {12, 13 up to 26}

2.Flow sensors: contact type-(Orifice, venturi, rotameter ), Non-contact type-(ultrasonic and


electromagnetic type)

3.Pressure sensors: Manometers, bellows 4.Torque measurement: Strain gauge based torque meter
Note: For the topics 2, 3 &4: Refer notes, Dunn text given to U and Xerox of relevant topics of s.s Singh text book.

5. Signal conditioning:

Phase sensitive rectification/Demodulation: Refer notes. Its importance w.r.t

LVDT, Capacitive sensors explained in the notes. Analog multipliers: refer notes Noise sources (internal and external) .External noise sources: In the notes basic idea of Electromagnetic coupling, electrostatic coupling and grounding problems given. U can use internet to get more information.

All the best

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