YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2019/2020 SESSION
CLASS: HND I (P/T) PAPER NUMBER: EEI 311
COURSE: ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT & CONTROL (III) DURATION: 2 HOURS
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INSTRUCTIONS: “There should be no jottings or inscriptions on the question paper except your
own registration number”.
You are to answer four (4) questions. Question 1 and 2 are compulsory questions

QUESTION 1
Table Q1
Newton (°N) Kelvin Celsius (°C) Fahrenheit Rankine RØmer (°RØ)
(°C) (°F) (°Ra)
Ice melting point 0 273 0 32 492 7.5
Boiling point of water 33 373 100 212 672 60

a) Use table Q1 to derive the conversion equation for the followings:

i. Rankine to Fahrenheit ii. Celsius to Newton iii. Kelvin to RØmer(9marks)
b) Convert: i. 475°N to Celsius ii. 746°F to Rankine iii. 450°RØ to Kevin (3marks)
c) Explain the followings:
i. Radiation type temperature measuring device (3marks)
ii RTD Resistance – Temperature Quadratic approximation (3marks)
iii. Thermistor Voltage – Current characteristics (7marks)

QUESTION 2
A resistive level measuring system (or instrument) is set up to measure water level in a tank. Ten (10) resistors
of 50Ω each are placed at equal level interval in a mercury column of a manometer connected to the side of the
tank. The parallel arrangement of the resistors form an electrical circuit with a power supply of 50V d.c and an
ammeter connected in series. The ammeter coil resistance is 5Ω.
a. Draw the illustrative diagram of the instrument. (6marks)
b. Find the full scale deflection (fsd) current of the ammeter. (4marks)
c. If the tank is a cubic structure of 8000m3 capacity, the height (h) has a linear relationship with the inverse
of the resistance (R) and full height is attained when all the ten (10) resistors contact points in the manometer
are fully immersed, determine the constant of proportionality and the relation equation of
i. height (h) and Resistance (R). ii. current (I) and height (h) (5marks)
d. Calibrating the ammeter to measure the liquid level, what height will 1A current represent? (5marks)
e. Calculate the liquid level and current flow when eight (8) contacts of the resistors are immersed in the
mercury. (5marks)

QUESTION 3
a) Given that 1at = 0.98066 x 105 Pa = 0.980665 bar = 0.96784 atm = 735.56 torr = 14.223 Psi, Convert the
following measured values:
i. 1450torr to psi ii. 35 psi to kPa iii. 560at to atmiv. 6 bar to at. v. 100kPa to bar
vi. 10MN/m 2 to bar vii. 30kPa to psi viii.10bar to psi ix. 20at to psi x. 5atm to torr (10marks)
b) Define the following terms:
i. Atmospheric pressure ii. Gauge pressure iii. Vacuum pressure iv. Manometer
v. Rate of flow vi. Total flow (6marks @ 1mark each) vii. Bimetallic strips (4marks)
c) Explain how the following electronic pressure sensors are use in pressure device
i. piezoresistive strain gauge ii. Capacitive iii. Magnetic iv. Optical v. resonant (5marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Write short notes on the following terms:
i. laminar flow (2marks) ii. Turbulent flow (2marks) iii. Reynolds number (4marks)
b) i. With the aid of illustrative diagrams, explain the construction of a Bourdon tube and how it is used to
measure pressure. (12 marks)
4b ii. A differential bellows arrangement uses two bellows each of natural length 50mm, effective area of
1500mm2, and stiffness 0.5N/mm. Bellows A is evacuated and consists of stiffness 3N/mm. Find the
natural length of the spring if the bellows are to be equally compressed to a length 40mm when a pressure
of 100kN/m2 absolute is applied to B. Also find the displacement of the output point. For a change of
10kN/m2 in applied pressure. (5marks)

QUESTION 5
a) Table Q5 shows the Temperature – Resistance relationship of a resistance thermometer. Use the table
to determine the linear and quadratic (non-linear) approximations of resistance with temperature between
100°C and 130°C. (13marks)
b) Determine the;
i. resistances at 150°C for a linear and quadratic approximation determine in question 2(a). (4marks)
ii. temperature of the RTD at 1050Ω resistance for both linear and quadratic approximation. (8 marks)

Table Q5
Temperature 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130
(°C)
Resistance (Ω) 562 568 573 578 584 589 594 600 607

QUESTION 6
a) Draw the symbol representation of the following piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs):
i. lagged line type ii. Jacketed line type iii. Insulated line type iv. Electrical impulse line type
v. mechanical link vi pneumatic signal connecting line vii. Capillary tubing connecting line
viii. Electromagnetic connecting line ix. Diaphragm valve type x. Barstock valve type
xi. globe valve type xii. Ball valve type xiii. 2-stage hydraulic pilot valve operator
xiv. pressure control valve operator xv. Air operated on-off valve operator
xvi. electric motor operated valve operator (16marks @1mark each)
b) Water at 10°C is flowing from section 1of a water processing system to section 2. Section 1 is
25mm in diameter the gauge pressure is 345kPa and the velocity of flow is 3m/s. Section 2 is 50mm in
diameter and 2metres above section 1. Assuming there are no energy losses in the system, calculate the
pressure P2 in section 2. (9marks)