The Ministry of Education of the Azerbaijan Republic

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic

Baku Higher Oil School

“Approved by”
Rector of Baku Higher Oil School

___________________Elmar Gasimov

“____”_____________________ 2020

Process Automation Engineering Department

Measurement of Non-Electrical Quantities

Courses Syllabus (for online teaching)

Fall, 2020
Instructor: Kamala Pashayeva
Course code: IPF-B20
Course credit: 5
Office: 303, Campus Aypara
Office hours (online): M-F 16.00-18.00 (via Microsoft Teams)
Prerequisites: IPF-B08
Language of instruction: English
Schedule: AM 17.1/17.2: Lecture Wednesday - 11.00-11.50, Friday – 9.00-9.50 (via Microsoft
Teams)

Web site : http://www.bhos.edu.az/en/staff/

Email : kamala.pashayeva@bhos.edu.az

Description about course

This course aims to introduce the student, theoretically and practically, in measuring procedures
for determining the true value of non‐electrical quantities, taking into account the reentrant
errors. The student must develop the capacity for independent implementation of integrated
measuring procedures necessary for the research and the overall production process

Course objective section

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the basic modern solutions and methods of non-
electrical quantities measurements. These represent a big part of all measured quantities in the
laboratory and industrial areas, in technical and non-technical fields, science and generally in
information technologies. The course presents basic sensor principles, their parameters and
construction. It deals with instrumentation, non-electrical quantities measurements concepts and
procedures

Learning outcomes section

After succeeding in this subject the students will be able to:

- Describe the fundamental concepts and principles of instrumentation. Structure of
transformation. Static and dynamic characteristics.
- Explain the operation of various instruments required in measurements
- Apply the measurement techniques for different types of tests
- To select specific instruments for specific measurement function
- Understand principle of operation and working of different instruments for nonelectrical
quantities.
Students will understand functioning, specification and application of this type instruments

Assessment methods

The exams are done using computers. All questions must be answered.

Grading
Exam Weight Date Exam minutes
Final 30% TBA (to be announced) 100
Midterm 15% 7th week of the semester 60
Quiz 10% every week 10-20
Course project 15% 11-12th weeks
Laboratory 30% one lab per two weeks deadline
NOTE: -Total number of labs is ten. Each lab is graded separately. At the end of the term
the average mark of the labs is calculated.
Resit Exam- 55% of total score
Total score after resit=resit(55%)+laboratory score (30%)+course project(15%)

Area grading scale

A 91-100
B 81-90
C 71-80
D 61-70
F ≤ 60

Rules
Exams
In order to be excused from the exam, the student must contact the dean and the instructor before
the exam. Excuse will not be granted for social activities such as trips, cruises and sporting
events (unless you are participating). The exams will all be cumulative. Most of the questions on
each exam will be taken from the chapters covered since the last exam.
But some will come from the earlier chapters. In general, the coverage will reflect the amount of
the time spend in class on the different chapters.

Withdrawal (pass / fail)

This course strictly follows grading policy of the Process Automation Engineering Department.
Thus, a student is normally expected to achieve a total mark (preexam score + exam score) of at
least 61 to pass. In this case of failure, he/she will be referred or required to repeat the course the
following term or year.
Late policy
Late laboratory report submissions won’t be accepted for grading. The grade for this lab will be
zero.
Late course project submission will be graded as:
 2 points cut for 1 min-24 hours

 5 points cut for 24 hours-36 hours

 Paper submitted later than 36 hours must not be accepted

Teaching resources

Presentation : Measurement of Non-Electrical Quantities (slides are in site:

www.lms.bhos.edu.az)

Textbook : Required Reading:

[1] Bela G. Liptak. Process Measurement and Analysis. Volume 1. Instrument Engineers'
Handbook, Fourth Edition, CRC PRESS, 2003.
[2] Alan S. Morris. Measurement and Instrumentation Principles. Third Edition.
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
[3] Alan S. Morris, Reza Langari. Measurement and Instrumentation Theory and
Application. Butterworth – Heinemann, 2012.
[4] H. Wayne Beaty; Donald G. Fink: Electrical Measurement of Nonelectrical
Quantities, Chapter. Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Sixteenth Edition.,
McGraw-Hill Professional, 2013

Recommended Reading:
[1] Maria R. Angustia. Measurement and control of nonelectrical quantities. Published in:
Engineering, http://www.slideshare.net/ MariaRominaAngustia/ measurement-and-
control-of-nonelectrical-quantities, 2015.
[2] Helfrick A.D. Modern Electronic Instrumentation & Measurements, Prentice – Hall
India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2007.
[3] Measurements of non-electrical quantities. Course lectures, University of Novi Sad,
Faculty of Technical Sciences. http://www.uns.ac.rs/index.php/en/, 2013.
[4] Bejček Ludvík. Measurement of Physical Quantities, Course lectures, Faculty of
Information Technology (FIT), Brno University of Technology, 2006.
[5] EduKit PAEduKit PA. http://www.festo-didactic.com/int-en/
[6] MPS® PA Compact Workstation. Level, flow rate, pressure and temperature closed-
loop control systems. http://www.festo-didactic.com/int-en/
[7] Measurement, control and automation systems. http://www.samson.de

For class presentations and discussions, the student should utilize journal and internet materials.
Moreover, the course does not limit the use of learning materials available at BHOS library.
Attendance
The students are required to attend all classes as a part of their studies and those having
legitimate reasons for absence (illness, family bereavement, etc.) are required to inform the
instructor.

Professionalism and Participation

1. Attend class (online) regularly, join at least 10-15 minute before starting time, leave only
when dismissed
2. Immediately inform instructor if you have connection or joining problem.
3. Before joining, choose a quiet and comfortable place to avoid distractions during the
lesson
4. Attend class with all materials required, be prepared to listen and work
5. Be well prepared for class, read all required materials, and complete all necessary
preparation
6. Be attentive in class, take notes, contribute to discussion and ask intelligent questions
7. Demonstrate professional and respectful interpersonal relationships with peers and
instructor: ATTITUDE COUNTS, AND whining is unacceptable
8. Take responsibility for your actions, and your results

Plagiarism
Honesty requires that any ideas or material taken from another source for written, visual, or oral
use must be fully acknowledged. Offering the work of someone else as one’s own is plagiarism.
The language or ideas thus taken from another may range from isolated formulas, images,
sentences or paragraphs to entire articles copied from books, periodicals, speeches, or the
writings and creations of other students. The offering of materials assembled or collected by
others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment also is considered
plagiarism. Any student who fails to give credit for ideas or materials taken from another course
is guilty of plagiarism.
 Week Topics Textbook/Assignments

1 Introduction to measurement. Measuring

instrument types and performance characteristics.
- Measurement units.
- Measurement system applications.
- Elements of a measurement system.
- Choosing appropriate measuring instruments. Alan S. Morris (chapter
- Review of instrument types. 1,2)
- Active and passive instruments.
- Analogue and digital instruments.
- Indicating instruments and instruments with a
signal output.
- Smart and non-smart instruments
2 Static and dynamic characteristics of instruments.
Errors during the measurement process.
- Accuracy and inaccuracy (measurement
uncertainty).
- Precision/repeatability/reproducibility.
- Tolerance. Range or span. Linearity.
- Sensitivity of measurement. Resolution.
- Sensitivity to disturbance.
- Hysteresis effects. Dead space.
Alan S. Morris (chapter
- Zero, First and Second order instruments.
2,3)
- Necessity for calibration.
- Sources of systematic error.
- System disturbance due to measurement.
- Errors due to environmental inputs.
- Reduction of systematic errors.
- Quantification of systematic errors.
- Random errors.
- Total error when combining multiple
measurement
3 Sensor technologies Alan S. Morris (chapter
- Capacitive and resistive sensors. 13)
- Magnetic sensors.
- Hall-effect sensors.
- Piezoelectric transducers.
- Strain gauges.
- Piezoresistive sensors.
- Optical sensors.
- Intrinsic sensors.
- Extrinsic sensors.
- Distributed sensors.
- Ultrasonic sensors .
 - Nuclear sensors.
- Microsensors
4-5-6 Temperature, pressure, flow and level measurement Alan S. Morris (chapter
Temperature measurement. 14, 15, 16,17)
- Principles of temperature measurement.
- Thermoelectric effect sensors (thermocouples).
- Varying resistance devices.
- Resistance thermometers (resistance temperature
devices).
- Semiconductor devices.
- Radiation thermometers.
- Optical pyrometers.
- Radiation pyrometers.
- Thermography (thermal imaging).
- Thermal expansion methods.
- Quartz thermometers.
- Fibre-optic temperature sensors.
- Acoustic thermometers.
- Colour indicators
Pressure measurement.
- Diaphragms.
- Capacitive pressure sensor.
- Fibre-optic pressure sensors.
- Bellows.
- Bourdon tube.
- Manometers.
- Resonant-wire devices.
- Dead-weight gauge.
- Special measurement devices for low pressures .
- High-pressure measurement.
- Intelligent pressure transducers.
Flow measurement.
- Mass flow rate.
- Conveyor-based methods.
- Coriolis flowmeter.
- Thermal mass flow measurement.
- Joint measurement of volume flow rate and fluid
density.
- Volume flow rate.
- Differential pressure (obstruction-type) meters.
- Variable area flowmeters (Rotameters).
- Positive displacement flowmeters.
- Turbine meters.
- Electromagnetic flowmeters.
- Vortex-shedding flowmeters.
- Ultrasonic flowmeters.
- Intelligent flowmeters.
Level measurement.
 - Dipsticks. Float systems.
- Pressure-measuring devices (hydrostatic
systems).
- Capacitive devices.
- Ultrasonic level gauge.
- Radar (microwave) methods.
- Radiation methods.
- Vibrating level sensor.
- Laser methods.
- Fibre-optic level sensors.
- Thermography.
- Intelligent level-measuring instruments
7 Midterm
8 Mass, force and torque measurement
Mass (weight) measurement.
- Electronic load cell (electronic balance).
- Pneumatic/hydraulic load cells.
- Intelligent load cells.
- Mass-balance (weighing) instruments.
- Spring balance.
Alan S. Morris (chapter
Force measurement.
18)
- Use of accelerometers.
- Vibrating wire sensor.
Torque measurement
- Reaction forces in shaft bearings.
- Prony brake.
- Measurement of induced strain.
- Optical torque measurement
9-10- Translational motion, rotation motion, velocity, Alan S. Morris (chapter
11 acceleration and vibration measurement 19)
Displacement.
- The resistive potentiometer.
- Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT).
- Variable capacitance transducers.
- Variable inductance transducers.
- Strain gauges.
- Piezoelectric transducers.
- Nozzle flapper.
- Other methods of measuring small displacements.
- Measurement of large displacements (range
sensors).
- Proximity sensors.
Rotational displacement.
- Circular and helical potentiometers.
- Rotational differential transformer.
- Incremental shaft encoders.
- Coded-disc shaft encoders .
- Resolver. Synchro.
 - Induction potentiometer.
- Rotary inductosyn.
- Gyroscopes.
- Choice between rotational displacement
transducers
Velocity.
- Differentiation of displacement measurements.
- Integration of the output of an accelerometer.
- Conversion to rotational velocity.
Rotational velocity.
- Digital tachometers.
- Stroboscopic methods.
- Analogue tachometers.
- Mechanical flyball.
- Rate gyroscope .
- Fibre-optic gyroscope.
- Differentiation of angular displacement
measurements.
Dimension, angle, flatness, volume measurement.
Acceleration and vibration measurement
12 Moisture, humidity, viscosity, and pH measurement
Moisture and humidity measurement.
- Industrial moisture measurement techniques.
- Laboratory techniques for moisture measurement
Viscosity measurement.
Alan S. Morris (chapter
- Capillary and tube viscometers .
21.5, 21.6, 21.8)
- Falling body viscometer.
- Rotational viscometers
pH measurement.
- The glass electrode.
- Other methods of pH measurement
Final Exam

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