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ANNA UNIVERSITY (UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS)

B.E / B. Tech (Part Time) END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – NOV / DEC 2020
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
VI-Semester
PTCH9353 - PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION DYNAMICS & CONTROL
(Regulation – 2009)
(Any missing data can be suitably assumed)
Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100
PART- A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

Q.No Questions Marks

1. Write the working principle of UV spectrophotometer 2
2. List out any two instruments used to find out viscosity. 2
3. Write the final value theorem and its significance 2
4. What is meant by rise time in a second order system? 2
5. What is meant by offset how it is reduced? 2
6. What is meant by negative feedback control system? 2
7. Write the graphical rules of bode diagram 2
8. For a transportation lag write the amplitude ratio and phase angle value 2
9. What is meant by Distributed Control System? 2
10. Give any two examples for dead time 2

PART- B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)
(Q. No 11 is Compulsory)

Q.No Questions Marks

11. What are the different types of temperature measuring instruments and explain in 16
detail about radiation pyrometer and optical pyrometer.
a). Derive the transfer function of a first order system and derive the time domain 16
12. equation for a step input
OR
b). A step change of magnitude 4 is introduced into a system having the transfer
𝑌(𝑠) 10
function =
𝑋(𝑠) 𝑠 2 +1.6 𝑠+4
Determine (a) Percent Overshoot 5
(b) Ultimate value of Y(t) 5
(c) Maximum value of Y(t) 3
(d) Period of Oscillation 3
a). (i) For a stirred tank heating system develop a process control block diagram 10
13. (ii) Explain in detail the components of process control system 6
OR
b). Given the characteristic equation s + 3s3 + 2s2 + 4s +2 = 0 determine the
4
16
Routh array and find whether the system is stable or not.
 a). Plot the Bode diagram for the system whose overall transfer function is 16
14. 1
(𝑠+1)(𝑠+5)

OR
b). Derive the amplitude ratio and phase angle for a second order system and PI 16
controller.
Explain in detail the design of feed forward control system. 16
15. OR
b. Describe in detail the Microprocessor based controllers and distributed control 16
system