Module-6

Principles of Measurement and Analysis

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Topics to be discussed

 Introduction

 Functional Elements of a Measurement System and Instrument

 Types of measured Quantities

 Measures of Dispersion, Sample Deviation and Sample Mean

 Calibration and standard

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Introduction: Measurement

 The measurement of a given parameter or quantity is the act

or result of a quantitative comparison between a predefined
standard and an unknown quantity to be measured

 Since two quantities are compared, the result is expressed in

numerical values

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Basic requirements of measurement

 The standard used for comparison purposes must be

accurately defined & should be commonly accepted

 The apparatus used & the method adopted must be provable.

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Measuring and electronic instrument

 The measuring instrument may be defined as a device for

determining the value or magnitude of a quantity or variable

 An electronic instrument is one which is based on electronic

or electric principles for its measurement function
 The measurement of any electronic or electrical quantity or
variable is termed as an electronic measurement

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Advantages of electronic measurement

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Advantages of electronic measurement

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Measurand
 The physical, chemical, electrical quantity, process, property,
variable or a condition to be measured is referred as
Measurand

 The various physical measurands are pressure, height, force,

strain, velocity etc..

 The important electrical measurands are voltage, current,

power and frequency

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 Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system

Primary Variable Variable Data Data

Quantity Conver Manipulati- Transmissio- Presenta
To Be
Sensing
Element -Sion on Element n Element Tion
Measured Element Element

DATA CONDITIONING ELEMENT

TERMINATING
DETECTOR INTERMEDIATE STAGE STAGE
TRANSDUCER
STAGE

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system
Primary sensing element
 The quantity under measurement makes its first contact with
the primary sensing element of a measurement system.
 i.e., the measurand- (the unknown quantity which is to be
measured) is first detected by primary sensor which gives the
output in a different analogous form.
 This output is then converted into an electrical signal by a
transducer - (which converts energy from one form to
another).
 The first stage of a measurement system is known as a
detector transducer stage

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system

Variable conversion element

 The output of the primary sensing element may be electrical
signal of any form;
 it may be voltage, a frequency or some other electrical
parameter
 For the instrument to perform the desired function, it may be
necessary to convert this output to some other suitable form

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system
Variable manipulation element
 The function of this element is to manipulate the signal
presented to it preserving the original nature of the signal
 It is not necessary that a variable manipulation element should
follow the variable conversion element
 Some non -linear processes like modulation, detection,
sampling , filtering, chopping etc., are performed on the signal
to bring it to the desired form to be accepted by the next
stage of measurement system This process of conversion is
called signal conditioning

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system

Variable manipulation element

 The term signal conditioning includes many other functions in
addition to Variable conversion & Variable manipulation
 In fact the element that follows the primary sensing element in
any instrument or measurement system is called conditioning
element

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system

Data transmission element

 When the elements of an instrument are actually physically
separated,
 It becomes necessary to transmit data from one to another.
 The element that performs this function is called data
transmission element

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system
Data presentation element
 The information about the quantity under measurement has to
be conveyed to the person handling the instrument or the
system for monitoring, control, or analysis purposes.
 This function is done by data presentation element
 In case data is to be monitored:
 visual display devices are needed and these devices may be
analog or digital indicating instruments like ammeters,
voltmeters etc.

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Functional elements of an
instrument/measurement system
Data presentation element
 In case data is to be recorded:
 recorders like magnetic tapes, high speed camera & TV
equipment, CRT, printers may be used
 For control & analysis purpose, the microprocessor or
computers may be used
 The final stage in a measurement system is known as
terminating stage

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Block diagram of pressure gauge and
thermometer

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