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This document is an exam for a course on Instrumentation and Process Control. It contains 5 questions assessing various topics related to process control systems. Question 1 has parts assessing Laplace transforms, solving a differential equation, and defining key process control terms. Question 2 has parts assessing transfer function derivations and analyzing system response. Question 3 options assess concepts like damping coefficients, control system types, and analyzing system response. Question 4 options assess instrumentation symbols, instrumentation error definitions, and stability analysis. Question 5 options assess level measurement methods and analyzing specific instrumentation types.

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IPC Paper

This document is an exam for a course on Instrumentation and Process Control. It contains 5 questions assessing various topics related to process control systems. Question 1 has parts assessing Laplace transforms, solving a differential equation, and defining key process control terms. Question 2 has parts assessing transfer function derivations and analyzing system response. Question 3 options assess concepts like damping coefficients, control system types, and analyzing system response. Question 4 options assess instrumentation symbols, instrumentation error definitions, and stability analysis. Question 5 options assess level measurement methods and analyzing specific instrumentation types.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

___________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER– V (New) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2019
Subject Code: 2150504 Date: 21/11/2019
Subject Name: Instrumentation & Process Control
Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
MARKS
-at
Q.1 (a) Give Laplace transform for 1) u(t) 2) e u(t) 3) cos kt u(t) 03
(b) Solve 04
𝑑𝑥
+ 2𝑥 = 2 given x (0) = 0.
𝑑𝑡
(c) Explain: 1) Set point 2) Controlled Variable 3) Manipulated Variable 07
4) Offset 5) Positive feedback 6) Error 7) Disturbances

Q.2 (a) State the assumption used to derive the transform function for first 03
order CSTR with first order reaction.
(b) Place the following transfer function in standard first-order form, and 04
identify the time constant and the steady state gain using unit step input.
𝑦(𝑠) 2
=
𝑥(𝑠) 𝑠 + 1/3
(c) A mercury thermometer having a time constant of 0.1 min is placed in 07
a temperature bath at 100°F and allowed to come to equilibrium with
the bath. At time t = 0, the temperature of the bath begins to vary
sinusoidally about its average temperature of 100 F with an amplitude
of 2 F. If the frequency of oscillation is 10/π cycles/min, plot the
ultimate response of the thermometer reading as a function of time.
What is the phase lag?
OR
(c) Derive the transfer function for the first order liquid level system. 07

Q.3 (a) Write the significance of Damping co efficient. 03


(b) Differentiate between interacting and non-interacting system. 04
(c) A step change of magnitude 4 is introduced into a system having the 07
transfer function
𝒚(𝒔) 𝟏𝟔
= 𝟐
𝒙(𝒔) 1.5𝒔 + 2.4 𝒔 + 6
Determine
(a) Percent overshoot
(b) Rise time
(c) Period of oscillation
(d) Natural period of oscillation
OR
Q.3 (a) Write in brief about ON / OFF control. 03
(b) Write in detail about double seated control valve. 04
(c) Discuss Servo and Regulatory problems in control system. 07
Q.4 (a) Draw P and I diagram symbols for Pneumatic, Electrical and Software 03
signals.
(b) Define: Dead zone, Drift, Precision, Dead time lag 04
(c) Discuss construction and working of Orifice meter. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain Seeback effect of thermocouple. 03
(b) Describe about Absolute scale and Vacuum scale for pressure 04
measurement.
(c) Discuss Phase margin and Gain margin using stability criteria for 07
Bode diagram.

Q.5 (a) List various direct methods for level measurement. 03


(b) Discuss working of Rotameter. 04
(c) Write the characteristic equation and construct the Routh array for the 07
control system shown in fig. Is the system stable for Kc = 9.5?

OR
Q.5 (a) Discuss sight glass method for level measurement. 03
(b) Discuss working of U tube manometer. 04
(c) Write in brief about Radiation Pyrometer. 07

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