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The document outlines various sensor specifications and calculations related to laser displacement sensors, pressure transducers, temperature sensors, force sensors, and mercury thermometers. It includes tasks such as determining output, sensitivity, errors, and deriving equations based on provided data. Additionally, it covers the calculation of time constants and sensor resolutions for accurate measurements.

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Instrumentation Devices-Tutorial-1

The document outlines various sensor specifications and calculations related to laser displacement sensors, pressure transducers, temperature sensors, force sensors, and mercury thermometers. It includes tasks such as determining output, sensitivity, errors, and deriving equations based on provided data. Additionally, it covers the calculation of time constants and sensor resolutions for accurate measurements.

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The specifications of a laser type displacement sensor is as follows:


a) Input measurement range=±10 mm
b) Center point of the measurement: 40 mm
c) Linearity: 1 % of FSD
d) Output range: 4 to 20 mA
If the distance is 35 mm, find out the following:
a) Output
b) Sensitivity
c) Error due to nonlinearity

2. The following results were obtained when a pressure transducer was tested in a
laboratory under the following conditions:
Conditions Input (barg)
0 2 4 6 8 10
20ºC, 10 V 4 7.2 10.4 13.6 16.8 20
(standard)
20ºC, 12 V 4 8.4 12.8 17.2 21.6 26
25ºC, 10 V 6 9.2 12.4 15.6 18.8 22
a) Determine the values of KM, KI, and K associated with the generalized
equation: O=(K+KMIM)I+a+KIII
b) Predict an output value when the input is 5 barg, VS=12 V and ambient
temperature is 25ºC.
3. A temperature sensor has a span of 20ºC to 250 ºC. A measurement results in a value
of 55ºC for the temperature. Specify the error if the accuracy is
a) ±0.5% FS
b) ±0.75% of span
c) ±0.8% of the reading.
What is the possible temperature in each case?
4. A force sensor measures a range of 0 to 150 N with a resolution of 0.1%FS. Find the
smallest change in force that can be measured.
5. A sensor has a transfer function of 5 mV/ºC. Find the required voltage resolution of
the signal conditioning if a temperature resolution of 0.2ºC is required.
6. A sensor resistance changes linearly from 100 to 180 Ω as the temperature changes
from 20ºC to 120ºC. Find the linear equation relating resistance and temperature.
7. Calculate the time constant of a first-order mercury in a glass thermometer, inside
diameter of the bulb is 4 mm, assuming the bulb is spherical, density of
mercury=13600 kg/m3, specific heat=0.15 kJ/KgºC, heat transfer coefficient= 40
W/m2K.

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