LESSON PLANNING

Name Of Faculty: bhadresh rohit

Subject: Instrumentation and Process Control
Sr. Description Planned Actual Remarks
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1 Introduction of Process Control: Need for control

and automation, Steady state and dynamic
system, control logic, servo and regulatory,
control, block diagrams, control structures
(feedback vs. feedforward)
2 Laplace Transforms: Definition, Transforms of
simple functions, Ramp functions, Sine functions,
Solutions of differential equations. Inversions of
transform function by partial fractions,
qualitative nature of solutions, Final value and
initial value theorems, Translation of transforms,
Transforms of unit impulse functions, Transforms
of integral.
3 Response of First Order Systems: Mercury
thermometer, Transient response of step
functions, Sinusoidal input, Impulse functions.
Physical Examples of First Order Systems: Liquid
level, Mixing process, linearization. First Order
System in Series: Noninteracting system of liquid
level, Generalization of several non-interacting
systems in series, Interacting systems.
4. Second Order Systems: Development of transfer
functions, Damped vibrator, Liquid manometer,
Thermometer in thermo-pocket, Step response
& impulse response, Overshoot, Decay ratio, Rise
time, Response time, Period of oscillation,
Natural period of oscillation, Sinusoidal
response, Transportation lag.
5. The Control Systems: Block diagram, Standard
block diagram symbols, Negative and positive
feedback, Servo problem v/s regulator problems,
Development of block diagrams, Process
measuring element, Controller, Final control
element. Closed Loop Transfer Functions: Block
diagram reduction, Overall transfer function for
single loop system, Overall transfer function for
 change in load, Overall transfer function for multi
loop control system, process and
instrumentation diagrams , parts of control
system.
6 Controllers and Final Control Elements: Actual
v/s Ideal controller, Pneumatic controller
mechanism of proportional control, Proportional
integral (PI) control, Proportional derivative (PD)
control, Proportional integral derivative (PID)
control. Control valve, Control valve
characteristics. Transfer functions of P, On-off,
PI, PD, and PID control, Motivation for addition
of integral and derivative modes, Block diagram
of chemical reactor control system.
7 Transient Response of Simple Control Systems:
Proportional control for Set point change (Servo
Problem), Proportional control for load change
(Regulator Problem), Proportional integral
control for load change, Proportional Integral
control for set point change, Proportional control
for system with measurement lag.
8 Stability: Concept of stability, Definition of
stability (linear system), Stability criterion,
Characteristic equation, Routh test for stability,
Routh array, Method of Root Locus for stability
analysis, Nyquist stability criterion.
9 Frequency Response analysis: Fortunate
circumstances, Transportation lag, First order
system, First order system in series, Bode
diagrams, Bode stability criterion, Graphical rules
for Bode diagrams. Transient response phase
margin, magnitude ratio, phase shift, open loop
bode diagrams of various controllers.
10 Controller tuning and advance controllers:
Ziegler-Nichols method, Cohen-Coon method,
introduction to cascade control, feed forward
control, ratio control, Smithpredictor, IMC, MPC,
dead-time compensation, digital control.
11 Introduction of Process Measurement: Elements of
instruments, Parts of instruments, Static and dynamic
characteristics.

12 Temperature Measurement: Scales, Expansion

thermometers like constant volume gas, Mercury
 in glass, Bimetallic, Filled system thermometer
like pressure spring thermometer, Static
accuracy of thermometer, Dip effect in
thermometer, Errors in thermometer of liquid
and gas filled type like cross ambient effect,
Head effect, Methods of compensation,
Thermoelectric temperature measurement:
Thermo couples, Pyrometers: Radiation
pyrometer, Photo electric pyrometers, Optical
pyrometers, Errors in optical pyrometers.
13 Pressure Measurement: Liquid column
manometer, Enlarged leg manometer, Inclined
tube manometer, Ring manometer, Tilting U
tube manometer, Bourdon gauge, Bellows,
Bellows differential pressure gauge, Vacuum
Measurement: Ionization gauge, Pirani vacuum
gauge, Thermocouple vacuum gauge, McLeod
gauge
14 Liquid Level Measurement: Direct measurement,
Float and tap, Float and shaft, Hydraulic remote
transmission, Bubbler system, Diaphragm & air
trap system, Differential pressure manometer,
Float and spring pneumatic balance,
Displacement float, Magnetic float gauge.
15 Flow Measurement: Head flow meter, Orifice
plate, Flow nozzle, Venturi tube, Pitot tube,
Differential pressure meter, Electric type head
flow meter, Bellows type meter, Rota meter,
Piston type area meter and Positive
displacement meter, Flow control actuators:
different types of valves
16 Humidity measurement & pH Measurement:
Psychometer method, wet bulb and dry bulb
thermometer, hygrometer method, dead point
method, electrolytic water analyzer. Electrode for pH
measurement, calomel reference electrode,
measuring circuits.

17 Density & Viscosity Measurement: Liquid level

method, displacement meters, hydrometer.
Viscosity meter, continuous viscosity meters,
capillary type viscometers, rotating bowl type
viscometer.
18 introduction to advance topics like Electrical and
pneumatic signal conditioning and transmission,
Computer process control, PLC, DCS, and SCADA.