AE204 Sensors and Transducers PDF

Course No.
Course Name L-T-P - Credits Year of

Introduction
AE204 SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS 3-0-0-3 2016
Prerequisite:
Course Objectives
• To give ideas on various types of Sensors & Transducers and their working principle
• To understand Resistive, Capacitive and Inductive transducers
• To enable the students to select and design suitable instruments to meet the requirements of
industrial applications
Syllabus
Definition of transducers– Classification of transducers – Resistance transducer- Capacitance
transducer Motion Transducers – Sound transducers- Pressure Transducers - Hall effect
transducers – Piezo electric sensors - Fiber optic sensor- Semiconductor sensor – Basics of
seismic instrument- Flow Transducers
Expected outcome .
The students will be able to
 apply working principles of sensors and transducers while doing projects in instrumentation.
 differentiate between the types of transducers available
 gain information about the function of various measuring instruments and sensors and their
uses
Text Book:
1. John P. Bentley, “Principles of Measurement Systems”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education,
2. S.M. Sze, “Semiconductor sensors”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Singapore, 1994.
4. S. Renganathan “Transducer Engineering”, Allied publishers Limited, Chennai, 2003.
Data Book ( Approved for use in the examination):

References:
1. Murthy D. V. S, “Transducers and Instrumentation”, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 1995.
2. Neubert H.K.P, “Instrument Transducers - An Introduction to their Performance and Design”,
2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
3. Patranabis, “Sensors and Transducers”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall India Pvt. Ltd., 2003.
4. Waldemar Nawrocki, “Measurement Systems and Sensors”, Artech House, 2005.
5. Doebelin E.O, “Measurement Systems - Application and Design”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill,
New York, 2003.
Course Plan
Sem. Exam
Module Contents Hours
Marks
6
Transducers: Definition of transducers, classification based on
transduction principle, measurand, material and technology,
I
Analog and digital transducers, Active and passive transducers,
Primary and Secondary transducers. Characteristics of
transducers. 15%
Resistance Transducer : Basic principle – Potentiometer –
II Loading effects, Resolution, Linearity, Resistance strain gauge 6
–Types. 15%
Inductance Transducer :- Basic principle – Linear variable
differential transformer – RVDT-types.
Capacitance Transducer : Basic principle- transducers using
change in area of plates – distance between plates- variation
of dielectric constants-frequency response –Types
FIRST INTERNAL EXAMINATION

Force and Torque Transducers: Proving ring, hydraulic and 7 15%
pneumatic load cell, dynamometer and gyroscopes.
Sound Transducers: Sound level meter, sound characteristics,
III
Microphone. Torque transducer design-the torque measurement
system-the rotation rate measurement system
Pressure Transducers: basic principle- different types of 7 15%

manometers-u tube manometer-well type manometers. Level
transducer-continuous level measurement-discrete level
IV
measurement-mass –capacitive level gauges, Dead weight
calibrator .
SECOND INTERNAL EXAMINATION

Hall effect transducers, Digital transducers, Proximity devices, 8 20%
, Piezo-electric sensors, eddy current transducers,
tachogenerators and stroboscope, Magnetostrictive transducers,
V
Fibre optic sensor, Semiconductor sensor.
Basics of Seismic instrument and accelerometers
Flow Transducers: Bernoulli’s principle and continuity, orifice 8 20%

plate, nozzle plate, venture tube, Rota meter, anemometers,
VI electromagnetic flow meter, impeller meter and turbid flow
meter
END SEMESTER EXAM

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN:
Maximum marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Part A
Answer any two out of three questions uniformly covering Modules 1 and 2. Each question
carries 15 marks and may have not more than four sub divisions. (15 x 2 = 30 marks)
Part B
carries 15 marks and may have not more than four (15 x 2 = 30 marks)
Part C
carries 20 marks and may have not more than four sub divisions. (20 x 2 = 40 marks)

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Course No.

Course Name L-T-P - Credits Year of

Data Book ( Approved for use in the examination):

FIRST INTERNAL EXAMINATION

Pressure Transducers: basic principle- different types of 7 15%

SECOND INTERNAL EXAMINATION

Flow Transducers: Bernoulli’s principle and continuity, orifice 8 20%

END SEMESTER EXAM

Maximum marks : 100 Time : 3 hours

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