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PARUL UNIVERSITY - Faculty of Engineering and Technology Parul Institute of Technology

This document outlines the proposed syllabus for an Instrumentation and Process Control course for a Petrochemical Engineering diploma program. The course aims to teach students about measuring instruments used in chemical processes, including those for temperature, pressure, flow, level, and humidity. It also covers process control systems, controllers, signal transmission, and computerized process control. The syllabus is divided into 5 units covering these topics, along with a list of reference materials, experiments, equipment, and expected learning outcomes.

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PARUL UNIVERSITY - Faculty of Engineering and Technology Parul Institute of Technology

This document outlines the proposed syllabus for an Instrumentation and Process Control course for a Petrochemical Engineering diploma program. The course aims to teach students about measuring instruments used in chemical processes, including those for temperature, pressure, flow, level, and humidity. It also covers process control systems, controllers, signal transmission, and computerized process control. The syllabus is divided into 5 units covering these topics, along with a list of reference materials, experiments, equipment, and expected learning outcomes.

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PARUL UNIVERSITY - Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Parul Institute of Technology


Department of Petrochemical Engineering
Proposed Syllabus For 6th Sem Diploma-PIT
Instrumentation and Process Control (03603307)

Type of Course: Diploma in Petrochemical Engineering


Prerequisite: Basics of differential equations, material and energy balance
Rationale: This subject gives the knowledge of various instruments used to measure various
processes parameters. This course will impart knowledge on working principle, construction,
repair, and use of these instruments. This course will make the students knowledgeable in various
types of measuring instruments used in chemical process industries.The diploma holder in
chemical engineering has to deal with all kinds of equipment’s in the chemical industry. This
subject provides him/her thorough knowledge using all type of measuring & control instruments
along with heat transfer, mass transfer equipment’s along with pumps, blowers, compressors,
crushers and screens and size reduction machines.

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Examination


Scheme
Credit Total
External Internal
Lect Tut Lab
Hrs/ Hrs/ Hrs/ T P T CE P
Week Week Week

4 0 2 6 70 0 30 60 40 200
Lect - Lecture, Tut - Tutorial, Lab - Lab, T - Theory, P - Practical, CE – Class Evaluation, T -
Theory, P - Practical

Contents:

Sr. Topic Weightage Teaching


Hrs.
Unit – I : Basic Concept Of Measurement And Measurement of
Temperature
Purpose of Instrumentation – Measurement and its aim- Functional
elements of Instruments – Static and Dynamic characteristics of
1 Instruments - Signaling and Recording Instruments – Circular and Strip 12% 5
chart- Instrumentation diagram.
Temperature measuring Instruments- Methods of temperature
measurement- Liquid filled thermometer- Gas filled Thermometer-
Bimetallic Thermometer- Electrical Resistance Thermometer -
Thermocouples Thermistor – Radiation Pyrometer- optical pyrometer-
Temperature Transmitter.
Unit II : Measurement Of Pressure

Pressure- Units of Pressure- Different types of pressure- Methods of


pressure measurement. Bourdon gauge - Bellow and Diaphragm
2 Pressure sensors. Vacuum measurement - Pirani gauge - Ionization 19% 8
gauge, Electrical pressure Transducers - Strain gauge pressure
Transducers – Potentiometric pressure Transducers- Differential
pressure Transmitter- Piezoelectric Pressure Transducer- Linear
Variable Differential Transformer
(LVD )
Unit – III Measurement of Flow, Liquid Level and Humidity

Flow measurement: Introduction- Methods of flow measurement-


Orifice meter–venturimeter- Rotameter- Pitot tube- Weirs and
3 Flumes- Electromagnetic Flowmeter- Turbine flow meter- Nutating
Disc type. 19% 8
Liquid level measurement: Introduction- Methods of level
measurement- Sight glass- Float-tape level indicator- Air purge
system- Capactive and Conductivity type level sensor- Radiation
level detector- Bin and Diaphragm type.
Humidity measurement: Hair Hygrometer – sling
Psychrometer.
Unit IV: Process Control
Automatic control system –significance –Terminology used in
control system: controlled variable, manipulated variable, set point,
etc,. -General process control system: open loop system ,closed loop
system ,Feedback control system, Feed forward control system and
Ratio control system (Principles and Purposes only)-Block diagram-
4 elements of process dynamics – static and dynamic behavior of
process-process lag-dead time- process degree of freedom.
Automatic controllers: controllers- classification; based on
control action such as P ,PI,PD,PID based on actuating medium such 26% 11
as Pneumatic, Hydraulic and Electronic( concept and application only
in Pneumatic system) - Final control element: control valves, variable
speed drives.
Control application in (a)liquid level system (b) Heat
Exchanger- control of temperature and flow rate. (c) Batch Reactor-
control of temperature and pressure.

Unit V: Computerized Process Control

Modes of signal- Transmission of Analog signal-electronic and


pneumatic methods- Transmission of Digital signal - Data logging and
transmission using computer-conversion of analog signal into digital 23% 10
e-versa.
Process control computers: Analog computer system, Digital
computer system-Features of both types- application of Distributed
5 Controlled System(DCS) in unit operation, unit process and plant
control-schematic diagrams for the control of simple unit process-
computer supervisory control-simple control flow sheets using
computer for Batch reactor and CSTR.
Simulation: Basic Concepts-Analog simulation, Digital
simulation and Hybrid simulation-characteristics of each types- basic
concepts in writing mathematical models- scope – Principles of
formulation – mathematical modeling for the following system – liquid
flow in mixed tank – uniform diameter circular type – single CSTR and
Tubular reactor.
*Using mass balance equation for uni-molecular First order and
irreversible chemical reaction.

Text Books:
1. Industrial Instrumentation by Donald Eckman , Allied Publishers, 1982
2. Industrial Instrumentation and control by S.K Singh , Twelfth edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Ltd ., New Delhi.
3. Automatic Process Control by Donald P.Eckman, Sixth edition, Wiley Eastern Limited.
4. Computer Control of Processes by M.Chidambaram, Narosa Publishing House.
5. Outlines of Chemical Instrumentation and Control by A. Suryanarayan

Reference Books:
1. Perry’s Chemical Engineering Hand book, Seventh edition, Robert H. Perry, McGraw Hill
Book Company, Singapore – 1997.
2. Process Modeling, Simulation and control for Chemical Engineers by Luyben, McGraw Hill
Kogakasha Ltd.
3. Chemical process control by George Stephanopoulos, PHI learning pvt Ltd.

List Of Experiments :
1. Characteristics of different temperature sensors like Thermocouple module, RTD and
Thermistor module.
2. Measurement of Pressure using Strain Gauge type Transducer
3. Measurement of Pressure using Bourdon Pressure Transducer
4. Study the linearity of P/I and I/P converter.
5. Level measurement by using Air purge method and Differential Pressure (DP) Transmitter.
6. Study of valve flow coefficients and inherent characteristics of Linear, Equal% and Quick
opening.
7. Study of ON- OFF controller using Temperature controller Trainer kit by monitoring the
process in SCADA mode or Analog.
8. Study of P,PI and PID controller us Liquid Level controller Trainer kit by monitoring the
process in SCADA ode or Analog.
9. Study of P, PI and PID controller using Pressure controller Trainer kit by monitoring the
process in SCADA mode r Analog.
10. Study of multidrop communication system for temperature, pressure and Level control
Trainer kit (ON OFF and PID Controller) in SCADA mode or Analog.

List Of Equipments :
1. Temperature sensors like Thermocouple, R D and Thermistor.
2. Strain Gauge type Pressure Transducer
3. Bourdon Pressure Transducer
4. P/I and I/P converter.
5. Differential Pressure Transmitter.
6. Pneumatic control valve (Linear, Equal % and Quick opening) set up.
7. Temperature control Trainer Kit with SCADA or Analog
8. Liquid Level control Trainer Kit with SCADA or Analog
9. Pressure Control Trainer Kit with SCADA or Analog
10. Multidrop communication system.

Course Outcome :
On Completion of the units of syllabus contents the students must be able to understand the
following:

 To understand the application of various Industrial instruments & control. System to measure
the process variables, to know the necessity of studying Instrumentation, To list our various
Temperature measuring Instruments.
 To list out various pressure measuring Instruments, To understand the working of various
temperature measuring Instruments and To understand the working of various pressure
measuring Instruments
 To list out various Flow measuring Instruments, To list out various Liquid level measuring
Instruments, To measure the Flow rate using different flow measuring Instruments ,To handle
various level measuring Instruments and To understand the operation of different Humidity
measuring Instruments
 To understand the significance of automatic control system., To distinguish the various modes
of control actions and understand the principle of various controllers
 To understand about transmission of both analog and digital signals and To understand the
concept about Distriuted Controlle System and its applications.

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