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    BSc.

    Computer Science(Academic Year 2019-20 Onwards)

    XXXXA12 Sensors and Transducers


    (Basic principle, working and applications only expected)

    Course Number: 15
    Contact Hours per Week: 4T
    Number of Credits: 4
    Number of Contact Hours: 64 Hrs.
    Course Evaluation: Internal – 20 Marks + External – 80 Marks
    Course Outcome
    The students will be able to

     Explain resistance, inductance and capacitance transducers.


     Perceive the concepts of temperature transducers.
     Perceive the concepts level transducers and pressure
     Explain flow transducers, electromagnetic transducers, radiation sensors and sound transducers

    Course Outline

    UNIT I

    Transducers: Definition, Principle of sensing & transduction, Classification, Characteristics of


    transducers.
    Resistance Transducer: Basic principle – Potentiometer –Loading effects, Resistance strain gauge–
    Types.
    Inductance Transducer: - Basic principle – Linear variable differential transformer –types.
    Capacitance Transducer: Basic principle- transducers using change in area of plates – distance
    between plates- variation of dielectric constants –Types
    UNIT II

    Thermal sensors: Resistance change type: RTD - materials, types, working principle, Thermistor
    - materials, working principle, Thermo emf sensors: Thermocouple – Principle and types, IR
    Radiation sensors: Principle and types.
    UNIT III

    Pressure Transducers: basic principle- different types of manometers-u tube manometer-well type
    manometers.
    Level transducer-continuous level measurement-discrete level measurement-mass –capacitive level
    gauges

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    UNIT IV

    Flow Transducers: Bernoulli’s principle and continuity, Orifice plate, nozzle plate, venture tube,
    Rotameter, anemometers, electromagnetic flow meter.

    Radiation sensors: LDR, Photovoltaic cells, photodiodes, photo emissive cell types
    Sound Transducers: Sound level meter, Microphone.
    Hall Effect transducers.

    Text Books

    1. D Patranabis, Sensors and Transducers, PHI, 2nd Edition.

    2. Murthy D.V.S., ―Transducers and Instrumentation, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall


    of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2010.
    Reference Books
    1. E. A. Doebelin, Measurement Systems: Application and Design McGraw Hill, New York
    2. A.K. Sawhney,- A course in Electrical & Electronic Measurement and
    Instrumentation, DhanpatRai and Company Private Limited.
    3. S.Renganathan, ―Transducer Engineering, Allied Publishers, 2005

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