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SYLYBUS:
1.PRESSURE MEASYREMENT:
Units:
i.

Different units.

ii.

Gauge scale (vacuum, Absolute).

iii.

Different Transducer based upon different principles.

Transducer Types:
i.

Barometers.

ii.

Manometers (u type, well type, enlarges leg, inclined leg).

iii.

Elastic type transducer

iv.

Bourdon tube, diaphragm.

2.Temperature measurement
a. Scale and their construction
b. Transducer
b.1. Expansion type transducer
i.
ii.
iii.

Solid thermometer
Liquid thermometer
Gas vapor

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b.2. Elastic type thermometer (RTD)

i.
ii.

Hygrometry transducer
Radiation and optical transducer

3. Level measurement

a. Direct method
b. Indirect method
a. Direct method
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.

Dip stick method

Hook gauge method
Ball and tape method
Bouncy particle
Float gauge method
Float and shaft method
Magnetic level indicator
Magnetic level switch
Displacement method
Sight gauge glass method

b. Indirect method
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.

Hydrostatic method
Hydrostatic pressure gauge method
Diaphragm method
Air bucket method
Differential pressure method
Radiation method (indirect method)
Capacitance method
Ultra sonic method

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4. Flow measurement
i.
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iii.
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vi.
vii.
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xi.
xii.

Bernoullis theorem and continuity equation

Transducers
Differential pressure type
Flow nozzle
Venturi
Variable aria type
Electromagnetic flow meters
Turbine type flow meters
Mass flow meters
Positive displacement flow meters
Vortex flow meters
Ultra sonic flow meters