13EI34 SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS

L T P C 3 1 0 4
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
Explain various system of units& standards, classifcation of transducers and
selection of transducers
Perform statistical error analysis of measurements
Appreciate the different static characteristics and obtain dynamic characteristics of the
transducers
Describe the principle of operation, characteristics and applications of resistive transducer
Describe the principle of operation, characteristics and applications of inductive transducer
Describe the principle of operation, characteristics and applications of capacitive transducer
Appreciate the application of modern sensors
UNIT I SCIENCE OF MEASUREMENTS AND CLASSIFICATION OF
TRANSDUCERS 12
Generalized measurement system - Units and standards !alibration methods "tatic
calibration !lassifcation of errors -#imitin$ error and probable error Error analysis
"tatistical methods %dds and uncertainty !lassifcation of transducers "election of
transducers&
UNIT II CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSDUCERS
12
"tatic characteristics 'ccuracy, precision, resolution, sensitivity, linearity,
repeatability,reproducibility, loadin$ e(ect, drift, static error, span and ran$e,
hysteresis, dead time and dead zone -)ynamic characteristics *athematical model of
transducer +ero, , and ,, order transducers --esponse to impulse, step, ramp and
sinusoidal inputs&
UNIT III VARIABLE RESISTANCE TRANSDUCERS
12
Principle of operation, construction details, characteristics and applications of
potentiometer-loadin$e(ect - strain $au$e types - -esistance temperature detector
.-/)0 /hermistor - hot-wire anemometer - constant current and constant temperature
operation - piezoresistive sensor resistive humidity sensor&
UNIT IV VARIABLE INDUCTANCE AND VARIABLE CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCERS
12
,nduction potentiometer 1ariable reluctance transducers Eddy current transducer
Principle of operation, construction details, characteristics and applications of #1)/
!apacitive transducer and types- di(erential capacitance arran$ement variation of
dielectric constant for the measurement of li2uid level - !apacitor microphone
3re2uency response&
UNIT V MODERN TRANSDUCERS
12
Piezoelectric transducer 4all E(ect transducer *a$netostrictive sensor- )i$ital
displacement transducer "mart sensors ,! sensor for temperature - ') 567, #* 885 -
3iber optic sensors- ,ntroduction to "9U,) sensors, 3ilm sensors, /ouch screen sensor,
Photovoltaic and electroma$netic sensor, *E*" and :ano sensors&
L : 45 T : 15, TOTAL : 60
PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
;& Ernest %&)oebelin, <*easurement systems=, >th Edition, /ata *cGraw 4ill Publishin$
!ompany, :ew )elhi, ?7;;&
?& '&@& "awhney, <' course in Electrical & Electronic *easurement and ,nstrumentation=,
)hanpat -ai and !ompany Private #imited, ?77A&
REFERENCES
;& )& Patranabis, "ensors and /ransducers, ?nd Edition, Prentice 4all of ,ndia, ?7;7&
?& Bohn P&Centley, Principles of *easurement "ystems, 8rd Edition, Pearson Education,
?775&
8& :eubert 4&@&P&, ,nstrument /ransducers 'n ,ntroduction to their Performance and
)esi$n, %xford University Press, !ambrid$e, ?778&
A& *urthy, )&1&"&, D/ransducers and ,nstrumentationE, ?nd Edition, Prentice 4all of ,ndia
Private #imited, :ew )elhi, ?7;7&
5& "&-en$anathan, D/ransducers En$ineerin$E, 'llied Publishers, ?775&