JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-requisites

Nil.

Course Objective

To provide the knowledge of basic and contemporary instrumentation

and control practices in the Industries like Paper and Pulp, Petrochemical, Aerospace etc.

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course the student shall be able to apply his

instrumentation knowledge which he acquired during the course of study.

UNIT - I

Pulp and Paper Industries: Manufacture of pulp: Raw Materials, Pulping Processes, Craft Pulping, Soda Pulping, Sulfite Pulping, Semi Chemical Pulping, Mechanical, and Thermo mechanical Pulping. Manufacture of paper: Wet Processing, Fourdrinier Machine, Coated Papers, Specialty Papers.

UNIT - II

Cement Industries: Portland Cements, Other Cements, Lime, Gypsum, Miscellaneous Calcium Components, Magnesium Components Nuclear Industries: Nuclear Reactions, Uranium and Thorium Fission, Uranium as an Energy Source, Nuclear Fuels, Nuclear Reactors, Fusion Reactions, Fusion, Processing Nuclear Materials, Isotopes and Isotope Separation, Protection from Radioactivity, Waste Disposal.

UNIT - III

Petrochemical Industries: Unit Operations: Drying-Separation-Heat Transfer-Distillation- Thermal Cracking- Catalytic Cracking-Catalytic Reforming- Hydro Cracking – Hydro Treating -Chemical Oxidation-Chemical Reduction-Polymerization- Alkylation- Isomerization-Production of Ethylene, Acetylene- And Propylene from Petroleum Measurements in refineries petrochemical industries: Differential Pressure Transmitter, Thermocouples Infrared Pyrometer, Mass Flow Meters, Potentiometric Level Transmitter, Vacuum Measurement,

UNIT - IV

Flight Instrumentation - I: Primary Flight Instruments (Principle of operation): Pitot Static System For The Measurement Of Aircraft Speed, Aneroid Barometer And Altimeter, Gyroscope And Its Properties, Methods Of Operating Gyroscopic Flight Instruments, Gyro Horizon, Vacuum Driven Gyro Horizon, Electric Gyro Horizon.

R16 B.TECH EIE.

Heading Indicating Instruments (Principle of operation): Direct Reading Magnetic Compass, Liquid Damping Direct Reading Compass and Liquid Expansion Compensating Direct Reading Compass, Remote Indicating Compass System.

UNIT - V

Flight Instrumentation - II: Measurement of Engine Speed, Engine Temperature, Aircraft Pressure(Principle Of Operation): Mechanical Tachometers, Electrical Tachometers, Air Temperature Sensors To Measure RAT And SAT, Radiation Pyrometer System, Methods Of Measuring Pressure, U- Tube Manometer, Direct Reading Pressure Gauges, Remote Indicating Pressure Gauges. Measurement of Fuel quantity and Fuel flow (Principle of Operation): Float Type Fuel Quantity Indicating System, Capacitance Type Fuel Gauge System, Fuel Flow Measurement, Independent, and Integrated Flow Meter System.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Austin G.T. Shreeves, Chemical Process Industries, McGraw-Hill International Student Edition, Singapore, 1985
• 2. Pallet, E.H.J. Aircrafts Instruments and Integrated Systems. Longman Scientific & Technical, McGraw-Hill, 1992.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Principles of Industrial Instrumentation, D. Patranabis, Mc Graw Hill.
• 2. John R Lavigne, An Introduction To Paper Industry Instrumentation, Miller Freeman Publications, California, 1985 Series.
• 3. Liptak B.G. Instrumentation in Process Industries, Chilton Book Company, 1994.
• 4. Liptak B.G., Process Measurement and Analysis, Third Edition, Chilton Book Company, 1996. R16 B.TECH EIE.