JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Instrumentation and Process Control

Course Objectives

Instrumentation and Process Control laboratory enables a “hands-on”

environment that is important for developing students’ understanding of theoretical ideas. Instrumentation and Process Control laboratory is equipped with different instruments like computer- based temperature measurement, level detection, pressure measurement, flow measurement etc. and different types of valves, and operations in process control loop. On different panels or rigs these are arranged in different control configurations to achieve specific control objectives.

Course Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• develop awareness of safety in the laboratory so that all laboratory work is carried out in a safe manner
• develop the ability to carry out experimental investigations of processes which include creating equipment diagrams and comprehensive safe operating procedures for various unit operations
• determine a specific set of experimental objectives
• develop the ability to work in a team and develop confidence through the application of previously acquired knowledge of unit operations, chemical reactions, process safety, and process control
• learn how to apply software tools typically used by process control professionals

List of Experiments:

• 1. Calibration and determination of time lag of various first and second order instruments Major equipment - First order instrument like Mercury-in-Glass thermometer and Overall second order instrument like Mercury-in-Glass thermometer in a thermal well
• 2. Experiments with single and two capacity systems with and without interaction Major equipment- Single tank system, Two-tank systems (Interacting and Non-Interacting)
• 3. Level control trainer Major equipment - Level control trainer set up with computer
• 4. Temperature control trainer Major equipment - Temperature control trainer with computer
• 5. Cascade control Major equipment - Cascade control apparatus with computer
• 6. Experiments on proportional, reset, rate mode of control etc. Major equipment – PID control apparatus
• 7. Control valve characteristics Major equipment – Control valve set up
• 8. Estimation of damping coefficient for U-tube manometer Major equipment - U-tube manometer
• 9. Calibration of Mercury in glass thermometer 10 Calibration of Thermocouple 11 Calibration of Pressure Gauge 12 Calibration of Rotameter R18 B.TECH PETROLEUM ENGG. III YEAR