Outline for Instrumentation & Control Lab
Instructors: Prof. Nabeel Khalid
Engr. Abdullah Madni
Course Code: ESN 4134 (3+1)
Semester:
Fall 2016
Grading Policy:
Sessional 60%
(30 Marks)
Final 40%
(20 Marks)
Total
Weekly Lab
Performance
Presentation
Performance + Viva +
Manual
(10 + 5 + 5)
50 Marks
20 Marks
10 Marks
20 Marks
List of Experiments & Weekly Lab Plan:
Week Experiment
No.
No.
Description/Objective
Part I (Instrumentation)
To study the characteristics of various Positional Resistance Transducers
To study various temperature measuring instruments and to estimate
their response times
a) IC temperature Sensors
b) Thermocouple
c) NTC Thermistor
d) Resistance Temperature Detector
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To study the operation and characteristics of Linear Variable Differential
Transformer (LVDT) for position measurement
To study the construction and characteristics of Strain Gauge for force
measurement applications
To study the construction and characteristics of Air Flow, Air Pressure
and Humidity Transducers
To study the closed loop operation of a level measurement system
To study the closed loop operation of a Flow measurement system
To study the closed loop operation of a Temperature measurement
system
Midterm Exam
To study the closed loop operation of a Pressure measurement system
10
10
11
11
12
12
13
13
a) To study the mathematical modeling of physical systems using
MATLAB and Simulink.
b) State Variable Modeling Using MATLAB
Evaluation and Study of Control input and output relationship.
Perform a DC motor static and dynamic parameter estimation to develop
a first order transfer function of a DC motor
To study the characteristics of a Control System
14
14
To study the Root Locus Method
15
16
15
To study the frequency response method
Lab Final (Performance & Viva)
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