Students will be able to:

Design and select from a wide range of manufactured sensors a suitable sensor for the specific application of the technological quantities measurement in laboratory and operating conditions.

Work independently with instruments and systems for temperature, pressure, level, flow measurement, and with gas and liquid analyzers.

Obtaining credit from laboratory exercises.

Successful presentation of an individual project.

Successful oral examination.

B: Smith, C. J.: Basic Process Measurement. John Wiley & Son, 2009, ISBN: 9780470380246.

C: Lipták B. G.: Process Measurement and Analysis. CRC Press 2003, ISBN 9780849310836.

Lectures:

1. Block diagram of measurement chain. Static and dynamic properties of measuring instruments. Overview of sensor principles.

2. Contact thermometers: thermoelectric and resistive (RTD, NTC and PTC thermistors, diode thermometers).

3. Non-contact thermometers - infrared thermometers, thermovisions. Thermography and thermodiagnostics.

4. Pressure sensors. Strain gauge, piezoelectric, resonant sensors. Ionization and thermal vacuum gauges.

5. Level sensors. Capacitive, ultrasonic, radar, ionization.

6. Flow and total volume sensors. Inductive, ultrasonic and vortex flowmeters.

7. Mass flowmeters. Coriolis flowmeters, heat flow meters.

8. Heat quantity measurement.

9. Liquid composition sensors. Density sensors. Sensors of optical properties.

10. Measurement of electrolytical conductivity, electrochemical sensors.

11. Measurement of gaseous mixture composition. Optical absorption analyzers.

12. Magnetic analyzers. Ionization analyzers - FID, PID. Sampling and sample processing for automatic analyzers.

13. Analog and digital signal processing of sensors (measuring bridges, OA applications, converters).

14. Signal transmission (current loop, HART, wireless transmission).

Exercises:

1. Measured data processing.

2. Intelligent pressure transducer.

3. Thermography and thermodiagnostics.

4. Non-contact temperature measurement by spectrophotometer.

5. Microprocessor controlled thermometer.

6. Level measurement and control.

7. Heat quantity measurement.

8. Measurement of gas concentration by semiconductor sensor.

9. Measurement of oxygen concentration in an inert atmosphere by an electrochemical sensor.

10. Detection of flammable and toxic gases. PID analyzer and Oldham MX32 analyzer.

11. Measurement of the concentration of atmospheric pollutants in combustion of natural gas. Advance Optima Analyzer.

12. Multifunctional portable analyzer Oldham MX21.

13. Data acquisition by Metex.

14. Wireless temperature and humidity sensors.

Education support on department website:

https://ufmt.vscht.cz/index.php/en/electronic-aids

e-book:

Lipták, B. G.: Process Measurement and Analysis.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28840732/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Fourth-Edition-Volume-One-Process-Measurement-and-Analysis

Basic math and physics.