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Session
: 2015-16
Branch-Sem-Section
: EEE - 5th
Year
: 2015
Course Name
Course Code
: ETEE - 305
Faculty Name
: Prof K P Chaudhary
Department
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MAXIMUM MARKS: 75
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John P. Bentely, Principles of Measurement System, 4th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall
Course Objective: To provide the basic understanding about operational characteristics and
applications of various sensors and transducers.
Course Outcomes: After successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
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Differentiate between sensors and transducers & interpret physical principles applied in
sensors.
Get familiar with the advances in sensor technology & analyze the working & applications
of electrochemical cell & electroceramics, smart sensors, semiconductor IC sensors,
microelectro mechanical systems, nanosensors and bio sensors.
4. Describe and interpret different principles applied in transducers & feedback transducers.
Lecture Plan
(w.e.f. 2015-2016)
Subject: SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS
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Q.No.4
Show that parallel plate capacitors serves the most suitable transducers
for measurement of linear displacement.
QNo.5
thermometer. QNo.3.
QNo.4(a) what is seebeck effects. How does it develop and how has it been commercially
exploited.
Q.No.4 (b) what different material-pairs are used for making commercial thermoemf generators?
How are they designated?
QNo.5.
Explain Hall Effect and suggest its applicability for measurement of
physical quantities.
QNo.6.
QNo.7.
Explain Photoelectric Effect and show how this phenomenon enables
measurement of electromagnetic radiations.
QNo.8.
Distinguish between photovoltaic, photo emissive, and photoconductive cells
and suggest the range of wavelengths of radiations for which they are suitable.
Q.5.
Explain how automatic balancing of dc Wheatstone bridge can be achieved
by using negative feedback. Show that self balancing is done i) mechanically, and ii)
electronically
Q.6
what is pneumatic load cell? And what is it used for? Can it be used with liquids
in place of air?
Precision.
Resolution.
Range
Accuracy.
A thermistor.
A pn junction sensor
A platinum resistance thermometer
Thermocouple
5. The image below shows a strain. With the device oriented as shown, what is the direction of
sensitivity of the device?
a) Vertical.
b) Horizontal.
Certain type of materials generates an electrostatic charge or voltage when mechanical force
a) Natural group
b) Synthetic group
c) Natural or Synthetic group
d) Fiber group
15. Which of the following are piezo electric substances?
1. Barium titanate
2. Lead titanate
3. Lead Zirconate
4. Cadmium and sulphate
a) 1,2 and 4
b) 1,3and4
c) 1,2and 3
d) 2,3and 4
16. The draw backs of strain gauges are
S1: Low fatigue life
S2: They are expensive, brittle and sensitive to temperature S3:
Poor linearity
a) S1 and S2
b) S2 and S3
c) S1 and S3
d) S1 only
17. Piezo-electric transducers are
a) Passive transducers
b) Inverse transducers
c) Digital transducers
d) Pulse transducers
18. Piezo electric transducers work when we apply
to it.
a) Mechanical force
b) Vibrations
c) Illuminations
d) Heat
19. Which of the following can be measured with the help of piezo electric crystal?
a) Force
b) Velocity
c) Sound
d) Pressure
20. S1: Transducer is a device which converts physical into electrical quantity
S2: Transducer is also called as sensor.
a) S1 is true & S2 is false
b) S2 is true & S1 is false
c) Both S1 & S2 are true
d) Both S1 & S2 are false
21. Pick the correct statement regarding functions of a transducer
S1: Sense the magnitude, change in & / or frequency of same measurand
S2: To provide electrical output that furnishes accurate, quantitative data about the measurand
a) S1 is true & S2 is false
b) S2 is true & S1 is false
c) Both S1 & S2 are true
d) Both S1 & S2 are false
b) Photo diode
c) Photo transistor
d) Photo multiplier
28. In a graded index fiber, the total reflected light takes a
a) Straight line path
b) Parabolic path
c) Elliptical path
d) Circular path
29. Photo multiplier consists of
a) 1 Photo emissive cathode & 2 dynodes
b) 2 Photo emissive cathodes & 2 dynodes
c) 2 Photo emissive cathodes & 1 dynode
d) 1 Photo emissive cathode & 1 dynode
30. The resistance of LDR
a) Remains unaltered
b) Increases
c) Reaches maximum
d) Decreases
31. What causes the piezoelectric effect?
a) a magnetic field
b) heat or dissimilar metals
c) pressure on a crystal
d) water running on iron
32. What does a hall effect sensor sense?
a) pressure
b) magnetic fields
c) moisture
d) temperature
33. What type of application would use a photovoltaic cell?
a)
b)
an automobile horn
a magnetic field detector
c)
d)
a TI 92 calculator
a remote power source
(R/R)/(L/L)
c)
(R/R)/(D/D)
d)
(R/R)/(P/P)