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UEEA2413 Tutorial 1

This document contains a tutorial for a process control and instrumentation course. It provides 7 practice problems related to common process control elements like sensors, controllers, valves and their interactions. The problems cover topics such as: 1) calculating sensor output values given linear transfer functions, 2) determining controller setpoints from relay specifications, 3) deriving linear equations to relate sensor outputs to physical properties, and 4) modeling sensor response over time. Solving the problems helps students learn how to apply fundamental process control and instrumentation concepts.

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UEEA2413 Tutorial 1

This document contains a tutorial for a process control and instrumentation course. It provides 7 practice problems related to common process control elements like sensors, controllers, valves and their interactions. The problems cover topics such as: 1) calculating sensor output values given linear transfer functions, 2) determining controller setpoints from relay specifications, 3) deriving linear equations to relate sensor outputs to physical properties, and 4) modeling sensor response over time. Solving the problems helps students learn how to apply fundamental process control and instrumentation concepts.

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UEEA2413 Process Control and Instrumentation

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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty Course : FES : BEng(Hons) 3E, EE, EC, ME, MM, BI, MH. Year/ : Year 2 / Semester 2 Semester Year 3/ Semester 1 Session : January 2010 Unit Code Unit Title Lecturer Tutor Last Revised : UEEA2413 : Process Control and Instrumentation : Niranjan Debnath. Chin Feei Shien : January 2010

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1. An analog sensor converts flow linearly so that flow from 0 to 300 m 3/h becomes a current from 0 to 50 mA. Calculate the current for a flow of 225 m3/h. 2. A process temperature control system is shown in Figure 1. The relays close at |1.5| V & open at |1.1| V. This means that one relay will close at +1.5 V and the other at 1.5 V. The relay that closes at +1.5 V will open at +1.1 V while the other will open at 1.1 V (there is a deadband). The amplifier has a gain of 10, the reference is 3 V, and the sensor outputs 150 mV/C. Calculate the temperatures at which the heater turns on and off and at which the cooler turns on and off.

Figure 1 3. Suppose a liquid level ranging from 5.5 to 8.6 m is linearly converted to pneumatic pressure ranging from 3 to 15 psi. What pressure will result from a level of 7.2 m? What level does a pressure of 4.7 psi represent?
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UEEA2413 Process Control and Instrumentation

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4. A controller output is a 4 to 20 mA signal that drives a valve to control flow. The relation between current and flow is Q = 45 I 2 gal/min. where I is in mA. What is the flow for 12 mA? What current produces a flow of 162 gal/min? 5. A level sensor inputs a range from 4.50 to 10.6 ft and outputs a pressure range from 3 to 15 psi. Find a linear equation between level and pressure. What is the pressure for the level of 9.2 ft? 6. A temperature sensor has a static transfer function of 0.15 mV/C and time constant of 3.3 sec. If a step change of 22C to 50C is applied at t = 0, find the output voltage at 0.5 sec, 2.0 sec., 3.3 sec. and 9 sec. 7. A pressure sensor measures 44 psi just before a sudden change to 70 psi. The sensor measure 52 psi at a time 4.5 sec. after the change. What is the sensor time constant?

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