Misr International University Faculty of Engineering Term: Fall 2010 Department of Electronics and Communication

Course: EEG 383 Electronic Measurements and Instrumentations Instructor: Prof. Fawzy Ibrahim TA: Eng. Waleed Elhalwagy

Problem Set #1 Structure of measurement systems 1. Sketch a measurement system and state the function of each block. 2. Explain what is meant by: a. Active instruments. b. Passive instruments. Give examples of each. 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of null and deflection types of measuring instrument. 4. Briefly define and explain all the static characteristics of measuring instruments. 5. Explain the difference between accuracy and precision in an instrument. 6. A tungsten thermocouple has an output e.m.f. as shown in the following table when its hot junction is at the temperature shown. Determine the sensitivity of measurement for the thermocouple in mv/C mV C 4.37 250 8.74 500 13.11 750 17.48 1000

7. Define sensitivity drift and zero drift. What factors can cause sensitivity drift and zero drift in instrument characteristics? 8. a. An instrument is calibrated in an environment at a temperature of 20 C and the following output readings y are obtained for various input values x: Y X 13.1 5 26.2 10 39.3 15 52.4 20 65.5 25 78.6 25

Determine the measurement sensitivity, expressed as the ratio y/x. b. When the instrument is subsequently used in an environment at a temperature of 50 C, the input/output characteristic changes to the following: Y X
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14.7 5

29.4 10

44.1 15

58.8 20

73.5 25

88.2 25
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Determine the new measurement sensitivity; hence determine the sensitivity drift due to the change in ambient temperature of 30 C. 9. A load cell is calibrated in an environment at a temperature of 21 C and has the following deflection/load characteristics: Load (kg) Deflection (mm) 0 0 50 1 100 2 150 3 200 4

When used in an environment at 35 C, its characteristic changes to the following: Load (kg) Deflection (mm) 0 2 50 1.3 100 2.4 150 3.5 200 4.6

a. Determine the sensitivity at 21 C and 35 C. b. Calculate the total zero drift and sensitivity drift at 35 C. c. Hence determine the zero drift and sensitivity drift coefficients. 10.An automated submarine is equipped with temperature and depth measuring instruments and has a radio equipment that can transmit the output reading of these instruments back to the surface. The submarine is initially floating on the surface of the sea with the instrument output reading in steady state. The depth measuring instrument is approximately zero order and the temperature transducer is first order with a time constant of 50 seconds. The water temperature on the sea surface, T0, is 20 C and the temperature TX at a depth of x meters is given by the relation: TX = T0 0.01x a. If the submarine starts diving at time zero, and thereafter goes down at a velocity of 0.5 meters/second, draw a table showing the temperature and depth measurements reported at intervals of 100 seconds over the first 500 seconds of travel. Show also in the table the error in each temperature reading. b. What temperature does the submarine report at a depth of 1000 meters.

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