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Process Measurements

Course Code	: MTR222
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 1
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

Students should be able to realize how to follow scientific research methods, techniques of data collection and reporting.

Course Content

Science and basic concepts (facts, knowledge, absolute, accurate, false, universal knowledge), basic knowledge related to science history, the structure of scientific researches, scientific methods and different perspectives related to these methods, problem, research design, population and sample, the collection of data, data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative research methods), analysis of data, explanation of data and reporting.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	To have an understanding of the importance of measurement and instrumentation in industrial processes.
2.	To gain an ability to use digital controllers and tune PID parameters
3.	To be able to identify the principle operation and types of position sensors/transducers.
4.	To have an understanding of pressure and vacuum measurements and identify manometers and to gain an ability to use and tune pressure measuring instruments.
5.	To have an understanding of strain gages, to be able to measure weight, force and pressure using load cells.
6.	To be able to identify the principle operation of speed, acceleration and vibration measurements and have an understanding of the measuring devices.
7.	To be able to analyze technical data of the instruments and apply to the related process.
8.	To be able to use and tune instruments as a part of a team, and write reports for the experiments

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Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Definitions of instrument, sensor, measurement, process and process control. Basic fields of application of instrumentation.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Explanation of and basic calculations on performance parameters of sensors. Basic elements in a closed control loop and emphasizing the importance of measurement in process control.

Week 3 - Theoretical

An understanding of on-off and PID control. PID control experiments using a digital controller.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Operating principles and technical data of position sensors.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Operating principles of and a comparative study on potentiometer, inductive and LVDT displacement transducers and encoders.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Basic concepts of pressure measurement. Gage and vacuum pressure manometers.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Operating principles and technical data of bellows, diaphragm and Bourdon tube elastic pressure transducers.

Week 8 - Theoretical

Operating principles and technical data of bellows, diaphragm and Bourdon tube elastic pressure transducers.

Week 9 - Theoretical

Methods and signal conditioning circuits used to obtain electrical output from elastic pressure transducers by displacement transducers and strain gages.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Operating principles of piezo-resistive and piezo-electrical pressure transmitters and industrial fields of application.

Week 11 - Theoretical

Vacuum pressure classification and operating principles of vacuum measuring devices.

Week 12 - Theoretical

Basic definitions and types of strain gages, and the measuring circuits

Week 13 - Theoretical

Operating principles and technical data of a.c., d.c., variable reluctance and optical tachometers used to measure angular velocity.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Basic definitions of acceleration measurement and operating principles of practical acceleration transducers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	1	2	42
Lecture - Practice	14	1	1	28
Midterm Examination	1	0	1	1
Final Examination	1	0	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				72

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