Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : EE2003 : Electrical Measurement and Instrumentation { 3-0-0 / 3}

Subject Nature : Theory

Coordinator : Prof. Arnab Ghosh

Syllabus

• Module 1: Per- Measurement of Electrical Quantities (3 hours)
o Standards of Measurement & Errors
o Voltmeter, Ammeter, Wattmeter, and Energy meter

• Module 2: Measurement of Electrical Elements: (7 hours)
o Measurement of low, medium and high resistances, insulation resistance measurement
o AC bridges for inductance and capacitance measurement

• Module 3: Instrument Transformers (8 hours)
o Current transformers, ratio and phase angle errors
o Potential transformers, ratio and phase angle errors

• Module 4: Power & Energy (8 hours)
o Wattmeter.
o Energy meter
o Potentiometer

• Module 5: Electronic Measurements (8 hours)
o Electronic voltmeter, multimeter, wattmeter & energy meter.
o Time, Frequency and phase angle measurements using CRO Spectrum & Wave analyzer
o Digital counter, frequency meter, voltmeter, multimeter, and storage oscilloscope

• Module 6: Instrumentation (6 hours)
o Transducers, classification & selection of transducers, strain gauges, inductive & capacitive transducers, piezoelectric and Hall-effect transducers, thermistor, thermocouple, photo-diodes & photo-transistors, encoder type digital transducers, Signal conditioning and telemetry, basic concepts of smart sensors and applications.
o Data Acquisition Systems.

Course Objectives

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to <br /> <br />1. Investigate the necessary precautions to reduce the errors in measurements of engineering parameters and knowledge for the constructions of Ammeter, Voltmeter etc. <br /> <br />2. Measure unknown electrical elements like as resistance, inductance, capacitance etc. <br /> <br />3. Calculate ratio and phase errors in instrumentation transformers and apply necessary correction. <br /> <br />4. Measure power and energy for balanced and unbalanced condition in electrical circuit. <br /> <br />5. Determine the operating principal and applications of various electronics instruments used in engineering. <br /> <br />6. Comprehend signal conditioning and data acquisition systems and apply this knowledge to virtual instrumentation.

Essential Reading

Supplementary Reading