Outline for Instrumentation & Control Lab

Instructors: Prof. Nabeel Khalid

Engr. Abdullah Madni

Course Code: ESN 4134 (3+1)

Semester:
Fall 2016

Grading Policy:

Sessional 60%
(30 Marks)
Final 40%
(20 Marks)
Total

Weekly Lab
Performance
Presentation
Performance + Viva +
Manual
(10 + 5 + 5)
50 Marks

20 Marks
10 Marks
20 Marks

List of Experiments & Weekly Lab Plan:

Week Experiment
No.
No.

Description/Objective
Part I (Instrumentation)

To study the characteristics of various Positional Resistance Transducers

To study various temperature measuring instruments and to estimate

their response times
a) IC temperature Sensors
b) Thermocouple
c) NTC Thermistor
d) Resistance Temperature Detector
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To study the operation and characteristics of Linear Variable Differential

Transformer (LVDT) for position measurement
To study the construction and characteristics of Strain Gauge for force
measurement applications
To study the construction and characteristics of Air Flow, Air Pressure
and Humidity Transducers

To study the closed loop operation of a level measurement system

To study the closed loop operation of a Flow measurement system

To study the closed loop operation of a Temperature measurement

system
Midterm Exam
To study the closed loop operation of a Pressure measurement system

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

13

a) To study the mathematical modeling of physical systems using

MATLAB and Simulink.
b) State Variable Modeling Using MATLAB
Evaluation and Study of Control input and output relationship.
Perform a DC motor static and dynamic parameter estimation to develop
a first order transfer function of a DC motor
To study the characteristics of a Control System

14

14

To study the Root Locus Method

15
16

15

To study the frequency response method

Lab Final (Performance & Viva)

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