Course: Sensors and Measurement of Non-Electric Quantities

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Course title Sensors and Measurement of Non-Electric Quantities
Course code KE/ISAME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cvejn Jan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Škrabánek Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Rozsíval Pavel, Ing.
  • Havlíček Libor, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Measurement network (Static and dynamic characteristic of sensors, error, accuracy and interpretation of measurement) Passive sensors (resistance, induction, capacity, conductivity, photoelectric) Active sensors (thermoelectric, piezoelectric, induction, hall sensors) Signal convertors (operational amplifier, AC and DC bridges, convertors) Temperature measurement (resistance, semiconductor, thermoelectric, pyrometrical sensors) Pressure measurement (deformation, induction, capacity, piezoelectric, strain gauge manometers) Liquid level measurement (mechanical, optical, capacity, conduction and ultrasound level sensors) Flow measurement (volume, turbine, throttling, electric and special flow measurement) Density and viscosity measurement (chosen density and viscometer) Analysis of gases and liquids

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Laboratory work
Learning outcomes
Course provides the basic knowledge of measurement technological quantity principles within realization of concrete sensors and processing their outputs. Students should acquire practical knowledge of measurement of temperature, pressure, liquid level, flow, analysis of liquid and gases.
Students should acquire knowledge of measurement of basic technological quantity and practical skills.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of electronic circuits theory.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Student´s attendance at seminars and laboratory protocols are required.. Oral exam consists of 3 question from published list.
Recommended literature
  • Automatizační přístroje ZPA Nová Paka. OTS 1982.
  • Ďaďo S., Kreidl M. Senzory a měřicí obvody. ČVUT Praha, 1999, ISBN 80-01-02057-6.
  • Drábek O., Taufer I. Automatizované systémy řízení technologických procesů. Univerzita Pardubice, 1985.
  • Haasz V., Sedláček M. Elektircké měření.. ČVUT Praha, 2000.
  • Koropecká, Helena. Měřicí technika. Pardubice: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 1989. ISBN 80-85113-05-8.
  • Váňa, J. Analyzátory plynů a kapalin. SNTL Praha 1984.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2015) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2016) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Process Control (2013) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Process Control (2014) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Process Control (2016) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2014) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Communication and Microprocessor Technology (2013) Category: Electrical engineering, telecommunication and IT 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Study plan (Version): Process Control (2015) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer