SE516

KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS

DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

SE516

MICROCOMPUTER BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS

 

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OBJECTIVES:

Introduce the participants to the modern techniques of intelligent instrumentations for industrial and scientific applications.

INSTRUCTOR : Dr. Moustafa Elshafei

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COURSE OUTLINES:

TOPIC WEEKS

1- TYPICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
Resistive Sensing Elements (RTD, thermistors, etc..).
Capacitive Sensing Elements (level and pressure sensors.)
Inductive Sensing Elements (LVDT, vibration sensors, etc..).
Thermoelectric Sensing Elements (thermocouples).
Elastic Sensing Elements (strain gauges, load cells, etc.).
Piezoelectric Sensing Elements ( ultrasonic, pressure, acceleration).

2- Vibration Measurement

3- Flow Measurement.

3- Ultrasonic Measurement Systems

4- Optical and Infrared Measurement Systems.

5- Gas chromatography

6- Signal conditioning, intrinsic safety, signal processing elements, virtual instruments.

7- SCADA Systems and Fieldbus.

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REFERENCES :

TREFERENCES:

[1] John Bentley, Principles of Measurement Systems, 3rd ed, Longman, 1995.

[2] Nello Zuech (edr), Handbook of Intelligent Sensors for Industrial Automation, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992.

[3] Omega Engineering Handbook Series, 1997.

[4] F. S. TSE and I.E. Morse, Measurement and Instrumentation in Engineering Marcel Dekker Company,1989.

[5] Articles from Instrument Society of America standards and magazines.

[6] Tarik Ozkul, Data Acquisition and Process Control using PC, Marcel Dekker, 1996.

 

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GRADE BREAK DOWN :

Attendance, homework & midterm 30%
Final examination 40%
Project 30%

 

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TERM PAPERS

1- Satelite Telemetry.

2- Medical instrumentation.

3- Vibration measurement and analysis.

4- Integrated Microsensors.

5- Field Bus

under construction.

 

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