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  • Question
  • The transfer function of a pure dead time system with dead time ?d is


  • Options
  • A. 1/(?ds + 1)
  • B. ?ds + 1
  • C. e-?ss
  • D. e?ds

  • Correct Answer
  • e-?ss  


  • Process Control and Instrumentation problems


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    • 1. Process degree of freedom indicates __________ number of controllers to be used.

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    • A. the maximum
    • B. the minimum
    • C. both maximum and the minimum
    • D. nothing about the
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    • 2. Liquid levels in autocalves are measued by

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    • A. simple float
    • B. differential float type manometer
    • C. glass gauge
    • D. none of these
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    • 3. Dead zone in an instrument must be less than __________ percent of the scale.

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    • A. 0.2
    • B. 1.5
    • C. 4
    • D. 8
    • Discuss
    • 4. Bode stability method uses __________ loop transfer function.

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    • A. open
    • B. closed
    • C. either (a) or (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 5. Flow rate through an orifice is __________ the pressure differential.

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    • A. proportional to
    • B. inversely proportional to the square root of
    • C. proportional to the square root of
    • D. inversely proportional to the square of
    • Discuss
    • 6. Gas analysis is commonly done using the

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    • A. thermal conductivity cell
    • B. X-ray diffraction
    • C. mass spectrometer
    • D. emission spectrometer
    • Discuss
    • 7. A bimetallic thermometer as compared to industrial mercury in glass thermometer has almost the same

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    • A. temperature measuring range (- 40°C to 450°C).
    • B. accuracy (± 1% of span).
    • C. speed of response.
    • D. all a, b & c.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Suppose that the gain, time constant and dead time of a process with the following transfer function:Gc(s) = 10 exp( - 0.1s)/(0.5s + 1) are known with a possible error of ± 20% of their values. The largest permissible gain Kc of a proportional controller needs to be calculated below taking the values of process gain, time constant and dead time as

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    • A. 8, 0.6, 0.08
    • B. 12, 0.6, 0.12
    • C. 8, 0.6, 0.12
    • D. 12, 0.4, 0.08
    • Discuss
    • 9. For a feed back control system to be stable, the

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    • A. roots of the characteristic equation should be real.
    • B. poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane.
    • C. Bode plots of the corresponding open loop transfer function should monotoni-cally decrease.
    • D. poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the right half of the complex plane.
    • Discuss
    • 10. __________ controller has the maximum stabilising time.

    • Options
    • A. P
    • B. PD
    • C. PI
    • D. PID
    • Discuss


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