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Process Control and Instrumentation problems


  • 1. Which of the following flow-metering instru-ments is an areameter?

  • Options
  • A. Venturimeter
  • B. Rotameter
  • C. Pitot tube
  • D. Hot wire anemometer
  • Discuss
  • 2. Out of the following temperature measuring instruments, the measurement accuracy will be minimum for the

  • Options
  • A. mercury in glass thermometer.
  • B. optical pyrometer.
  • C. iron-constantan thermocouple.
  • D. alcohol filled thermometer.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Thermal conductivity cell is the primary element of a/an __________ analyser.

  • Options
  • A. oxygen
  • B. carbon dioxide
  • C. carbon monoxide
  • D. sulphur dioxide
  • Discuss
  • 4. Small furnace draught is accurately measured by an inclined tube manometer, in which the manometric liquid used most commonly is

  • Options
  • A. water
  • B. carbon tetrachloride
  • C. paraffin
  • D. ethylene glycol
  • Discuss
  • 5. Presence of a small amount of water in the organic systems can be determined by the __________ method.

  • Options
  • A. electrical conductivity
  • B. polarimetry
  • C. emission spectroscopy
  • D. dielectric constant end loss factor
  • Discuss
  • 6. The open loop transfer function of a control system is Chemical Engineering Process Control and Instrumentation: The open loop transfer function of a control system is . This represents

  • Options
  • A. a first order system.
  • B. dead time system.
  • C. a first order time lag.
  • D. a second order system.
  • Discuss
  • 7. __________ is the static characteristics of an instrument,

  • Options
  • A. Response
  • B. Tine lag
  • C. Drift
  • D. dynamic error
  • Discuss
  • 8. A pyrheliometer is an instrument used for measuring the

  • Options
  • A. bright sunshine period.
  • B. beam radiation.
  • C. diffuse radiation.
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. A simple pitot tube measures the

  • Options
  • A. average velocity
  • B. maximum velocity
  • C. point velocity
  • D. static pressure
  • Discuss
  • 10. Temperature measurement range of iron-constantan thermocouple is 0 to 870°C. It can be used to measure sub zero temperature, because at lower temperature

  • Options
  • A. emf produced is very low of the order of microvolt.
  • B. embrittlement of iron occurs.
  • C. rusting of iron takes place.
  • D. both (b) and (c).
  • Discuss

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