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Process Control and Instrumentation problems


  • 1. Dead zone is the

  • Options
  • A. same as time constant.
  • B. same as transportation lag.
  • C. maximum change in the variable that does not change the reading of the instrument.
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which thermocouple can be used to measure a temperature of around 1400°C?

  • Options
  • A. Copper-constantan
  • B. Aluminium-chromel
  • C. Platinum-platinum+rhodium
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of the following thermocouples can measure the maximum temperature?

  • Options
  • A. Platinum-rhodium
  • B. Tungsten-molybdenum
  • C. Chromel-alumel
  • D. Iron-constantan
  • Discuss
  • 4. Gas chromatography is used for the measurement of

  • Options
  • A. temperature
  • B. pressure
  • C. concentration
  • D. flow rate
  • Discuss
  • 5. Thermistors are made of

  • Options
  • A. ultra pure metals
  • B. metal oxides
  • C. iron-copper alloys
  • D. nickel-chromium alloys
  • Discuss
  • 6. In a closed loop system, the process to be controlled is an integrating process with transfer function l/2s. The controller proposed to be used in an integral controller with transfer function 1/T1s. When a step change in set point is applied to such a closed loop system, the controlled variable will exhibit

  • Options
  • A. overdamped response.
  • B. underdamped response.
  • C. undamped response.
  • D. unstable response.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Bode diagram is a plot of

  • Options
  • A. log (AR) vs. log (f) and (?) vs. log (f).
  • B. log (AR) vs. f and log ? vs.f.
  • C. AR vs. log (f) and ? vs. log (f).
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 8. The time constant of a first order process with resistance R and capacitance C is

  • Options
  • A. R + C
  • B. R - C
  • C. RC
  • D. 1/RC
  • Discuss
  • 9. A non-linear chemical system is exemplified by a/an

  • Options
  • A. isothermal CSTR
  • B. mixer
  • C. non-isothermal CSTR
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. Accurate temperature measurement performance of a radiation pyrometer can not be affected, if the

  • Options
  • A. enhancement or attentuation of redia-tion occurs in the sighting path.
  • B. object and surrounding are at almost the same temperature.
  • C. object has varying emissivity.
  • D. object is transparent.
  • Discuss

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