Electrical Measurements of Non-electrical Quantities

Course title: Electrical Measurements of Non-electrical Quantities

Code: FEIT03L006

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 1 and 2,

Course goals/Competences: Gaining knowledge on measurements systems and the elements of the measurement systems. Basic sensor technologies. Study of methods for measurement of different non-electrical quantities by electrical procedures. Gaining knowledge on process monitoring systems. Application of modern virtual instrumentation and computer techniques for measurement of non-electrical quantities.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Introduction to electrical measurements of non-electrical quantities. Application of measurement systems. Elements of a measurement system. Choice of a proper measurement device or system. Basic sensor technologies (resistance, capacitance, magnetic sensors, Hall Effect sensors, piezoelectric transducers, strain gaiges, piezoresistive sensors, optical sensors, ultrasound sensors, nuclear sensors). Microsensors ans special sensor technologies. Smart sensors. Measurement noise. Measurement signals conditioning. A/D conversion. Telemetry. Measurement of mechanical quantities (dimensions, translation, translation and rotation velocity, acceleration, mass, force, torque, pressure). Measurement of sound, noise and vibrations. Measurement of speed, flow and fluid level. Humidity measurement. Temperature measurement. Radiation measurement. Systems for monitoring and process measurements. Modern virtual instrumentation and computer techniques for measurement of non-electrical quantities.

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