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Dr BR Ambe dkar Nation al Institu te of Techn ology
Instrum entatio n and Contro l Engine ering
(Comm on for B.rech 6th Semest er)
ICPC-3 02 (Pr ocess Dynamics and Contro l)
End Semest er !:xami oation (Jan-Ju ne, 2022)
Course Coordi nator:-br. Om Prakash Verma
R 0 ll N0 . •.• •.• ••••. Date: 05 Mav 2021 (03:00 PM- 05:00 PM) Duration: 120 Minutes Max. Marks: 40
Ma rks Distribu tion & Mappin g of Questions with Course o,.1tcomes (COs)

Questio n Number
Marks
Section A
1
20 Marks
2 I
Section B
3 I 4 5
Section C
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10 Marks 10 Marks
CO No. 1, 2 and 3 I I -· 2 I 3 1, 2, 3 and 4
Learnin g Level LO
C 0 : Course Outco me, LO. Lower Order; 10. Intermediat IO
e Order; HO. Higher Order
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PART- A (1 0x 2 = 20 Marks)
(Attemp t any ten)
1.
(i) Differentiate between Servo and Regulator Control problem operation
with the help of an examp)e .
(ii) Differentiate between distributed and l:.:.mped parameter system with
the help of a suitable example .
(iii) A thermom eter is at room temperature of 25°C. It is.suddenly put
into -~ vessel containing. boiling water at
100°C. What should be the time constant cf the thermometer so that it
indicates 99 .9°C in 1·minute?
(iv) An FOPDT has a time constant of 4 sec, static sensitivity as unity,
and dead time of O.s ·sec. Write the
transfer function expression when dead time is apprtiximated by Pade's
first order approxii \iation.
(v) W rite the mathematical expressions for ISE and IAE. 'Jv'.~at are their
selection criteria?
(vi) Define the Reset Windup . Suggest the solution to avoid the Reset
Windup .
(vii) W rite the equation for Derivative mode filter which red uces the sensitivi
ty of the control calculat ions to high
frequency noise in the measurement. · -,
(viii) Why do we use 4-20mA instead of 0-20mA current signal in industria
l Automation?
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(ix) Differentiate the Linear and Equal perr.entage valve based on their
mathematical expression.
(x) Differen tiate betwee n feedback and feed forward control strategie
s. Demonstrate with · the suitable
example.

(xi) Realize the PIO controllei \:)Sing Operation-ii Amplifier. List the
advantage and disadvantage of the PID
controller.
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Section-B (Attempt any two) 10 Marks

2. (a) Derive the. transfer function model for mercury thermometer and plot
the response curve for step forcing function .
(b) Followin g parame ter are given for a tank: area= 0.1 m2 : height at steady
state is 1.0 m when discharge give~, t y
k Jiz is 0.16 x 1o-3 m3 /sec. If inflow is suddenly increased to 0.2 x_10-3 m3 /sec.
find the heigh\ of tank afier 10 min
and at steady state.

3. (a) Derive the transfer function of two interacting llquid level tanks connect
ed in ~eri~s. . . t T( I t'
(b) Derive the transfer function for distributec oarametric mode! of heat 1 es -, I
_conduction into a solid which ~ea

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to T{ 0,t), where T is temperature, L is any arbitrary r,os;tion and t is the

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time.

1
r 4· (a) A Consider the following chip bin level controi proble
m. The chip bin feeds a TIVIP plant. The chips are extrac
rs
ted
them
fall onto a fixed speed conveyor belt which delive
from a chip silo via a variable speed extraction screw. They
red via a nuclea r sensor , which is quite noisy. The block
to the top of the chip bin. The level in the ch ip bin 1s measu r
Fig. 1. Derive an expression for the closed -loop transfe
diagra m of a chip bin level control system is shown in
function, Y (s)/D(s).
D

K,,.

Fig. 1

the dynamic response of a system ? Explai n with neat

(b) W hat are the various forcing functions used to study
sketches. s
10 Mark
Sectio n-C (Attem pt any one)
valve with their characteristics.
5. (a) Derive the expression for linear and equal percen tage
ed to determ ine the final concentration of the black liquor exit from the heptad 's
(b) An experiment has been perform
ard feed flow. The concentration of the black liquor 1s
stage multiple stage evaporator (MSE) configured with backw
er, dependence on temperature has been neglected for
consid ered to be function of the weak liquor flow rate howev
some time. The following normalized data were obtained
6.5 7.7 8.4 9.0
Weak liquor flow rate , U; 1.0 2.3 2.9 4.0 4.9 5.8
12.3 14.3 15.8 16.8
· Concentra ted liquor, Y; 2.0 4.4 5.4 7.5 9.1 10.8

Using the regression techniques, find the best linear model.

Z-N tuning strategy for the nominal plant Go. Where
6. (a) Find suitable values for the PIO parameters using the
e-.,
G0 (s) = -
s+ l
g
position of the stem will determine the size of the openin
-. (b) Consider a typical pneumatic valve shown in Fig. The all the
n of the stem is determined by the balances of
for the flow and consequently the size of the flow. The positio
forces .
.
(i) Determ ine the various forces that balances all the forces
(ii) Determ ine the dynamics of the pneumatic valve.
.
(iii) Approximate the obtained dynamics to first order system