Digital Assignment-I Fall Semester (2024-25)
Course Name & Code: Process Dynamics and Control & BCHE305L
Programme Name & Branch: B.Tech Chemical Engineering
Class Number : VL2024250103214
Slot : B2+TB2
Name : Trushna P. Shrirao Register Number: 22BCM0024
Faculty Name and ERP No: Dr. Pandurangan.K. (19645)
General instruc on(s): Assume relevant data if required. Answer all the ques ons.
S. No. Digital Assignment Questions Marks CO BL
1. (a). Discuss with neat sketches and the working of the following process 2 1 1
instruments.
(i) Hot-wire anemometer
(ii) Mass flow meter
(iii) Piezoelectric transducers.
(iv) Spectrophotometry. (v) pH metre.
(b). Write short note about the following static characteristics of an
instrument. (i) Sensitivity, (ii) Reproducibility, (iii) Drift, (iv) Static
Error, (v) Hysteresis, (vi) Dead Zone.
(c). List out the dynamic characteristics of an instruments. Briefly explain
any four with examples.
2. (a). Use the transfer function for a first order system by considering an 2 1 1
ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer surrounded by process fluid in a
thermowell. And explain the transfer function for the sinusoidal input
time domain response𝑦(𝑡) with graphical interpretation.
(b). Show by plot the transient output response of a derivative controller
when it has been disturbed by
(i). Step input (ii). Ramp input
(iii) Impulse input (iv). Sinusoidal input
3. (a). The time domain response of a process f(t) is given by 2 1 3
{7𝑒2𝑡 + 9𝑒−2𝑡 + 5 cos 𝑡 + 7𝑡3 + 5 sin 3𝑡}.
Determine the initial value of the time-domain response of using the
initial value theorem.
(b). Identify the number of zeros and poles in the following transfer
function.
𝐺(𝑠) =
(c). Obtain time-domain response for the following transfer function.
2𝑠
𝑌(𝑠) = 2
(𝑠 + 2 )(𝑠 + 1)
4. (a). The inlet and outlet flowrates for the tank are q(t) and q1(t) 2 1 3
respectively. Tank cross sectional area and liquid level of respectively
A1 and h1 respectively. Assume flowrate of q1(t) is depends on the h1
Use the transfer function for a mass storage tank shown in Figure.1. for
the first order transfer function give graphical interpretation of
sinusoidal input function time domain response 𝑦(𝑡).
Figure.1.Liquid level tank with outlet pump.
(b). A mercury thermometer having a time constant (𝞃) 3mintues is
initially at room temperature 30oC. Then, it immersed in a temperature
bath 120oC. Find the temperature read by thermometer and completer
the following table. Also, draw give the graphical interpretation the
results.
Time (min) 0 3 6 9 12 15
Temperature (oC) - - - - - -
5. In a polymer emulsion production company, two mixing tanks are 2 1 3
connected in series, as illustrated in Figure.1. The inlet flowrates for
tanks 1 and 2 are q(t) and q1(t), respectively. Tank having cross sectional
area A1 (tank-1) and A2 (tank-2) have liquid levels h1 and h2,
respectively. Assume flowrate of q1(t) is not depends on the h2. The R1
and R2 are resistance associated by the outlet pipe lines of the tank-1
and tank-2 respectively. Also consider the density of the fluid is not
changing during the mixing operation. Obtain the expression for the
response of liquid level in tank-2, if a unit step change is made in the
inlet flow to tank-1. Elucidate the graphical representation time domain
response for this system.
Figure.2.
Mixing tanks in series.
Two non-interacting systems are connected in series. The time constants
are: t1 = 0.5, t2 = 1.0 and R2 = 1. Obtain an expression for the response
of liquid level in tank 2, if a unit step change is made in the inlet flow to
tank 1.
