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Measurement of thermo-technical quantities in energetics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 635-3047/02
Abbreviation MTTVE
Course title Measurement of thermo-technical quantities in energetics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Jiří Burda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Metrology, international and national metrology institutions, standards, SI units.
2. Measurement methods and types of measurement systems. Drawing measuring circuits in project documentation. Elements of the measuring chain.
3. Types of sensors according to physical principle.
4. Analog adjustment of sensor signal - operational amplifier, filtration, analog integration, derivation.
5. Voltage-to-current, A/D and D/A converters, multiplexers.
6. Transmission path, basics of electromagnetic compatibility.
7. Basic characteristics of analog signals, frequency decomposition, parameters of sampling.
8. Evaluation instruments, measuring cards, measuring panels, virtual instruments. Device properties.
9. The basics of measured data processing. Determination of uncertainty of direct and indirect measurements.
10. Contact methods of temperature measurement, thermocouples, cold junction temperature compensation, resistance thermometers, thermistors.
11. Non-contact temperature measurements, total radiation pyrometers, narrow band pyrometers, ratio pyrometers. Calibration of pyrometers. Thermographic cameras.
12. Measurement of pressure, sensors types and principles.
13. Volume and mass flow rate measurement, flow velocity meters, volumetric meters, Pitot tube, orifice plate, nozzles, mechanical anemometers and thermoanemometers, modern sensors.
14. Analysis of gas composition, chemical, infrared, magnetic, electrochemical principles. Humidity measurement, hygrometer types. Determination of solid emissions, measurement methodology.

Literature

WEBSTER, J. G. The measurement, instrumentation, and sensors: Handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1999. ISBN 0849383471.
VASEGHI, S. V. Advanced digital signal processing and noise reduction. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2006. ISBN 0-470-09494-X.
SIENIUTYCZ, S., JEŻOWSKI, J. Energy Optimization in Process Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-08-045141-1 .
[4] TALER, J., DUDA, P. Solving Direct and Inverse Heat Conduction Problems. Berlin: Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-33470-5 .

Advised literature

TAN, L. Digital signal processing: fundamentals and applications. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-374090-8.
https://www.omega.com/.
LIENHARD IV, J. H., LIENHARD V, J. H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 4th ed. Cambridge: Phlogiston Press, 2012.