IPLUSO 25638

Instrumentation and Sensors

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  The scope of this course includes the study of sensors, technologies and test and measurement equipment. The fundamental concepts of Metrology are also taught, with corresponding practical application, through a strong laboratory component. The need to use Metrology then arises naturally throughout the developed work. Topics of signal analysis in time and frequency are also taught, which allow to understand the characteristics of the quantities to be measured, the difficulties of the process, and measures that can be adopted to mitigate these difficulties. Hence, it allows the student to approach measurement systems in an integrated way.
• ProgramaProgramme

  1. Metrology • Measurement methods and fundamental definitions: Range, precision, accuracy, sensitivity, etc.; • Elementary notions of error, uncertainty, units and patterns, presentation of results; • Propagation of uncertainty.   2. Sensors • Passive and active sensors: resistive, capacitive, differential, thermoelectric, Hall effect; • Measuring instruments • Increasing the measuring range of a measuring device • Measuring Pontes   3. Signal Analysis • Signals in time, and operations with complex numbers • Laplace transform • Fourier transform   4. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis • Analysis of linear circuits in sinusoidal steady state. Analysis in the Complex plane. Phasors. Impedance and Reactance. Amplitude and phase response in resistors, coils, and capacitors • Active and reactive power, Power factor   5. Frequency analysis • Frequency domain circuit analysis. Zeros and Poles. Bode diagrams. Resonance • Filters and noise reduction applications
• ObjectivosObjectives

  This unit aims to provide an introduction to sensors, technologies and equipment for testing and measuring of the field. The fundamental concepts of Metrology are also taught, with corresponding practical application, through a strong laboratory component. The key skills to be developed are:   1. Familiarization with sensors, technologies and equipment; 2. Familiarization with the concepts of Metrology, and its application to data acquisition processes; 3. Familiarization with the typical test equipment of the area: multimeters, signal generators, Oscilloscopes; 4. Knowledge of time and frequency signal analysis techniques 5. Familiarization with power factor compensation and circuit resonance 6. Ability to analyze the frequency of elementary circuits, and to apply filters to measurement processes
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Balbinot, A. e Brusamarello, V. J., Instrumentação e Fundamentos de Medidas, Volumes I e II, 2ª Edição, Editora GEN-LTC, 2010. Silva, G. M. S., Basic Metrology for ISO 9000 Certification, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. Almeida, G., Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI), Grandezas e Unidades Físicas, terminologia, símbolos e recomendações, 2ª Edição, Plátano Editora, S.A., 1997. Johnson, C. D., Controlo de Processos: Tecnologia da Instrumentação, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1990. Wilson, J. S., Sensor Technology Handbook, Elsevier, 2005. Webster, J. G., The Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, CRC Press, 1999.  
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Provision of diverse study material in digital support, such as slides and exercises. Use of software for data analysis. Use of microcontrollers (Arduino) to promote the initiation of automation processes in measurements.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  5
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não