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Sathyabama University: (Established Under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

This document contains an exam for a course on Instrumentation and Control in Petrochemical Industries. It has two parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each, asking about topics like degrees of freedom, reflux control, batch processing, rotary pumps, throttle control, reduction processes, precipitation, density measurement, and conductivity. Part B contains 5 longer answer questions worth 12 marks each, asking about distillation process control, measurement and control of reboilers and reflux, control and instrumentation of heat exchangers, notes on condensers and steam heaters, measurement and control of centrifugal pumps, throttle and ON/OFF control, biological control of water treatment plants, chemical oxidation and

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Sathyabama University: (Established Under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

This document contains an exam for a course on Instrumentation and Control in Petrochemical Industries. It has two parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each, asking about topics like degrees of freedom, reflux control, batch processing, rotary pumps, throttle control, reduction processes, precipitation, density measurement, and conductivity. Part B contains 5 longer answer questions worth 12 marks each, asking about distillation process control, measurement and control of reboilers and reflux, control and instrumentation of heat exchangers, notes on condensers and steam heaters, measurement and control of centrifugal pumps, throttle and ON/OFF control, biological control of water treatment plants, chemical oxidation and

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SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
(Established under section 3 of UGC Act,1956)

Course & Branch :B.E - E&C/EIE


Title of the Paper :Instrumentation and Control in Petrochemical
Industries
Max. Marks :80
Sub. Code :517E01/6ICE01
Time : 3 Hours
Date :27/04/2010
Session :FN
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PART - A
Answer ALL the Questions
1.

(10 x 2 = 20)

Define Degrees of freedom.

2.

What is reflux control?

3.

Draw the block diagram of cascade control.

4.

What is batch processing?

5.

Explain the principle of Rotary pumps.

6.

What is throttle control?

7.

Define reduction process.

8.

What is precipitation?

9.

Define density measurement.

10. What is conductivity?

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PART B
Answer ALL the Questions

(5 x 12 = 60)

11. Explain the process of distillation with a neat sketch and brief its
control Structure.
(or)
12. Explain the measurement and control of Reboiler and Reflux.
13. Explain the control and Instrumentation structure of Heat
exchanger in detail.
(or)
14. Write short notes on
(a) Condensers
(b) Steam heaters.
15. Explain the measurement and control structure of centrifugal
pumps in detail.
(or)
16. (a) Explain Throttle control.
(b) Explain ON/OFF control.
17. Explain the biological control of water treatment plant.
(or)
18. Explain chemical oxidation and reduction process in detail.
19. Explain different types of evaporators in detail with neat sketch.
(or)
20. Explain the measurement and control of conductivity in detail.

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