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Measuring technology (3 cr)

Code: KL25AB25101-3007

General information


Enrollment

30.07.2021 - 12.09.2021

Timing

30.08.2021 - 17.10.2021

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Automation Engineering

Teachers

  • Ismo Tupamäki

Student groups

  • AUTE20SA

Objective

Students will be competent in making basic measurements safely and correctly. They will be able to determine and locate possible faults by interpreting the measuring results. They will take into account the impact of external interferences on measurement results. The student is able to tune the equipment to operate energy efficiently based on the measurement results obtained. Students will learn about the characteristics of computer-based measuring devices and their possible uses in different applications.

Content

Types of electricity and how to measure them ** Instruments for measuring electricity (multimeters, oscilloscopes, RLC meters, analyzers, installation testers, PC meters) ** Measurements (currency, voltage, resistence, frequency) ** Measurement accuracy and factors contributing to disturbances ** Troubleshooting systems ** Measurements in the lab.

Materials

Pekka Wallin, Sähkömittaustekniikan perusteet,
Lecture material ** Lecture demonstrations ** Measuring devices in the laboratory ** Manufacturer instructions

Teaching methods

Lectures and process automation mesuring practices

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows the measuring methods of basic quantities and can carry out the multimeter and the oscilloscope safely using, the practical measurings. Furthermore, he knows let one to calibrate analogy based and digital based measure transmitters according to the instruction.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In addition to the previous, the student knows the methods of the troubleshooting. Both one can know the modern measuring devices and their use. He can make the measurings of the automation according to the instruction using PC based measurement systems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student can search for independently, it is not chosen and adapt, the measuring devices and applications to the different measurings of the automation. He can measure the condition of the measuring devices which are used in the processes and if necessary, command the tuning and calibration of them. Furthermore, he knows the standard placements of measuring devices.

Qualifications

Electrical engineering

Further information

The issues of automation technology are internationally similar.