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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
MECA0045-1  Thermofluid Quantity Measurement
Duration :  30h Th, 30h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Teaching Focus, 1st yearFirst semester3
Master en ingénieur civil électromécanicien, à finalité spécialisée en technologies durables en automobile, 1st yearFirst semester3
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Professional Focus (Management), 1st yearFirst semester3
Holder(s) :  Philippe Ngendakumana
Language :  French language
Course contents :  - Caracteristics and working condition of sensors
- Sensors of temperature, heat flux, pressure, air velocity and humidity. Pyrometry and infrared thermography
- Flowmeters (volume and mass, intrusive and non-intrusive)
- Calorimetry, measurement of specific heat, latent heat, reaction heat and thermal conductivity. Enthalpy (heat) meters
- Sensors installation, physical and measured variables, dynamic and static responses
- Data acquisition system : measurement chain, sampling, signal conditionning and transmission
- International Temperature Scale (fixed points and standards)
- Sensors and measurement equipments calibration : standards, methods and reporting
- Uncertainty propagation, instrument selection and experiments planning
- Application of statistical methods to data analysis and postprocessing : data rejection, statistical tests and distributions, treatment of redundant data
- In situ measurements : consistency of available data, complementary measurements to perform the commissionning and following up of equipments and installations, on-line simulation
Course objective :  Measurement of thermofluid variables, data postprocessing (statistical methods), application to models validation and systems energy management.
Prerequisites :  Course MECA019-0 "Transferts de chaleur"
Workshops :  Practical exercises are solved with the students and some homeworks are suggested. Three training laboratories are proposed and a visit of a manufacture is also organised.
Organization :  The course consists in an oral presentation illustrated by practical examples. It is given during the first semester.
Written notes :  Extracted from :
- Millet F. La mesure des températures : de l'ambiante à 2500 K. PYC édition, Paris, 1984
- Doebelin E. Measurement systems : application and design, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill International editions, New York, 1990
- Asch G. et collaborateurs. Les capteurs en instrumentation industrielle, 4ème Edition, Dunod, Paris 1991
- Michalski L., Eckersdorf K. and Kucharski J. Temperature measurement, 2nd edition., John Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York, 2000
- Goupy J. Introduction aux plans d'expériences, 2ème Edition, Dunod, Paris 2001
- Asch G. et collaborateurs. Acquisition de données : du capteur à l'ordinateur, 2ème Edition, Dunod, Paris 2003
Assessment :  A personal home work is asked on a topic chosen in a list. Beside a written report, that work has also to be presented orally. The assessment consists in the personal home work (50%), training laboratories reports (25%) and a written examination in June (25%).
Contacts :  Philippe NGENDAKUMANA
THERMOTECHNICS ¿ Building B49
Phone : +32(0)3664803
E-mail : pngendakumana@ulg.ac.be


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