RTDs
Temperature Measurements
Anshul Sharma
2010A8PS255P
Wasim Sajid
2010A8PS253P
Suman Saurav Giri 2010A8PS256P in partial fulfillment of the course
Transducers and Measurement Systems
Submitted To :
Prof. Surekha Bhanot
Department Of Electronics and Instumentation
Bits Pilani
Birla Institute Of Technology And Science
Pilani, Rajasthan. 333031
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10/11/2012
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Acknowledgements
First and foremost, we would like to thank God for supporting us always. We express our heartfelt gratitude towards Prof.
Surekha Bhanot, Instrumentation Chief for providing us with such a learning opportunity. We would also like to thank Mr.
Rajesh Purohit for taking out time to provide the material without which compilation of this report would not have been possible. We are thankful to Mr. Parikshit K Singh for guiding us in this course. A sincere gratitude towards our friends for their genuine interest in the report, valuable inputs, patience and constructive criticism. We take this opportunity to thank the entire staff of Department of Electronics and
Instrumentation to provide us with valuable inputs for the study. We express our heartfelt gratitude towards the
Instrumentation Forum for helping us with materials for this study. We thank BITS Pilani for giving us the opportunity to gain practical exposure so early in our careers. And lastly, we would like to thank our senior, Priyank Devpura for helping us to research on this topic and directing and supporting us at every step in this endeavor.
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Abstract
The Report covers the experience gained in the completion of the TMS project under the Department of Electronics and
Instrumentation, Bits Pilani. The cooperating teachers and experienced staff has added to the entire experience of the learning. The report covers the basics of Resistance Temperature
Detectors (RTDs) and their characteristics. The report also discusses about RTDs in Bridge