Download GTU BE/B.Tech 2019 Winter 8th Sem New 2181707 Instrumentation For Agriculture And Food Processing Question Paper

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER ? VIII (New) EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2019
Subject Code: 2181707 Date: 21/11/2019

Subject Name: Instrumentation For Agriculture And Food Processing
Time: 02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Explain in detail the necessity of instrumentation and control in
agriculture and food processing.
03
(b) What is Remote Sensing and how it is useful in agriculture? 04
(c) Explain how SCADA and PLC are applied in packing industry. 07

Q.2 (a) Explain Green house 03
(b) State 4 points of advantages and disadvantages of biosensors used
for agriculture
04
(c) Explain in detail soil moisture sensor 07
OR
(c) Explain in detail temperature measurement technique used in
agriculture.
07
Q.3 (a) Draw a neat process flow diagram of juice extraction plant 03
(b) Explain principle and working of pH meter 04
(c) What is tidal energy? Explain with a neat sketch working of a tidal
power plant.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Draw a neat process flow diagram of fermentor plant 03
(b) Explain principle and working of conductivity meter 04
(c) What is solar energy? Describe with the help of a near sketch the
working of a solar plant.
07
Q.4 (a) Explain evapotranspiration. 03
(b) Explain concept of downstream canal control 04
(c) Explain how SCADA and PLC are applied in packing industry. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Give 3 points of comparison between conventional and non-
conventional energy sources
03
(b) Explain concept of upstream canal control 04
(c) Explain in detail measurement and instrumentation of 7 parameter
in agro-metrological weather station
07
Q.5 (a) How does temperature change effect in green house? 03
(b) List out any 4 instruments used in dairy plant automation and
explain principle, construction and working of any 1 among them.
04
(c) Explain in detail automation in drip irrigation 07
OR

Q.5 (a) How does humidity change effect in green house? 03
(b) List out 4 instruments used in oil extraction plant automation and
explain principle, construction and working of any 1 among them.
04
(c) Explain in detail construction, working and automation in cotton
picker machine.
07
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