This popular course combines lecture and hands-on labs to provide an overview of industrial measurement and control. Technicians, engineers, and managers are provided with a foundation for communication with other control system professionals. Serves as a solid fundamental course for introduction to other ISA courses.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to;
- Communicate with measurement and control professionals.
- Discuss the role of measurement and control in industrial processes.
- Differentiate between continuous, batch, and discrete control.
- Apply specific ISA standards to interpret symbols and drawings associated with process control documentation.
- Discuss and apply the most common methods and devices used in temperature, pressure, level, and flow measurement.
- List control valves in a feedback control loop.
- Discuss the fundamentals of process control.
- Differentiate between various control system architectures.
- Discuss trends in measurement and control technology.
- Apply safe laboratory practices.
- Apply hands-on skills learned in the laboratory exercises.
- Apply basic devices and procedures for connecting and calibrating various measurement devices.
- Operate digital controllers and smart devices.
- Concepts of Process Control: Typical Industries | Definitions | Continuous vs. Batch | Feedback Loop.
- Documentation: Instrument Line Symbols | Function Symbols | Identification Letters | Piping and Instrumentation Drawing (P&ID) | Loop Diagram.
- Industrial Measurement Systems: Process Measurement | Standard Signals | Instrument Performance Terminology | Repeatability and Accuracy | Zero, Span, and Linearity Errors | Calibration Chart.
- Pressure Measurements: Concepts | Instruments | Differential Pressure Measurement | Pascal's Law | Absolute and Atmospheric Pressure | Relationship between Pressure and Column of Liquid | Hydrostatic Head Pressure | U-Tube and Well Manometers | Bourdon Pressure Gage | Spiral and Helical Elements | Bellows and Diaphragm Elements.
- Level Measurement: Dip Stick Level Measurement | Basic Sight Glasses | Float and Cable Arrangements | Ultrasonic | Capacitance Probe | Radiation Point | Rotating Paddle | Radar Level System | Interface Measurement | Hydrostatic Pressure | Open Tank Level | Zero Suppression/Elevation | Air Bubbler System.
- Flow Measurement: Types of Flow | Reynolds Number | Differential Pressure Flowmeters | Concentric and Eccentric Orifaces | Flow Nozzle | Venturi and Pitot Tubes | Target Flowmeter | Rotameter or Variable Area Meter | Magnetic, Vortex, Turbine, and Ultrasonic Flowmeter | Doppler Effect | Flow Tube Vibration and Twist | Coriolis and Thermal Mass Flowmeters | Positive Displacement Flowmeters | Rotary Vane, Oval Gear, and Nutating Disc Designs | Open Channel Flow Measurement | Weirs | Parshall Flume | Flowmeter Selection.
- Temperature Measurement: Temperature Scales | Liquid-in-Glass, Filled Bulb, and Bimetallic Thermometers | Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs) | Reference Junction Compensation | Thermocouplers | Immersion and Insertion Lengths | Thermowells | Thermistors.
- Control Valves: Types | Valve Characteristics | Inherent Flow Characteristics | Actuators | Air to Extend/Retract | Positioners | I/P Transducer.
- Feedback Control Strategies: Control Hierarchy | Process Dynamics | Lags | Dead Time | Strategies | Direct/Reverse Acting | On-Off Control | Controller Modes | Proportional Control/Action | Level Control Offset | Integral and Derivative Action | Tuning.
- Advanced Control Strategies: Control Hierarchy | Cascade Control | Applications: With and Without Cascade | Ratio Control | Feedforward Control.
- Control System Hardware: Pneumatic Controller | Electronic Controller | Single Loop Controller | Distributed Control System (DCS) | Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) | Personal Computers for Control.
- Smart Field Devices: Current Practice | Typical Smart D/P Transmitter | Smart Temperature Transmitter System | Benefits | Innovative Applications | Fieldbus Foundation - H1 & H2 | How is Fieldbus Different? | Fieldbus Control System (FCS).
Classroom/Laboratory Exercises:
- Calibrate process measurement devices for level, temperature, pressure, and flow using a variety of state-of-the-art calibration equipment.
- Interpret simple P&IDs.
- Configure smart transmitters.
- Operate digital controllers.
- Tune control loops using software.
- Build and tune an actual feedback control loop.
- Review flow measurements and pressure scales.
A hand-held calculator should be brought to class.
- Technicians, engineers, and managers are provided with a foundation for communication with other control system professionals.
4.5 Days
