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1. Course Title Instrumentation and Control Systems.
2. Course duration & Commencement Date
This is a 5 day course which will begin on a date determined by the client.
3. Number of Participants
A maximum of 10 participants can be accepted for this course
4. Participant Profile (Who should attend)
The Instrumentation & Control Systems course is intended for engineers and technicians requiring knowledge of automation and distributed control. A section on troubleshooting methods is also included. Personnel in operations will also find this an invaluable course.
This Programme is designed for engineers and technicians with a minimum of 5 years experience. Each candidate should have a good command of general English in order to gain maximum benefit from the course.
5. Course Venue
The programme will be conducted at the client's training facilities
6. Reports
Individual reports will be prepared for each delegate and will be forwarded to the concerned company and will include: - Initial Assessment
- Detailed Assessment
- Expected Achievement
- Final Evaluation
10. Programme Topics Covered
Detailed course content is given in the Course Outline, Section 11. However, the main topics covered are: • Measurement of Pressure
• Measurement of Level
• Measurement of Flow
• Measurement of Temperature
• Advanced Instrumentation and Measuring Systems
• Transmission of Measurement Signals
• Operational Amplifiers
• Process Control Valves The classroom training is enhanced by the use of computer based training (CBT) where available and related exercises. In order to achieve the above. The course comprises the following:
11. COURSE OUTLINE
Instrumentation and Control Measurement of pressure
Principles of pressure measurement
Units of pressure.
Pressure measuring transducer
Installation considerations
A pressure control loop (block diagram)
Practical work (simulation software) Measurement of Level
Principles of level measurement
Sight glasses and tape measuring systems.
Hydrostatic pressure for level measurement
Ultra-sonic level measuring techniques.
Measurement of density
Installation considerations.
Level control loop (block diagram) Measurement of Flow
Principles of flow measurement.
Mass flow measuring instruments
Positive displacement measuring instruments.
Oscillatory flow measurement
Flow measurement for custody transfer or fiscal purposes.
Future developments Measurement of Temperature
Principles of temperature measurement
Thermocouples and thermocouple tables.
Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs)
Thermometers, liquid in glass, filled and bi-metallic strip.
Pyrometers.
Installation considerations.
Temperature control loop (block diagram)
Additional Instrumentation
Transmitters for each of the process variables
Smart transmitters
Testing a control loop for each of the process variables.
Transmission of Measurement Signals
Concept of a loop and feedback system.
The 3 – 15 psi control loop
The 4 – 20 mA control loop
Digital transmission
The Operational Amplifier
The inverter
The voltage follower
The Multiplication and division op amp circuit
The summing amplifier
The subtraction op amp circuit
The comparator circuit
The integrator circuit
The differentiator circuit
Designing a P+I+D controller
12. Commercial Terms
The cost of the one week program is available upon request.
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