Overview
Course Description
This 32-hour training program uses a hands-on approach providing students with a fundamental understanding of industrial process measurement and control systems. Participants will learn the basic measurement and control principles, terminology, symbols and documentation standards. In addition students will perform hands- on exercises with actual industrial temperature, pressure, flow, level measurement and control devices to gain experience in how to set up and troubleshoot a process control system.
Topical Outline
- Introduction to ISA documentation standards
– Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s)
– Piping & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID’s)
– Loop Diagrams
– Location Plans
– Installation Details - Test Equipment
– Calibrators
– Digital Multimeters
– Power Supplies - Signals
– Analog: voltage, milliamps
– Digital: on/off, digital data
– Wiring basics - Elements of a Process Control Loop
– PV-Process Variable
– MV-Manipulated Variable
– C-Controller - Temperature Measurement
– Thermocouples
– RTDs
– Thermometers
– Infrared
– Characteristics
– Thermowell
– Transmitters - Pressure Measurement
– Gauges
– Transmitters
– Block & Bleed Valves - Flow Measurement
– DP Meters
– Turbine Meters
– Pd Meters
– Variable Area Meters - Level Measurement
– Float Gauges
– Static Head Gauges
– Sounding Gauges - Control Valves
– Types
– Accessories
– Sizing - Basic Troubleshooting
Prerequisites
This is an entry level course & requires only that participants be familiar with industrial manufacturing processes.
Objectives
Persons successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Understand the role of measurement and control in industrial processes.
- Read and interpret the documents used to define instruments and control systems.
- Convert the various process measurement units, English and Metric
- Use basic calibration and test equipment.
- Know the fundamental principles, equipment and techniques for the four primary industrial process measurements of temperature, pressure, level, flow.
- Build, test, operate and troubleshoot a simple feedback control loop.
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