This course provides an overview of industrial measurement and control. It covers how pressure, level, flow, and temperature loops operate to maintain good process control systems.
Course Objective
- Communicate the latest trends in measurement and control
- Understand the role of measurement and control in industrial processes
- Compare continuous, batch, and discrete control and how they are used in the industry
- Interpret measurement and control terminology
- Compare the methods and devices used to measure temperature, pressure, level, and flow.
- Understand the operation and components of a feedback control loop
- Understand the fundamental concepts of controller tuning
- Compare different control system architectures, including single loop controllers, DCS, and PLCs
- Understand why a systematic approach to troubleshooting is most effective
- Follow specified procedures for proper loop check-out
- Verify, locate, and identify performance problems and the causes of the problems
- Take or recommend appropriate follow-up procedures to minimize problem recurrence
- Identify the common causes of sensor, transmitter, controller, and final control element problems
- Troubleshoot control systems
- Understand pneumatic and electronic loops
- Apply safety practices for start-up
- Check and utilize control loop documentation
Course Outline
Below is the course content, which includes a detailed outline of topics and materials covered in the course. Explore and enhance your knowledge!
Process Control Concepts:
Continuous, Batch, Discrete Control, The Role of Measurement and Control in Industry, Graphic Description of Loop Components, Component Loop Dynamics
Industrial Measurement Systems:
Overview, Sensor Selection and Characteristics, Transmitters, Smart Transmitters
Pressure Measurements:
Concepts, Instruments, Differential Pressure Measurement
Level Measurement:
Concepts, Hydrostatic Head Level Measurement, Capacitance Level Measurement, Ultrasonic Level Measurement, by Weight
Flow Measurement:
Fluid Fundamentals, Methods and Concepts, Differential Head Flow Measurement, Velocity Flow Measurement Devices, Mass Flowmeters
Temperature Measurement:
- Concepts, Thermometers, Thermocouples, RTDs & Thermistors, Temperature, Transmitters
- Industrial Process Control:
- Basic Feedback Control, Components, PID Control, Final Control Elements, Tuning Concepts
Trends in Control Technologies:
- Smart Components, Fieldbus.
- Approaches to Troubleshooting:
- Purpose of Troubleshooting,
- Reasons for Troubleshooting Equipment History,
- Input/Output (Serial) | Shotgun Approach,
- Logical Analysis
Single-Loop Feedback Control Troubleshooting:
- Measurement Concerns,
- Controller Operations,
- Signal Conditioners,
- Troubleshooting Simulation
Multi-Loop Control Systems Troubleshooting:
- Ratio (Two Controlled Streams, Wild Stream),
- Cascade,
- Three-Element Control,
- Troubleshooting Simulation
- Introduction to Digital Control Systems:
- Advantages,
- Digital Control (DDC),
- Supervisory DC,
- Supervisory Plus DDC,
- Analog Back-up
- Distributed Control Functions for Troubleshooting:
- Elements,
- Displays (Graphic, Trend, Alarm)
- Start-up Concerns:
- Safety, Documentation, and tuning Review
