Designed for Managers, engineers, technicians and system operators requiring a broad understanding of instrumentation, control, and automation systems design in the oil and gas facilities. COURSE CONTENT Feedback Control Process Control - Process Variables
- Feedback Control Loops
- Sensors, Transmitters, and Final Control Elements
- Types of Advanced Control
Control Modes - Typical Application of control modes
- Effects on System Response
- Use of and how it works Proportional Control
- Integral Control
- Derivative Control
Process Characteristics - Characteristics of open and closed systems
- Heat, mass, and pressure
- Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales
- Rankine and Kelvin temperature scales
- Heat and heat transfer.
Process Variables - Converting between gage pressure and absolute pressure
- Pressure measurement and height of liquid
- Converting between psi, inches of water, and inches of mercury, volume, density, and specific gravity
- Flow rate, mass flow rate, and volumetric flow rate
- Methods of measuring temperature
Instrumentation Symbols - Balloon symbols
- Loop identification numbers and loop indicator suffixes
- Line symbols
- Valve and actuator symbols
- Reading a simple loop.
- Interpreting the P & ID
Instrument Loop Diagrams - Instrument ports and connections
- Junction boxes and identifiers
- Operating range and set point for an instrument
- Symbols and reference
- Electronic loops
- Pneumatic loops.
Piping Instrumentation Drawings - ISA Standard 5.1
- Control concepts
- Symbols and identifiers
- Interpreting diagrams.
Mechanical Connections - Tubing materials and applications
- Calculating tubing gain
- Fittings and plastic tubing
- Cleaning, tubing, and fittings for silver soldering.
Electrical Connections - Coaxial cable connections and conductors to terminal
- Grounds and shields
- Electrical noise and signal distortion
- General safety and intrinsic safety
- Signal tracing in an electrical circuit.
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