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Advanced Certificate in Process Automation

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07/12/2025 - 11/12/2025 ISTANBUL

Introduction

Advanced Certificate in Process Automation

What are the Goals?

Delegates will understand ALL of the technical terms associated with PID controllers as well as process control. Delegates will be taught to implement excellent loop tuning techniques and strategies, and apply their knowledge in a useful and practical way. Following this training course, delegates will be able to interact effectively, with plant management and other engineers, regarding all aspects pertinent to process control and advanced PID controller tuning.

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Decide on the best type of control to implement, using a PID controller
  • Understand all of the terminology that may be encountered, using PID controllers
  • Implement various open-loop tuning strategies with a PID controller
  • Implement various closed-loop tuning strategies with a PID controller
  • Implement strategies, which include Cascade, Ratio, Gain Scheduling, etc., using PID controllers
  • Implement assorted model-based loop tuning solutions

Who is this Training Course for?

The target audience will be anyone associated with PID controllers, process control and loop tuning. Whether it be the person that actually does the tuning, the person that is intimately involved with process control and control strategy selection, the person doing controller installations, the person doing the optimization, etc. There are a whole host of people who could benefit from this training course. Suitable candidates would include, but not be limited to:

  • Instrument Technicians
  • C&I Engineers
  • Process Control Engineers
  • Chemical Engineers
  • Engineers and professionals, from other fields, who have a vested interest in the processes being controlled

The Course Content

Day One: Process Control, Terms and Definitions and Types of Control
  • Process dynamics and assorted processes that can be encountered
  • Process stability
  • Process responses (including first, second and high order processes)
  • Terms and definitions, associated with process control (Gp, Td, Tc, PV Tracking, etc.)
  • The different types of control that may be implemented
Day Two: The PID Controller, Default Settings and Control Strategies
  • Proportional band percentage / Gain
  • Integral / Reset action
  • Derivative / Rate action
  • Default controller settings, for various processes
  • PID combinations that can be used, for various processes
  • Combined feedback and feed forward, integral windup, etc.
Day Three: Open and Closed Loop Tuning, for the PID Controller
  • Ziegler-Nichols open loop tuning method
  • Ziegler-Nichols closed loop tuning method
  • Tuning methods to satisfy overshoot constraints
  • Tuning rules and guidelines
  • Non formalized (trial & error) open loop running methods
  • Non formalized (trial & error) closed loop running methods
Day Four: Advanced Control Strategies, using a PID Controller
  • Cascade loops using PID controllers
  • Ratio control loops using PID controllers
  • Gain scheduling with a PID controller
  • Using a PID controller to deal with long dead times
  • Self-tuning controllers
  • Understanding Real vs Ideal, Saturated vs Non Saturated and Controller Equations
Day Five: Model-based Control, for Applications where a PID Controller would not be Suitable / Optimal
  • Using a model-based system to deal with dead time
  • Using a Smith Predictor
  • Understanding Internal Model Control (IMC)
  • Dahlin’s controller
  • Understanding and Implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC)

 

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