This Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals employed in Engineering, but it will be particularly beneficial to:
Programme Outline
Day 1 : Introduction to Process Variable Measurement
- Sensors, Transducers and Instrumentation Systems
- Instrumentation Signals
- Instrumentation Terms and Definitions
- HART Protocol
- Fieldbus
- Digital Communication and Techniques
- A quick introduction to final control elements (including control valves, VSD and VFD)
Day 2 : Pressure, Level, Temperature, and Flow Measurement
- Pressure Measurement – principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
- Level Measurement – principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
- Temperature Measurement – principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
- Flow Measurement – principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
Day 3 : Process Control
- Process Dynamics
- Process Stability
- Process Responses
- Types of control that may be implemented
- The P part of PID Control
- The I part of PID Control
- The D part of PID Control
- Cascade Control
Day 4 :Advanced Control and Loop Tuning Strategies using Digital Controllers
- Ratio control
- Combined feed forward and feedback control
- Open loop tuning methods, using formulae
- Closed loop tuning methods, using formulae
- Open loop tuning, using trial and error
- Closed loop tuning, using trial and error
- Dealing with processes that have large dead time
Day 5 : Model-Based Control, where a PID Controller isn’t the Preferred Option
- Using a model-based controller
- Using a Smith Predictor
- Understanding Internal Model Control (IMC)
- Using a Dahlin’s Controller
- Understanding and implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC)