Start Date : 6 Apr ,2025
End Date : 10 Apr ,2025
Duration : 5 Days
Overview:
The workshop starts off discussing aspects of transmitters, along with the modern choice of fieldbus and HART and other communication aspects. It then delves into final control elements. This is followed by important aspects of pressure, level, temperature and flow. The workshop then moves into process control and loop tuning, ending off with model-based control systems, and how this fit into the modern notion of process control.
Course Objectives:
Define the role and objectives of instrumentation in any plant
Understand the importance of process variables, in process control
Develop their skills in selecting the right transmitter for an application
Improve their skills process control strategies
Correctly implement loop tuning strategies (using numerous methodologies)
Understand the concept of model-based control
Comprehend the intricacies of IMC and MPC strategies
Course Outline:
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)
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
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
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
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)
Who Should Attend?
Plant Management Personnel
Engineers from all disciplines
Processing Control Technicians
Supervisors
People dealing with Instrumentation Equipment Selection
