Participant will be able to:

1. Describe the instruments basic elements of various measurement
2. Understand the principles behind the methods of generating measurement signals related to process variable changes.
3. Demonstrate a knowledge of pneumatic and electronic instruments used to transmit process variable measurement signals to displays.
4. Calibrate a variety of instrumentation systems used to measure and display process variable changes.
5. Apply the concepts and principles of process measurement to other process systems.
6. Know how the elements of a process control loop are connected to make a control system.
7. Understand the operation and application of control valves and valve positioners in a process control loop.
8. Understand the generation of proportional, integral and derivative actions, modes of control and their practical applications.
9. Understand and apply open and closed loop process control loop tuning techniques to demonstrate process plant systems.
10. Describe the effects of changing controller settings to control the process response of a plant.

This Intensive Ten-day instructional program covering the educational needs of Instrumentation and Control Engineers & Technicians, Plant Operators, Operation Engineers, Process and Utility Supervisors, Project Engineers & Technicians, and Suited to those personnel who require to be acquainted with the actual work carried out by instrument personnel and who are involved with instrumentation personnel on a daily basis. No specific prerequisite training or experience required for registration.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Week One:

• Pressure Measurement
• Pressure Measurement Principles, Units and Types.
• Liquid Head Devices (Manometers).
• Elastic Deformation Elements (Diagrams, Capsules, Bellows).
• Pressure Switches, different types of activation and ranges
• Bourdon Tube Gauges ("C" type, Spiral, Helical, Compound and Duplex).
• Installation of Bourdon Tube Gauges.
• Pressure Calibration Standards (Deadweight Tester DWT, Vernier Manometer and Standard Certified Reference Gauge).
• Calibration Procedures, Errors and Correction.
• Pneumatic Transmission Systems
• Pneumatic Transmitter (Force Balance).
• Flapper and Nozzle Mechanism.
• Feedback Bellows and Pneumatic Relay Amplifier.

3) Electronic Transmission Systems

• Electronic Transmitter (Force Balance).
• Transmission Signal Converters (I to P and P to I).
• Electronic Display Devices.

4) Level Measurement

• Differential Pressure
• Bubble Tube
• Dipstick and Dip Tapes.
• Sight Glass.
• Level Gauge Principles
• Hydrostatic Methods (Wet Leg and Dry Leg).
• Purged Dip Pipe Level Measurement Principle.
• Buoyancy Method (Floats and Displacer).
• Capacitor Methods.
• Ultrasonic and Radar Methods.
• Load Cells.

5) Flow Measurement

• Rate and Quantity of Flow.
• Laminar, Transient and Turbulent Flow.
• Quantity Displacement Meters.
• Constant Area, Variable Pressure Devices Constant Head, Variable Area Devices. Square Root Extraction.
• Inferential (Velocity) Flowmeters.
• Installation Practices.
• Differential Pressure
• Coriolis Meter
• Turbine Meter
• Ultrasonic Meter
• Difference between Mass and Volumetric Metering

6) Temperature Measurement

• Temperature Units and Scales.
• Liquid, Gas and Vapour Filled Systems.
• Bimetal Thermometers.
• Thermocouples
• RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector)
• Thermistor
• The Potentiometric Measuring Circuit (RTD Simulator)

Week Two:

7) Control Valves and Actuators

• Spring and Diaphragm Actuators.
• Single and Double Port Valves.
• Control Valves Trims and Characteristics.
• Ball valve
• Butterfly valve
• Plug valve
• Gate valve
• Globe valve
• Check valve
• CV Definition and Formula

8) Cntrol Valves Positioners and Converters

• Motion Balance Positioner.
• Forced Balance Positioner.
• Setting Up Valve Positioners.
• Smart Positioner
• I/P and P/I Converters

9) Closed Loop Control

• The Elements of a Control Loop.
• Process Control Terms.
• Principles or the Feedback Loop Controller Actions.
• Control Loop Stability.

10) Modes of Control

• On/Off (2-Step) Control.
• Proportional Action.
• Proportional Control.
• Integral Action.
• P+I Control.
• Derivative Action.
• P+I+D Control.

11) Tuning Control Systems

• Ultimate Sensitivity Method.
• Damped Oscillation Method.
• Reaction Rate Method.

12) Complex Control

• Cascade Control.
• Split Range Control
• Ratio Control.

13) Examples of Different Control Loops

• Pressure Control Loop
• Flow Control Loop
• Temperature Control Loop
• Level Control Loop
• Mixed Control Loop

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.