Also provides an appreciation of the principles of industrial automatic process control and the practical application of these on process plant control systems.

Participant will be able to:

• Describe the instruments basic elements of various measurements
• Understand the principles behind the methods of generating measurement signals related to process variable changes.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of pneumatic and electronic instruments used to transmit process variable measurement signals to displays.
• Calibrate a variety of instrumentation systems used to measure and display process variable changes.
• Apply the concepts and principles of process measurement to other process systems.
• Know how the elements of a process control loop are connected to make a control system.
• Understand the operation and application of control valves and valve positioners in a process control loop.
• Understand the generation of proportional, integral and derivative actions, modes of control and their practical applications.
• Understand and apply open and closed loop process control loop tuning techniques to demonstrate process plant systems.
• 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 taken from the oil & gas fields
• 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) Control 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

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.