Engineering and Maintenance
Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST)
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Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
Participant will be able to:
- Cite principles and theory that explain measurement and control instrument functions
- Describe procedures required to properly maintain the function of measurement and control instrumentation
- Understand the procedures and safety requirements for loop checking and its purpose
- Perform calculations and other analysis of information related to the calibration and troubleshooting of measurement and control instruments and systems
- Describe procedures required to safely start-up and shut-down a new or existing process
- Understand the education, experience, and examination requirements for becoming a CCST
- Identify important knowledge and skill requirements of a practicing CCST
- Describe the procedures involved in taking the CCST Level exam
- Identify any need for further study or training in specific knowledge areas
Who Should Attend?
- Instrumentation and control system Technicians
- Instrumentation and control system Junior Supervisors
- Instrumentation and control system Junior Engineers
- Automation Engineers, Instrumentation Technologists and Engineers
Course Outlines:
Concepts of Process Control
- Definition of a Process
- Types of Process
- Typical Industries
- Continuous vs. Batch Processing
- Typical Continuous Processes
- Continuous Process Example
- Typical Batch Processes
- Batch Process Example
- Process Control
- The Process Control System (Loop)
- Industrial Process Example
- Control Loop on P & I Drawings
- Process Dynamics (Response to Change)
- First Order Lag plus Dead Time
Basic Measurement Units
- Pressure and Level Measurement Units
- Relationship between Pressure Terms
- Density
- Specific Gravity
- Viscosity
- Pressure of Fluids
- Liquid Head Measurement
- Effect of S.G. on Liquid Head Measurement
- Unit Systems - Flow Measurement
- Flow Measurement of Fluids
- Flow Terms
Test & Calibration Equipment
- Temperature Scales
- Hydraulic Dead Weight Tester
- U-Tube Manometers
- Well Manometer
- Schematic of Low-Pressure Pneumatic Calibrator
- Typical Digital Multimeter
- Voltage Measurement
- Current Measurement
- Resistance Measurement
- Electro-Pneumatic Calibrator
Instrument Performance
- Range and Span
- Suppressed and Elevated Zero Range
- Range and Span Terminology
- Span and Range Calculation Practice
- Accuracy
- Repeatability
- Importance of Accuracy
- Linearity
- Hysteresis and Dead Band
Calibration Principles & Procedures
- Calibration
- Verification: Without Adjustment
- Calibration Block Diagram
- Shop Calibration - DP Transmitter
- RTD Calibration Arrangement
- Thermocouple Calibration Arrangement
- Hierarchy of Standards
- Five-Point Calibration Check
- Calibration Chart
- In-Shop or Field Calibration
Advancing Technology
- Standard Practice
- Industry’s changing Needs
- Smart Devices
- Smart Transmitters
- Digitizing a Measurement
- The Microprocessor
- Smart Instrument Characterization