This training course provides an important insight into the operation of electric machines and industrial process parameters, industrial sensors, transmitters and actuators and finally selection of appropriate analog or digital controllers to analyze equipment responses and behavior against different incidents and system disturbances. Instrumentation and Process Control involve a wide range of technologies and sciences and they are used in many applications. Examples range from the control of heating, cooling and hot water systems in homes and offices to chemical and automotive instrumentation and process control. This training course is designed to cover all aspects of electric motors and industrial instrumentation, such as sensing a wide range of variables, the transmission and recording of the sensed signal, controllers for signal evaluation, and the control of the manufacturing process for a quality and uniform product.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

Understand the principles of operation and control variables of electric machines
Learn modern techniques to control the response of electric machines and industrial plant equipment
Analyze possible faults and associated safety measures
Realize the application of sensors and actuators in control systems
Understand the role of SCADA and PLC controllers in industrial processes and utility networks

Who Should Attend?

This training course has been designed at an intermediate to advanced level and will suit a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Project engineers/managers
Mechanical engineers
Electrical engineers
Process engineers
Planning engineers/managers
Asset engineers/managers

Course Outlines:

Electric Motors, Generators and Variable Speed Drives

Principles of rotating machines (motors & generators)
Different types of AC and DC machines
Control of machine parameters (speed, torque, loading, efficiency, power factor)
Stalling of motors, motor start-up and braking techniques
Motor protection, safety requirements and precautions
Variable speed drive (VSD)

Instrumentation & Monitoring of Process Variables

Valves, flanges, tanks, and piping systems
Process flow diagram (PFD) and process & instrumentation diagram (P&ID)
Pressure & level control devices and applications
Temperature & flow control devices and actuators
Servo mechanism
Stepper motors

Process Controllers and their Applications

Instrumentation/control of process variables (static & dynamic Transfer Function)
Automatic control (sensors, actuators, control status and error)
Open-loop vs. closed loop controllers
Analog vs. digital controllers
Batch process control vs. continuous process control
Analog signal conditioning (linearization, filtering)

Electronic Controllers and Amplifiers

The operational amplifier (op-amp) circuits and applications
On-off controller, Proportional (P) controller, Integral (I) controller
PI & PID controllers
Schmitt trigger
Clipper vs. clamper circuits
Transistor operation and configurations (CB, CE, and CC)

SCADA & PLC Systems, COMMS Protocols and DCS

SCADA system structure (field devices, master station, RTUs, data processing)
Programmable logic controller (PLC), ladder logic programming
Distributed control system (DCS)
Basics of PLC, Ethernet & TCP/IP
SCADA protocols (DNP3, 60870, 61850)
Network topologies

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