The Complete Guide to Instrumentation for Non-Instrumentation People
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The Complete Guide to Instrumentation for Non-Instrumentation People Course
Introduction:
Have you ever found yourself observing instrumentation personnel in action and quietly contemplating, "If I had the chance to choose my career again, I would undoubtedly opt for the field of instrumentation!"? If that resonates with you, then the Complete Guide to Instrumentation for Non-Instrumentation People training course offers the next best opportunity—a comprehensive week dedicated to gaining familiarity and hands-on experience in essential aspects related to instrumentation. The primary objective of this workshop is to "bridge the gap" and make instrumentation more accessible and comprehensible to everyone.
Throughout this training course, you will be introduced to transmitters, programmable equipment, computer simulators, instrumentation diagrams, and other relevant material. The workshop aims to demystify the field of instrumentation and equip you with deeper insight and knowledge, enabling you to engage in meaningful conversations with instrumentation professionals in their area of expertise. This not only enhances your self-confidence but also allows you to play a more impactful role in improving the performance of your operation, regardless of your current position or level of experience.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Learn about all the most common types of instrumentation signals that are used in your operation
- Familiarize yourself with instrumentation terminology, definitions and acronyms
- Interpret and create P&ID diagrams, applicable to your working environment
- Understand digital communication aspects (including Fieldbus and HART)
- Select the best equipment (and combinations of equipment) for a specific application
- Calculate vital calibration information, specific to certain transmitters
- Design and apply basic screens and features applicable to SCADA, DCS and HMI devices
- Develop basic PLC programs and understand how these devices work
- Consider Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), and equipment utilization in hazardous areas
- Employ techniques to assist in optimizing control loops
Who Should Attend?
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Operators & Supervisors
- Engineers from non-instrumentation disciplines
- Artisans and foremen from non-instrumentation disciplines
- Financial staff & Cost controllers
- Safety and health coordinators
- Lower, middle and top management
- Mechanical and electrical apprentices
- Newly qualified instrumentation personnel
- Admin staff & HR representatives
Course Outlines:
Introduction to Instrumentation, Documentation, Pressure, and Flow
- The A-Z of typical instrumentation signals that may be encountered
- Instrumentation terminology and definitions
- Accuracy, repeatability, linearization, and a host of other terms applicable to instrumentation
- Instrumentation drawings and diagrams (including P&IDs)
- Instrumentation documentation
- Pressure, pressure concepts, and pressure measuring devices
- Flow and flow measuring devices
Level, Temperature, Valves, Actuators, and other Final Control Elements
- Level and level measuring devices
- Temperature and temperature measuring devices
- Valve types, principles and operation
- Actuator types, principles, and operations
- The thought processes behind valve sizing
- Additional final control elements (such as variable speed drives, et cetera)
PLCs, Safety Instrumented Systems and Hazardous Areas
- Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
- PLC inputs and outputs
- PLC hardware and software
- PLC fundamentals
- Basic PLC programming
- Safety instrumented systems (SIS) and emergency shutdown
- Hazardous areas
- Understanding how instrumentation can be used in specific hazardous areas
SCADA, DCS, HMI and Digital Communication
- Introduction and background to SCADA
- Introduction and background to distributed control systems (DCS)
- Introduction and background Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
- Digital communication and protocols
- Foundation Fieldbus
- Process Fieldbus
- HART
- Basic SCADA / DCS screen design and implementation
Process Control, Loop Tuning and Putting Everything Together
- Types of processes
- Types of process control
- Feedback, feedforward, cascade and ratio control
- Three-term control
- Open- and closed-loop tuning
- Putting everything together, to facilitate achieving successful results