Operation Monitoring Control of Electric Machines Industrial Processes Course

Course Overview:

This course provides deep insights in electric machines, control systems and industrial process supervision.

Participants will study operating principles of motors, generators and variable speed drives, their control variables and protection mechanisms. 

The course also includes process instrumentation, controllers, SCADA, PLC, DCS systems and places emphasis on contemporary engineering practices on system performance improvement. 

This course is intended for engineers, project supervisors and asset managers and focuses on fault analysis, actuator, sensor and industrial communication protocol application. The course prepares the participants to design more efficient and reliable industrial processes and equipment.

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