Practical Mini MBA in instrumentation and Automation Course
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Practical Mini MBA in instrumentation and Automation Course
Course Overview:
The Refresher and Back to Basics Workshop delves into fundamental areas of automation and control, which are reviewed in detail and are on par with the current trends. For five days, the participants will engage with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) which include PLC functionality, troubles in PLCs, programming compliance, and control theory such as PID control through PLC modules.
The course also includes SCADA Systems where the students will learn on configuration, trending and communication such as TCP/IP and wireless systems among others.
Also to be covered is Process Instrumentation such as measurement of flow, temperature, pressure, level, smart instruments, Foundation Field bus and Profibus. The audience will get familiar with Data Acquisition too addressing configuration, communications and other new trends related to data logging and isolation.
This is followed by a Workshop on the basics of Process Control with a specific emphasis on PID tuning and its components such as cascade, feedforward control and other enhanced techniques such as lambda tuning.
This course can be taken by specialists like engineers, technicians and operators who require or want a thorough revision of control systems and above the use of the systems.
Course Objectives:
A Five-day refresher and back to basics workshop going through the critical elements of each of the following topics and highlighting the latest developments in the area.
Covering:
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Process Instrumentation
- SCADA Systems
- Process Control
- Data Acquisition
- Get the latest tips and tricks from a professional in the area
Who Should Attend?
- Managers
- Consultants
- Apprentices
- Accountants
- Systems Integrators
- Technicians
- Electrical Engineers
- Electricians
- Process Control Engineers
- Automation Engineers
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Installation and Maintenance Technicians
- Energy Management Consultants
- Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
- Operators monitoring and controlling processes
- Engineers working in different areas
- Anyone wanting to get a fundamental grounding in this topic
- New Graduates
Course Outlines:
Overview
- Introduction to the course
Programmable Logic Controllers
- Hardware and Software
- Troubleshooting Tricks with PLCs
- PID Control Tips on a PLC
- Installation Tips (esp. Grounding and Noise)
- New programming standards (1131-3)
- Good programming habits
- How to improve software quality
- PLCs and PID control
- Safety PLC Developments
SCADA Systems
- Basic Operation
- Configuration of Displays & Trending
- Industrial Ethernet and RS-485
- Communications
- TCP/IP
- Internet/Intranet based SCADA
- Wireless based SCADA Systems
- OPC and XML
- Web servers
- Thin clients
Process Instrumentation & Valves
- Basic principles and operation of
Instrumentation in:
- Flow
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Level
- Latest developments in Flow (incl. Ultrasonics)
- Smart instruments
- Foundation Fieldbus and instruments
- Profibus and instruments
- Control Valves
- Types
- Smart Valves
- Tips and traps with Valves
Data Acquisition
- Configuration of a Data Logger
- Tips and Traps in collecting data
- Earthing and Isolation Tips
- Ethernet and RS-485 Communications
- Wireless based Data Acquisition
- Latest Developments in
- Data Acquisition
Process Control
- Fundamentals of Process Control
- How to handle Instability of Systems
- Feedback Control
- Basics of PID Tuning
- Cascade Control
- How to handle long dead time processes
- Feedforward Control
- Tuning and cascade control
- Feedback and Feedforward control
- “New” tuning techniques e.g. lambda
