Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems

Section One: Introduction to Process Variable Measurement

• Sensors, Transducers and Instrumentation Systems
• Instrumentation Signals
• Instrumentation Terms and Definitions
• HART Protocol
• Fieldbus
• Digital Communication and Techniques
• A quick introduction to final control elements (including control valves, VSD and VFD)

Section Two: Pressure, Level, Temperature, and Flow Measurement

• Pressure Measurement - principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
• Level Measurement - principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
• Temperature Measurement - principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations
• Flow Measurement - principle of operation, devices, typical uses and installation considerations

Section Three: Process Control

• Process Dynamics
• Process Stability
• Process Responses
• Types of control that may be implemented
• The P part of PID Control
• The I part of PID Control
• The D part of PID Control
• Cascade Control

Section Four: Advanced Control and Loop Tuning Strategies using Digital Controllers

• Ratio control
• Combined feedforward and feedback control
• Open-loop tuning methods, using formulae
• Closed-loop tuning methods, using formulae
• Open-loop tuning, using trial and error
• Closed-loop tuning, using trial and error
• Dealing with processes that have large dead time

Section Five: Model-Based Control, where a PID Controller isn’t the Preferred Option

• Using a model-based controller
• Using a Smith Predictor
• Understanding Internal Model Control (IMC)
• Using a Dahlin's Controller
• Understanding and implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC)