Related Course: Introduction to Industrial Processes, Measurement and Control (FG07) includes lectures and comprehensive hands-on training! FG07 is recommended for those wanting both lecture and hands-on experience.
Who Should Take FG05?
- Control systems engineers and managers
- System integrators
- IT engineers and managers at industrial facilities
- Plant managers
- Plant safety and risk management professionals
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Instructor-Guided Online (FG05E)Length: 18 modules |
Self-Paced Modular (FG05M)Length: 12 modules |
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Note: A one-day overview version of this course is available as part of a custom training solution. Contact ISA Customer Service at info@isa.org or by calling +1 919-549-8411.
Learning Objectives
- Communicate the latest trends in measurement and control
- Recognize the role of measurement and control in industrial processes
- Compare continuous, batch, and discrete control and how they are used in industry
- Interpret measurement and control terminology
- Compare the methods and devices used in temperature, pressure, level, and flow measurement
- Describe the operation and components of a feedback control loop
- Identify the fundamental concepts of controller tuning
- Compare different control system architectures, including single loop controllers, distributed control systems (DCS), and programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Apply ISA standards to interpret symbols and documentation
Topics Covered
- Process Control Concepts
- Continuous
- Batch
- Discrete control
- Role of measurement and control in industry
- Graphic description of loop components
- Component loop dynamics
- Industrial Measurement Systems
- Overview
- Sensor selection and characteristics
- Transmitters
- Smart transmitters
- Pressure Measurements
- Concepts
- Instruments
- Differential pressure measurement
- Level Measurement
- Concepts
- Hydrostatic head level measurement
- Capacitance level measurement
- Ultrasonic level measurement
- By weight
- Flow Measurement
- Fluid Fundamentals
- Methods and concepts
- Differential head flow measurement
- Velocity flow measurement devices
- Mass flowmeters
- Temperature Measurement
- Concepts
- Thermometers
- Thermocouples
- RTDs
- Thermistors
- Temperature transmitters
- Industrial Process Control
- Basic feedback control
- Components
- PID control
- Final control elements
- Tuning concepts
- Trends in Control Technologies
- Smart components
- Fieldbus
- Exercises
- Review flow measurement
- Review pressure scales
- Interpret simple P&IDs
A hand-held/scientific calculator should be brought to class.