Description
Includes an introduction to computer hardware and computer operating systems. Principles of temperature, pressure, level and flow are discussed. The course covers fluid properties, conversion factors, piping and instrumentation diagrams, loop diagrams and complex ladder diagrams and schematics. Students learn theory of operation of devices used to measure and control process variables (including sensors, transducers, transmitters, controllers, pumps and valves) and cover control modes, control algorithms and control loop tuning methods— Ultimate, Damped Oscillation, Ziegler-Nichols and Shinskey’s. Students will use AutoCAD to create piping and instrumentation diagrams, loop diagrams, complex ladder diagrams and schematics. The course also explores calibration and configuration of devices used to measure and control process variables (including sensors, transducers, transmitters, controllers, pumps, valves and variable frequency drives). Students learn application of theory principles