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LAR-Laws & Rules

P.E.-Professional Engineers

 

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Instrumentation and Control: Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level and Position Indication

Course No. IC-5001

Credit: 5 PDH

Course Fee: $139.95 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: A. Bhatia, Mechanical Engineer

Overview

Instrumentation is the art of measuring the value of some plant parameters, for example, temperature, pressure, flow, or level to name a few, and supplying a signal that is proportional to the measured parameter. The output signals are standard signals and can then be processed by other equipment to provide indication, alarms or automatic control.

This course covers five modules pertaining to instrumentation and control of temperature, pressure, flow, level, and position indication. This 5 -hr course material is based entirely on US Department of Energy training materials DOE-HDBK-1013/2-92, Fundamentals Handbook, Instrumentation and Control, Module 1 to 5, Volume 1 of 2.

This course is applicable to all electrical, mechanical and facility engineers, energy auditors, operation and maintenance personnel.

The reader must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty five (25) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

 

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Principle and operation of RTDs and thermocouples
  • The purpose, function, and components of a bridge circuit and the effect of the indicated temperature for failures, open circuit and short circuit
  • The theory and operation of pressure detectors, including bourdon tubes, bellows, strain gauges and capacitance capsules
  • The basic operation of a differential pressure transmitter
  • Principal of operation for various types of level detectors, including gauge glass, magnetic bond, conductivity probe, ball float, and differential pressure level detectors
  • The process of density compensation for level detectors
  • The effects of operating environment (pressure, temperature, humidity) on the accuracy and reliability of pressure detection instrumentation
  • How a level signal is derived for: an open vessel, a closed vessel with dry reference leg, and a closed vessel with wet reference leg
  • Why density compensation is required in some flow measurements
  • The effects of varying liquid temperature or pressure on level indication
  • How flow detectors generate a differential pressure signal through the use of orifice, venture tubes, dall flow tube, rotameter, nutating disk and pitot tube
  • The effects of varying fluid temperature or pressure on flow indication
  • The construction, operation and failure modes for various types of position indicators including limit switches, reed switches, potentiometer and LVDT

 

Course

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Instrumentation and Control

 

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