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Instrumentation and Control: Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level and Position Indication
In Instrumentation and Control: Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level and Position Indication, you'll learn ...
- Indicator types, construction, purpose, and function
- Environmental concerns which can affect the accuracy and reliability of indicators
- Failure modes for the various end devices covered in the course
Overview
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Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 83 pages
Instrumentation is the art of measuring the value of plant parameters, such as temperature, pressure, flow, or level, 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 discusses five aspects of instrumentation and control systems: temperature, pressure, flow, level, and position indication. It describes the construction, operation, and failure modes for the various types of detectors, indicators, and control circuits. The course provides fundamental knowledge of basic system and equipment operations; as such, it is applicable to all electrical, mechanical, and facility engineers, operation and maintenance personnel, and energy auditors.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the principles and operation of RTDs and thermocouples.
- Describe the purpose, function, and components of a bridge circuit and explain the effect of open- and short-circuit failures on indicated temperature.
- Explain the theory and operation of pressure detectors.
- Describe the basic operation of a differential pressure transmitter.
- Explain the operating principles of various types of level detectors.
- Describe the density-compensation process for level detectors.
- Analyze the effects of the operating environment on the accuracy and reliability of pressure-detection instrumentation.
- Explain how a level signal is derived for an open vessel, a closed vessel with a dry reference leg, and a closed vessel with a wet reference leg.
- Describe why density compensation is required in some flow measurements.
- Analyze the effects of varying liquid temperature or pressure on level indication.
- Explain how flow detectors generate a differential pressure signal using orifices, Venturi tubes, Dall flow tubes, rotameters, nutating disks, and Pitot tubes.
- Analyze the effects of varying fluid temperature or pressure on flow indication.
- Describe the construction, operation, and failure modes of various types of position indicators.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 25 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 83 pages
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