Instrumentation and Controls Fundamentals for Facilities Personal

Introduction

Instrumentation and Controls Fundamentals for Facilities Personnel applies fundamental instrument engineering principles to oil and gas facilities design and operation without the need for formal instrument engineering training. Through the use of individual and team problem solving you will learn about end devices, control valves, process control basics, fire and gas systems and the various interfaces between facilities engineers, contractors, and maintenance personnel. Participants will gain a better understanding of what Instrumentation and Control is and does and what is important to those disciplines.

Objectives

By the end of this course participants will learn about:

• Control loops, electrical and pneumatic
• End devices such as pressure, temperature, level, IP converters
• Valve types, shutdown, control, relief
• Process control basics
• P and ID diagrams
• DCS, SCADA, PLC, and SIS systems
• Hazardous area classification for instrumentation
• Instrument systems in the facility

Target Audience

Oil and Gas Facilities Engineers as well as newly graduated Electrical, Controls and Instrument engineers who need to improve their basic understanding of Instrumentation systems within Oil and Gas facilities.

Electrical Engineering Outline

• Loop diagrams, what they are, how they are configured
• Instrumentation symbology
• Field devices in the form of pressure, temperature, level transmitters or switches
• Process control basics and their associated control elements
• Fundamentals of DCS, PLC, SCADA systems
• Fundamentals of SIS systems
• Fundamentals of Fire and Gas systems                      
• Hazardous areas classification for electronic instruments