COURSE INFORMATION
Practical Process Control: A P&ID approach
Type:
Training Course
Length:
2 Days
CEU:
1.6
PDH:
16
Fee:
$1195 CAD
5% GST will be added to course fees upon registration.
Course Description
This 2-day course will cover the gap of information between the theoretical aspects of process control provided by academia and the onsite knowledge & skill gained by process control and Instrument engineers/technologists in the workplace.
This course explains the concept and purpose of a control system from a P&ID standpoint without going through the mathematical control theories or control system design parameters or electrical complexities.
For design engineers, this course provides the knowledge to design a control system by intuition, as is most commonly done by experienced engineers in regards to control loop systems within P&ID’s.
This course will cover the often-overlooked plant-wide control systems; equipment-wise control system includes pipes, tank and vessels, pumps, compressors, and heat exchangers.
Three main layers of control: BPSC, SIS, and Alarm and their “carriers” (DCS and PLC) will be discussed as well, with real-life examples.
This course is suitable for individuals dealing with P&ID’s in all Process industries including Chemical, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Water & Wastewater, and Food processing industries.
Basic process engineering knowledge is recommended for this course. Otherwise, we suggest taking P&ID: Reading and Interpretation as a pre-requisite to this course.
A complete set of course materials and a light lunch are included.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Process Engineers
- Automation and Control Engineers
- Instrumentation Engineers and Technologists
- Mechanical Engineers
- Operation leads
- HAZOP Facilitators
- Project Engineers
Course Outline 
- Three elements of control: BPCS(Basic Process Control System), SIS(Safety Interlock System), & Alarm
- Control System “Carriers”: DCS, PLC
- Need for Control system: Disturbance & Disturbance Management
BPCS (Regulatory Control)
- Basics of BPCS control & tagging
- Control loop function: measuring, comparing, & adjusting
- Description of functional boxes in control loops and their duties
- Playing with signals
- 4 steps of designing a control loop
- Different architecture of control loops: feedback vs. feed forward, single loop vs. multi variables
- Multivariable arrangements: cascade, ratio, override, selective, parallel, split range & their applications
Control System Application
- Designing plant–wide control systems
- Designing equipment–wise control systems
-Pipe control systems: Merging flows, splitting flows
-Pump control systems for centrifugal & positive displacement pumps
-Compressor, fan/blower control systems for centrifugal & positive displacement compressors and anti-surge control
-Heat transfer equipment control systems for heat exchangers (heater, cooler, vaporizer, condenser & air coolers) and furnaces
-Container control systems for surge tanks/vessels and process containers
Alarms
- Necessity for alarms
- Different types of alarms
- Symbology for alarm systems
SIS
- Importance & necessity of SIS system
- Basics of SIS tagging & symbology
- Different SIS actions
- SIS triggering actions
- Different SIS types: Shutdown, BMS, etc.
Primary Control Elements
Final Control/SIS Elements
- Control valves, louvers, Switching Valves
Electromotor Control
Instructor Mohammad Toghraei MSc. P.Eng.Mohammad Toghraei has over 19 years experience in the field of Process engineering and industrial water treatment. His main expertise is in the treatment of wastewater from oil and petrochemical complexes. For the past eight years he has taken on different technical roles in water treatment areas of SAGD projects. He is now working as an independent consultant.
Mohammad also has a passion for helping new Engineers and new immigrants with their career development and to obtain their APEGGA licenses by explaining the main topics of Ethics and Law, and how these issues affect the Engineering, Geology and Geophysics professions.
Mohammad has received a BSc. degree in Chemical engineering and an MSc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tehran, and is a member of APEGGA.
After immigrating from his native Iran in 2003, Mohammad now lives in Calgary with his beautiful wife and daughter.
Read More about Mohammad Toghraei MSc. P.Eng. Upcoming Sessions
Location:
Calgary, Alberta
Date:
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
