Course Objectives:

• Understand the basic terminologies used in measurement systems and their P&ID representation.
• Identify causes and types of experimental errors and analyze such errors.
•  Design electrical signal conditioning circuits.
•  Recognize and solve field instrumentation problems including interference, noise and grounding.
• Define the elements of a digital data acquisition system and select the A/D parameters and sampling rate and input signal conditioning to achieve the desired digital resolution and required accuracy.
• Understand the principle of operation, selection, conditioning and measurement systems used for measuring:
  • Pressure
  • Flow
  •  Level
  •  Temperature.

• Understand the principle of operation of smart sensors and Field Bus Foundation.

Course Outlines:

• Introduction to Measurements and Instrumentations      
• Process measurement defined
• Process and Instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) using ISA symbols
•  Instrument calibration certificate.
•  Transducers/sensors static and dynamic specifications (Accuracy, resolution, repeatability, linearity  ...etc).
•  Measurements errors

• Signal Conditioning
  •  Voltage, current and power
  • Voltage and current sources
  •  Voltage divider
  •  Bridge circuits
  •  Load error minimization
  •  LVDT
  • Diode and transistor circuits
  • Transistor switch
  • Operational amplifiers
  •  Basic op-amp circuits: Inverting and noninverting amplifiers, buffer, V-to-I converter, I-to-V converter
  •  Differential and instrumentation amplifiers
  • Wave shaping: rectifier, Comparator and level detector, Schmitt trigger, Window comparator, Peak detector
  • Noise
  •  Signal filtering
  • Shielding and ground loops
• Pressure and Flow Measurements
  •  Continuous, discrete and digital signals
  •  A/D and D/A electronics
  •  Signal conversion
  •  Basic signal analysis tools
  •  Transmitters
  •  Installation of pressure sensors
  •  Diaphragm pressure sensors
  • Strain Gauge Diaphragm sensors
  •  Vibrating wire Diaphragm pressure sensor
  •  LVDT based pressure sensors
  •  Flow switches
  • Orifice plates or venturi, plus differential pressure transmitter
  •  Magnetic flow meter
  • Ultasonic flow meter
  • Turbine flow meter
  •  Multi-phase flow meter
  • Case studies involving sensor applications
  •  Practical considerations
•  Level and Temperature measurements
  •  Level sensor selection
  • Pressure/Density Level Instrumentation
  • Floats & Displacers
  •  RF/Capacitance Level Instrumentation
  •  Radiation-Based Level Gages
  •  Radar & Microwave
  •  Ultrasonic Level Gages
  •  Optical level sensors
  •  Level sensor application problems
  •  Thermocouples
  •  RTD
  •  Thermesters
  •  Temperature sensor selection guide
  • Case studies involving sensor applications
•  Smart sensors and Field Bus
  •  Data communication
  •  Networked data acquisition
  • Smart sensors
  •  Field Bus (reasons, requirements, how they work, OSI in FieldBus,Applications, Commercial Field Bus products and components)

Who Can Benefit?

• This course is designed for those involved with the planning, implementation, or supervision of Industrial Measurement Instrumentation in different facilities of Oil and Gas fields or other industrial fields. This course is for field engineers and technicians working on this scope of work, and for managers of these departments if they are technical decision makers.

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