AIT 215 - Process Control Systems

1. Interpret process control system documentation, including identifying components on a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID), instrument tag, and instrument index. 
2. Complete setup of analog sensors and signal conditioning equipment. 
3. Adjust analog sensors and signal conditioning equipment. 
4. Test analog sensors and signal conditioning equipment. 
5. Complete setup of pneumatic proportional valves and I/P transmitters. 
6. Adjust pneumatic proportional valves and I/P transmitters. 
7. Test pneumatic proportional valves and I/P transmitters. 
8. Build a process signal loop system.

1. Interpreting process control system documentation
   1. Components identification 
      1. Instrumentation of Symbols and Identification (ISA)
      2. Components on a P&ID diagram
      3. Components on an instrument tag and instrument index
   2. Operation of a process control system given a P&ID diagram
   3. Components on a P&ID diagram identification given their instrument tags
   4. Instrument data interpretation given an instrument list
2. II. Analog sensors and signal conditioning equipment
   1. Preparation and testing analog sensors
   2. Preparation and testing signal conditioning equipment
   3. Operation of current-output and voltage-output signal sensors
   4. Operation of signal conditions for analog sensors
   5. Operation of various transmitter types
   6. Analog sensors 
      1. Types
      2. Specifications
      3. Selection
   7. Units of measurement variables
      1. Raw data units
      2. Raw data conversions
   8. Commissioning
      1. Connecting sensors
      2. Testing sensors
      3. Calibrating
      4. Span
      5. Zero-point adjustments
   9. Failure types
3. Pneumatic proportional valves and I/P transmitters
   1. Current-output and voltage-output of signal final control elements
   2. I/P converters operation
   3. Pneumatic proportional valves (2-way and 3-way)
      1. Identification of pneumatic proportional valves
      2. Operation of pneumatic proportional valves
      3. Testing of of pneumatic proportional valves
   4. Commissioning
      1. Connecting
      2. Testing
      3. Calibrating
      4. Span
      5. Zero-point adjustments
4. Building a basic process signal loop system 
   1. Multiple Loop and Single loop process control
   2. System component selection
   3. Creation of a P&ID 
   4. Commissioning 
      1. Connecting
      2. Setup
      3. Tuning
      4. Operation
5. Proportional, Integral, Derivative (PID) variables for a process control application
   1. Theory
   2. Application
   3. Adjustment/tuning on a controller