Learning on ScreenInstrumentation Basics Series (15 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Video-based training in troubleshooting, adjusting, calibrating and repairing instrumentation and control systems.
1: Function of instrument systemes; basic steps in control process; manual and automatic control; variables used in process control; components and functions of a typical feedback control loop; accuracy and precision.
2: The function of a controller in a process loop; four modes of control; two-position control in a proces loop; the operating principle of proportional control; proportional band; proportional control.
3: Process variables - pressure, temperature, flow and level; working fluid; system and process; open system and closed system; energy and fluid processes; heat, mass and pressure; internal energy and heat; Farenheit and Celsius temperature scales.
4: Relationship among force, area and pressure; derivation of Pounds per Square Inch (psi) as a unit of measure; atmospheric gauge and absolute pressure; converting between gauge pressure and absolute pressure; pressure measurement and height of liquid.
5: Balloon symbols, loop identification numbers; loop indicator suffixes; process line symbols; signal line symbols; types of valves and their symbols; symbol for hand actuator; symbols for automatic actuators including diaphragm; solenoid and rotary.
6: The sections on a loop diagram; instrument ports and connections; junction boxes and identifiers; power supply for the loop; operating range and set point for an instrument; controller action; electronic line symbols; electronic instrumentation symbols.
7: ISA Standard 5.1; scanning device; instrument symbols used on instrumentation diagrams; functional identifiers used with control systems; types of instrumentation diagrams; interpreting a simplified diagram.
8: Gaskets and O-rings; applications of tubing in instrument systems; tubing materials and applications; calculating tubing gain; tubing benders; plastic tubing.
9: Types of wire; crimped splice; in-line splice; coaxial cable connection; conductors to terminal; purpose of grounding; installation of safety ground; electrical noise/signal distortion.
10: Primary and secondary standards; u-tube manometers; reading u-tube scales; well-type manometers; define meniscus; manometer levels; hydraulic deadweight testers.
11: Test gauge; selection factors; effects of parallax; reading of multiple scales; analogue-display pneumatic callibration; digital display pneumatic instruments.
12: Multimeters; me asuring electronic input values; controls; masuring oelectronic output values; displays of function generators.
13: Display section; vertical control section; horizontal control section; triggering controls; probes; digital functions and features; start-up and initialization; measuring amplitude.
14: Effects on a process loop control; detecting instrumentation errors; accuracy; dead band; hysteresis; linearity; repeatability; accuracy ratings; typical errors; zero shift; span error.
15: Calibration set-up; equipment; information sources; connections; determining calibration points; calibration data sheet; calibration prerequisites; pneumatic instrument calibration; electronic instrument calibration. - Series
- Instrument Technology Training Program, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 x 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1991-92
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £87.00 (+VAT +p&p) each
- Documentation
- Accompanying student guide workbook and instructor’s guide with each video.
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Keywords
- engineering skills; instrumentation systems; technical training
Sections
- Title
- Feedback control
- Synopsis
- 1: Function of instrument systemes; basic steps in control process; manual and automatic control; variables used in process control; components and functions of a typical feedback control loop; accuracy and precision.
- Title
- Process control modes
- Synopsis
- 2: The function of a controller in a process loop; four modes of control; two-position control in a proces loop; the operating principle of proportional control; proportional band; proportional control.
- Title
- Process characteristics
- Synopsis
- 3: Process variables - pressure, temperature, flow and level; working fluid; system and process; open system and closed system; energy and fluid processes; heat, mass and pressure; internal energy and heat; Farenheit and Celsius temperature scales.
- Title
- Process variables
- Synopsis
- 4: Relationship among force, area and pressure; derivation of Pounds per Square Inch (psi) as a unit of measure; atmospheric gauge and absolute pressure; converting between gauge pressure and absolute pressure; pressure measurement and height of liquid.
- Title
- Instrumentation symbols
- Synopsis
- 5: Balloon symbols, loop identification numbers; loop indicator suffixes; process line symbols; signal line symbols; types of valves and their symbols; symbol for hand actuator; symbols for automatic actuators including diaphragm; solenoid and rotary.
- Title
- Instrument loop diagrams
- Synopsis
- 6: The sections on a loop diagram; instrument ports and connections; junction boxes and identifiers; power supply for the loop; operating range and set point for an instrument; controller action; electronic line symbols; electronic instrumentation symbols
- Title
- Process and instrumentation diagrams
- Synopsis
- 7: ISA Standard 5.1; scanning device; instrument symbols used on instrumentation diagrams; functional identifiers used with control systems; types of instrumentation diagrams; interpreting a simplified diagram.
- Title
- Mechanical connections
- Synopsis
- 8: Gaskets and O-rings; applications of tubing in instrument systems; tubing materials and applications; calculating tubing gain; tubing benders; plastic tubing.
- Title
- Electrical connections
- Synopsis
- 9: Types of wire; crimped splice; in-line splice; coaxial cable connection; conductors to terminal; purpose of grounding; installation of safety ground; electrical noise/signal distortion.
- Title
- Primary calibration standards
- Synopsis
- 10: Primary and secondary standards; u-tube manometers; reading u-tube scales; well-type manometers; define meniscus; manometer levels; hydraulic deadweight testers.
- Title
- Pneumatic test equipment
- Synopsis
- 11: Test gauge; selection factors; effects of parallax; reading of multiple scales; analogue-display pneumatic callibration; digital display pneumatic instruments.
- Title
- Electronic test equipment
- Synopsis
- 12: Multimeters; me asuring electronic input values; controls; masuring oelectronic output values; displays of function generators.
- Title
- Oscilloscopes
- Synopsis
- 13: Display section; vertical control section; horizontal control section; triggering controls; probes; digital functions and features; start-up and initialization; measuring amplitude.
- Title
- Instrumentation errors
- Synopsis
- 14: Effects on a process loop control; detecting instrumentation errors; accuracy; dead band; hysteresis; linearity; repeatability; accuracy ratings; typical errors; zero shift; span error.
- Title
- Instrument callibration
- Synopsis
- 15: Calibration set-up; equipment; information sources; connections; determining calibration points; calibration data sheet; calibration prerequisites; pneumatic instrument calibration; electronic instrument calibration.
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
American Technical Publishers Ltd
- info@ihsatp.com
- Web
- http://www.ihsatp.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01344 861666,
- Address
- IHS ATP
Willoughby Road
Bracknell
Berks
RDG12 8DW - Notes
- American Technical Publishers has been taken over by IHS and is now known as IHS ATP (2005)
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