Instrument Signal Measurement And Transmission

Course Syllabus

Introduction
- Measurement System.
- Transmission Signals.
Pneumatic Transmission Systems
- Pneumatic Transmitter (Force Balance).
- Flapper and Nozzle Mechanism.
- Feedback Bellows and Pneumatic Relay Amplifier.
- Pneumatic Transmitter (Motion Balance).
- Set Point Transmitter.
- Volume Booster.
- Pressure Regulator.
- Pneumatic Display Devices.
Electronic Transmission Systems
- Electronic Transmitter (Force Balance).
- Detector Armature (LVDT).
- Smart Transmitters.
- Transmission Signal Converters (I to P and P to I).
- Electronic Display Devices.
- Transmission Medium Comparisons.
Current and Voltage Transmission
- Conditioning Resistor.
- Live Zero and Two Wire System.
- Potentiometer.
- Linearity, Conformity and Noise.
Transmission Lines
- The Basic Line Concept.
- RC Circuit Operation.
- Transient Response Waveforms.
Electrical Transmission Wiring and Noise
- Noise Sources and how to suppress them.
- Signal/Noise Ratio.
- Common Mode Rejection.
Data Communication
- Communication Principles and Modes.
- Asynchronous Systems.
- Synchronous Systems.
- Data Coding.
- Transmission Speed.
- Balanced and Unbalanced Transmission.
- Interface Standards.
- Multiplexing.
- Fibre Optic Transmission.

Dates available on request.

Course Content

Aim:

To provide a detailed knowledge of the operation and application of process plant instrumentation used for the transmission of the signals of the main process variables of pressure, level, flow and temperature.

Pre-Requisites:

Ideally suited to those personnel who require instrumentation training as part of a multi-discipline engineering programme.

Duration:

The course is two weeks in duration.

Optimum Number:

Maximum of six delegates per course.

Training Aids:

OHP, information handouts.

Assessment:

The course may be accredited by the way of an NVQ or units towards. If not, a competence based assessment can be applied.

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Course Syllabus