Course Description
This five days course offers a broad perspective of smart field devices, including transmitters and valve -positioners. The emphasis is on more reliable information gathering, decreased maintenance time, ease-of-use, and multi-tasking capabilities. You will cover use in conventional systems, and enhancements/improvements when combined with digital control networks
Course Objectives
Participant will be able to:
- Differentiate between analog and digital instruments
- Understand how digital signal sampling works in digital instruments
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of digital instruments
- Explain the basics of serial digital communications
- Understand the effects of using digital instruments in closed loop control
- Configure and calibrate smart/digital field devices
- Configure intelligent control valves
- Recognize the capabilities of HART™ communication
- Understanding digital multivariable transmitter
Course Outlines
Analog vs. Digital Instruments:
- Analog Limitations,
- Calibration of Analog vs. Digital Instruments, and
- Flexibility of Digital Instruments
Digital Signal Sampling:
- Sampled Signal Characteristics,
- Output of A/D Converter
- Slow Sampling
Strength and Weaknesses of Digital Instruments:
- Effect on Performance,
- Multiple Measurement,
- Programming for Field Level Control,
- Future Development
Intelligent Control Valves:
- Digital Positioners,
- Diagnostic Tools,
- Adding PID Controllers to Control Valves
Serial Digital Communications:
- Parallel to Serial Converter,
- Modem
HART Communication:
- Features,
- Master/Slave Communications,
- Point-to-Point,
- Capabilities of HART
Proprietary Bus Systems:
- Overview of Bus Systems,
- Need for Open Bus System
SP50 Fieldbus:
- What It Is,
- How Instruments Operate
Intelligent Multivariable Transmitters:
- How they work,
- How they can transmit multiple variables
