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Advanced Certificate in Process Automation

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Advanced Certificate in Process Automation

Maximising Process Control for your Operation

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Course Summary

Proper process control is vital to any industry.  If your control is not done optimally, not only may you affect the safety of your operation, but also your efficiency and profitability.  In this respect, very careful attention must be paid to the PID controller.  These devices are used to control a host of different applications, and their optimization cannot be emphasized, enough!  They are often incorporated into the Distributed Control System (DCS).

This Glomacs online training course takes over, where basic instrumentation courses end off. It assumes that the delegates already understand measuring devices for level, temperature, pressure and flow, HMI basics, PLC basics, etc. It really focuses on process control in greater depth, which is pertinent to PID controllers, progressing from basics right up to advanced options. The training course is presented in a manner that is easy to understand, and then to apply.  It is vital that everyone, who is involved in PID controllers and loop tuning, are taught the fundamentals and techniques as thoroughly as possible.

This Glomacs online training course will feature:

  • Process control
  • Terms and definitions that will be encountered
  • The PID controller
  • Various loop tuning methods
  • Advanced control, using PID controllers
Course Outline
Day 1

Process Control, Terms & Definitions and Types of Control 

  • Process dynamics and assorted processes that can be encountered
  • Process stability
  • Process responses (including first, second and high order processes)
  • Terms and definitions, associated with process control (Gp, Td, Tc, PV Tracking, etc.)
  • The different types of control that may be implemented
Day 2

The PID Controller, Default Settings & Control Strategies 

  • Proportional band percentage / Gain
  • Integral / Reset action
  • Derivative / Rate action
  • Default controller settings, for various processes
  • PID combinations that can be used, for various processes
  • Combined feedback and feed forward, integral windup, etc.
Day 3

Open and Closed Loop Tuning, for the PID Controller 

  • Ziegler-Nichols open loop tuning method
  • Ziegler-Nichols closed loop tuning method
  • Tuning methods to satisfy overshoot constraints
  • Tuning rules and guidelines
  • Non-formalized (trial & error) open loop running methods
  • Non-formalized (trial & error) closed loop running methods
Day 4

Advanced Control Strategies, Using a PID Controller 

  • Cascade loops, using PID controllers
  • Ratio control loops, using PID controllers
  • Gain scheduling, with a PID controller
  • Using a PID controller, to deal with long dead times
  • Self-tuning controllers
  • Understanding Real vs ideal, saturated vs non-saturated and controller equations
Day 5

Model-based Control, for Applications where a PID Controller Would not be Suitable/Optimal 

  • Using a model-based system, to deal with dead time
  • Using a Smith predictor
  • Understanding Internal Model Control (IMC)
  • Dahlin’s controller
  • Understanding and implementing Model Predictive Control (MPC)
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