By attending this course, participants will acquire the following knowledge and skills:

1. Apply an in-depth knowledge to the measurement of temperature, pressure, level and flow as well as to the fluid mechanics of pipe flows
2. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the major flowmeter types including the differential pressure, rotary positive displacement, rotary-inferential, electromagnetic, ultrasonic and Coriolis mass flowmeters to determine the optimum choice for a given application
3. Make a considered judgement of the choice of fluid level measurement devices
4. Understand the various types of flow calibration, metering systems and provers
5. Carry out tank measurement and tank calibration methods and to calculate net sellable quantities
6. Discuss valve characteristics & trim selection and illustrate the process of control valve sizing
7. Explain the terms Open and Closed loop
8. Define Process Variable, Measured Variable, Set Point and Error
9. Define Direct and Reverse controller actions
10. Explain the terms Process Lag, Measurement Lag, Transmission Lag, and Response Lag and their effect on controllability
11. Explain ON/ OFF Control and the inherent disadvantages
12. Explain Proportional Control, Offset, Gain and Proportional Band and the advantages and disadvantages of Proportional only control
13. Explain the fundamentals and operation principles of Integral (I) Action and the disadvantages of proportional plus integral control
14. Explain the fundamentals and operation principles of Derivative (D) Action in conjunction with P action
15. Describe the operating principles of a PID Controller and explain the applications and advantages of PID control
16. Describe Cascade, Forward, Split Range and Ratio Control operation principles

This course will benefit instrumentation, inspection, control, custody metering and process engineers and other technical staff. It is also suitable for piping engineers, pipelines engineers, mechanical engineers, operations engineers, maintenance engineers, plant/field supervisors and foremen and loss control coordinators.

• Intermediate

Your expert course leader is a Senior Mechanical & Instrumentation Engineer (UK, B. Sc., M.Eng., Ph D) with over 45 years of industrial experience in Process Control & Instrumentation, Pumps, Compressors, Turbines and Control Valve Technology. He is currently a Senior Independent Consultant to various petrochemical industries in the UK, USA, Oman, Kuwait and KSA where he provides consultancy services on both the application and operational constraints of process equipment in the oil & gas industries.

During his early career, he held key positions in Rolls Royce (UK) where he was involved in the design of turbine blading for jet engines, subject to pre-specified distributions of pressure. During this period and since, he has also been closely involved in various aspects of Turbomachinery, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics where he has become a recognised authority in these areas.

Later, he joined the academic staff of University of Liverpool in the UK as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Courses. A substantial part of his work has been concerned with detailed aspects of Flowmetering – both of single & multiphase flows. He has supervised doctoral research students in this area in collaboration with various European flowmeter manufacturers.

He joined Haward Technology Middle East in 2002 and was later appointed as European Manager (a post which has since lapsed) and has delivered over 150 training courses in Flowmeasurement (single- and multi-phase), Control, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Turbines, Compressors, Valve and Valve Selection as well as other topics throughout the UK, USA, Oman and Kuwait. During the last two years, he has delivered courses with other training companies operating in the Far and Middle East.

He has published about 150 papers in various Engineering Journals and International Conferences and has contributed to textbooks on the topics listed above.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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