Outline of JCCP Regular Course TR-14-12

To provide participants with a wide range of knowledge regarding advanced instrumentation, including the latest DCS 

Participants will be introduced to up-to-date field devices and control theories, and will engage in tuning practice using a simulator.

    1.Advanced field devices and control systems
        ･Introduction of the latest field instruments & the latest DCS
        ･Introduction of field bus and SIS

    2.Basic study of control
        ･Control theory using CAI
        ･PID tuning practice on a wet simulator with DCS
        ･Typical control loop design in refining processes
        ･Control valve selection
        ･Emergency shutdown system
        ･Machinery protection system

    3.Instrument maintenance
        ･Field instrument maintenance
        ･DCS maintenance

    4.Visits to:
        ･A refinery
        ･A vendor of diagnosis systems for rotating machines
        ･Instrument factories

Engineers with a university degree and at least three years’ experience in instrumentation, or those with equivalent qualifications