School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Adv Manufacturing/Fabrication
Department
Electrical Engineering Technol
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Electricity/Electronics
Course Number
106
Course Title
Calibration and Loop Training
Credit Hours
1.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
23.50 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
23.50 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
CIMEL-105 or Instructor permission
Catalog Course Description
Evaluates the common methods of process control including Proportional/Integral/Derivative (PID) control. Discusses transmitter setup and calibration. Covers how plant prints are evaluated in order to understand P and I diagrams.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Goal Statement
To provide students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of Calibration and Loop Training, utilizing digital learning materials and hands-on labs.
Core Course Topics
- Piping and Instrumentation diagrams including instrumentation symbols and loop designation.
- Fundamental architecture of process controllers including controller nomenclature, controller functions and control schemes, and related feedback sensing and actuator outputs.
- Application of symbols and circuits in plant process prints
- Calibration vs. range settings of transmitters
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Give a Process Control simulator; evaluate all components on the simulator to generate a process diagram reflecting the operation of the process control system.
2. Define the following terms and their function in a closed loop process control system: set point, feedback, measured variable, controlled variable, disturbance, error signal, and controller.
3. Identify all components, loops and operating principles of the loops including control inputs and outputs with Industry Process and Instrumentation diagrams*.
4. Determine the Lower range value (zero) and the upper range value (span) settings of the transmitters and demonstrate the 4 to 20 ma loop characteristics by using pressure and thermal transmitters .
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
• Pre and Post exams
• Completion of assigned lab evaluated using standard rubrics (see Division).
Texts
See Division for required texts/materials.
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other Details
Successful completion of current Post Assessment (85%) and instructor assessment of lab activities.
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Winter 2014
Review Semester
Winter 2014