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Dec 21, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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ELT 171 - Process Control Instrumentation
Description: Instrumentation associated with industrial process control, including measurements of pressure, force, weight, motion, flow, level, and temperature; analytical measurement and procedures for safety, calibration and testing.
Prerequisites: ELT 126
Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 2
Course Content:
- Process control
- Foundations of measurement
- Instrumentation to perform measurements of pressure, force, weight, motion, flow, level, and temperature
- Analytical measurement to maximize system efficiency
- Calibration and testing procedures
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the fundamental operation of a process control loop including ON/OFF and PID control. (1)
- Describe how sensors are used to make field measurements and how these interface with a controller. (2)
- Troubleshoot sensors and their transmitters including: temperature, flow, level, force, motion, weight and pressure. (3)
- Troubleshoot instrumentation sensors and their transmitters to include: pH, salinity and conductivity. (4)
- Troubleshoot a process control loop. (5)
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