Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Instrumentation and Control Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers and Technicians
• Process Engineers
• Electrical and Automation Engineers
• Plant Operations Personnel
• Reliability and Asset Management Professionals

Reliability and Asset Management Professionals

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand industrial measurement principles
• Select appropriate process instruments
• Apply pressure, flow, level, and temperature measurement techniques
• Perform instrument calibration and troubleshooting
• Integrate instruments with PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems
• Improve measurement reliability and process performance

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Industrial Process Measurements and Pressure Measurement

• Principles and fundamentals of industrial process measurement 
• Measurement terminology, standards, accuracy, precision, and uncertainty 
• Measurement system components, sensors, transducers, transmitters, and indicators 
• Analog and digital signals, signal conditioning, and data acquisition 
• Calibration concepts, traceability, measurement errors, and reliability 
• Pressure measurement principles, units, and pressure types 
• Pressure measuring instruments, gauges, transmitters, and differential pressure transmitters 
• Pressure instrument selection, installation, impulse lines, and manifold arrangements 
• Pressure measurement applications for liquid, gas, and steam services 
• Calibration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and safety of pressure instruments

DAY 2

Flow and Level Measurement Technologies

• Flow measurement fundamentals, fluid properties, and measurement principles 
• Volumetric and mass flow measurement and flow profile considerations 
• Selection and application of industrial flow measurement devices 
• Differential pressure flow measurement using orifice plates, Venturi tubes, and flow nozzles 
• Velocity and mass flow technologies including turbine, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, and vortex flowmeters 
• Coriolis and thermal mass flow measurement technologies 
• Flowmeter sizing, installation, straight-run requirements, calibration, and performance verification 
• Level measurement fundamentals, applications, and instrument selection 
• Level measurement technologies including differential pressure, displacer, capacitance, ultrasonic, radar, and guided-wave radar 
• Level instrument calibration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and reliability improvement

DAY 3

Temperature Measurement, Analytical Instruments, and Integrated Measurement Systems

• Temperature measurement fundamentals, scales, units, and selection criteria 
• Thermocouples, RTDs, thermistors, bimetallic, filled-system, and infrared instruments 
• Temperature sensor installation, thermowells, calibration, verification, and troubleshooting 
• Analytical process measurements including pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, density, viscosity, moisture, and gas analysis 
• Instrument signal transmission using 4–20 mA, HART, Foundation Fieldbus, and Industrial Ethernet 
• Integrated measurement systems and instrumentation architecture in process plants 
• Measurement integration with PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems 
• Smart transmitters, asset management, reliability, and performance monitoring 
• Measurement system maintenance, loop checking, fault diagnosis, and root cause analysis 
• Wireless instrumentation, IIoT, digitalization, predictive analytics, and cybersecurity considerations