Dcs Training For Control Room Operators

Become competent in all basic, advanced, and practical concepts of DCS operations.

What you'll learn
Gain skills on all basic, advanced and practical concepts on DCS operations.
Learn how to activate control schemes correctly, troubleshoot process and control problems and identify tuning problems.
Learn how to recognize DCS tag attributes and variables.
Learn the essential good practices and safety precautions recommended for Control Room operator.
Requirements
Some control room exposure is desirable, but not required.
Description
Many new and inexperienced control room operators enter plants every year. This course is aimed at training both new and experienced operators. The course focuses not only on the mechanics of how to use the DCS but also covers many of the intricate details necessary for skilled and high quality operation.This course covers important DCS operational details, including DCS tag attributes, parameters, and fields, and how to start up complex control schemes. We cover procedures for how to detect control problems and tackle them quickly and effectively. The course covers DCS graphics.The course helps to prevent careless mistakes that could potentially cause shut-downs and encourages safe habits. The operators also learn to fully utilize features like alarms, trending, event monitoring, history, and other advanced features that can make the operators’ time more effective. The course also covers the meaning and use of various types of DCS tags – PV, analog, digital, input/output, numerics, summers, multipliers, timers, sequence programs, continuous programs, and many other tags.Learning OutcomesAt the end of the course, operators will be skilled in all basic, advanced and practical concepts of DCS operations. They will understand DCS tag attributes and variables. They will know how to activate control schemes correctly, troubleshoot process and control problems, and identify tuning problems. They would have learned tag ranges, tuning parameters, alarm system, alarm limits, rate of change limits, trending in the DCS, event history, logs, reports, and security.The course also teaches safety and important good habits recommended for operators. This course is a must for any operator or technician and will be of great value to engineers and supervisors too. The following topics are covered in this course:Distributed Control Systems (DCS) IntroductionDCS Architecture and Control NetworkAnalog and Digital SignalsDCS Tag names and GraphicsPID Control Tags and AttributesOther Types of DCS TagsCustom DCS Tags and CalculationsActivating Long Cascade and Complex Control SchemesContinuous versus Sequence ControlOnline Analyzers and Discrete SignalsControl Valve Characterization and Nonlinear TransformationsAlarms, Events and AlertsTrendsRemote AccessSafety and Recommended ProceduresAdvanced Process ControlManagement of Change Procedures

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Distributed Control Systems (DCS)

Lecture 1 Introduction, terms and definitions

Section 2: DCS Architecture and Control Network

Lecture 2 DCS Architecture and Control Network

Section 3: Analog and Digital Signals

Lecture 3 Analog and Digital Signals

Section 4: DCS Tagnames and Graphics

Lecture 4 DCS Tagnames and Graphics

Section 5: PID Control Tags and Attributes

Lecture 5 PID Control Tags and Attributes

Section 6: Other Types of DCS Tags

Lecture 6 Other Types of DCS Tags

Section 7: Custom DCS Tags and Calculations

Lecture 7 Custom DCS Tags and Calculations

Section 8: Activating Long Cascade and Complex Control Schemes

Lecture 8 Activating Long Cascade and Complex Control Schemes

Section 9: Continuous versus Sequence Control

Lecture 9 Continuous versus Sequence Control

Section 10: Online Analyzers and Discrete Signals

Lecture 10 Online Analyzers and Discrete Signals

Section 11: Control Valve Characterization and Nonlinear Transformations

Lecture 11 Control Valve Characterization and Nonlinear Transformations

Section 12: Alarms, Events and Alerts

Lecture 12 Alarms, Events and Alerts

Section 13: Trends

Lecture 13 Trends

Section 14: Remote Access

Lecture 14 Remote Access

Section 15: Safety and Recommended Procedures

Lecture 15 Safety and Recommended Procedures

Section 16: Advanced Process Control

Lecture 16 Advanced Process Control

Section 17: Management of Change Procedures

Lecture 17 Management of Change Procedures

Lab Technicians and DCS/PLC Technicians,Process Control Engineers, Advanced Process Control Engineers, and Instrument Engineers,Managers and Supervisors