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Instrumentation - INST 224

Mechanical Measuring Principles

• Introduce fundamental control theory
• Discuss pneumatic measurement techniques
• Perform transmitter calibration
• Perform pneumatic controllers hookup
• Discuss pressure transmitter installation (liquid and gas)
• Discuss flow transmitter installation (liquid and gas)
• Calculate D/P level with various transmitter locations
• Show bubbler calculations and installation
• Perform sizing and calculations (liquid, gas, and steam) on the following:
• Control valves
• Orifice plates
• Pitot tubes
• Venturi meters
• Vortex meters
• Restrictive plates
• Relief valves
• Rupture disks
• Line pressure drop
• Rotameters
• Write speciation sheets for the above instruments
• Analyze loop device hookup for transmitters, controllers, and valves