Course Overview
Students will be trained in the fundamentals and calibration of transmitters used for analytical measurement such as pH, conductivity, ORP and dissolved oxygen. Students will gain experience tuning DCS control systems using advanced control strategies to operate a chemical process to control variables such as pH and electrolytic conductivity.
Prerequisite(s)
- Successful completion of term 3 courses
Credits
6.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
Safety
- Demonstrate safe working practices in the lab.
Analytical Measurement and Control
- Explain the complexity of the control of the pH measurement in industrial processes.
- Explain various pH measurement components such as glass, reference, temperature compensation electrodes and transmitters.
- Calibrate various pH transmitters complete with their associated electrodes.
- Explain the difference between absolute and relative electrolytic conductivity measurement.
- Calibrate various conductivity transmitters and their associated electrodes to include contacting and non-contacting systems.
- Explain oxidation reduction potential (ORP) measurement and applications such as cyanide destruction, hexavalent chromium destruction, sewage treatment and pulp bleaching.
- Calibrate dissolved oxygen and turbidity meters including the transmitters and the sensors.
- Develop a graph from the titration of a chemical reaction to determine the breakpoints and tuning parameters for a non-linear adaptive gain control system.
- Using the Foxboro I/A DCS system, operate and tune a chemical control process to include loops such as temperature, level, flow, pH (non-linear adaptive gain and feedforward indexed loops etc.), conductivity and dissolved oxygen.
Effective as of Winter 2018
Related Programs
Analytical Instruments and Control (INST 3106) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Energy
- Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control Technician
Diploma Full-time
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