Purpose

• To develop better understanding of Automation and Control systems on board vessels
• To improve understanding of working, maintenance and trouble shooting of the various automated control equipments

Contents

• Essential components of the control system
• Manual and Automatic control
• Measuring element, Measured Value, Desired Value, Errors, means to eliminate the Errors, Function of Controller
• Open Loop System & Closed Loop Control System
• Proportional Control, Integral Control, Derivative Control & P-I-D Control
• Instrumentation: Temperature measurement, Pressure measurement, Level measurement, Flow measurement and others
• Pneumatic Transmitter, Pneumatic Controller, methods of determining the controller settings, malfunction and trouble shooting of controllers
• Simulation exercises on PID controllers showing the effect of setting variations and methods of determining controller settings
• Yamatake-Honeywell controller components, operation, maintenance and calibration
• Factors influencing control action & Tuning of P-I-D controllers
• Boiler water level Controller – Single / Two / Three element
• Boiler Combustion Control
• Programmable Logic Controller, detailed study of the Architecture of the PLC and the memory organization in PLC
• The Mitsubishi Programmable controller
• Practical exercises on the PLC
• Troubleshooting techniques in PLC
• Open Forum and Feedback session

Objectives

Upon completion of the course the participant will have better understanding in:

• Concepts of automatic control
• Working and maintenance of temperature, pressure, flow, level and other measuring equipment
• Operation and maintenance of various types of Transmitters, Controllers, Actuators, Valve Positioners and control valves with their characteristics
• Boiler controllers – Water level & Air/Fuel combustion controller
• Operation, maintenance & calibration of the Automatic Controller
• Operation & maintenance aspects of the Programmable Logic Controller

Admission Requirements

This course is intended for all Marine engineers

Duration

6 day of Lecture/Discussion including practical exercises

Participants

Maximum 15 participants per class and a minimum of 6

Language

Course shall be conducted in English

Venue

Chennai