Distributed Control System DCS; Architecture, communication, and Configuration
Course Objectives
- To review sensors, instrumentation, and process control
- To cover DCS Organization and operation
- To summarize the most important Networking, HMI, and Alarm features of DCSs
- To highlight Maintenance and Troubleshooting procedures and issues
- To review Advanced Process Controllers in DCSs
- To cover Latest trends related to DCSs
Participant profile
This course is intended for managers, engineers, and technicians requiring knowledge of sensors, instrumentation, control, and automation in a distributed control environment. A section on maintenance and troubleshooting methods is also included. Personnel in operations will also find this an invaluable.
Course duration
5 days course
Day 1
- Review of Process Control and Introduction to DCS
- Review of sensors, instrumentation, and process control systems
- Control Algorithms
- Proportional (P)
- Proportional and Integral (PI)
- Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID)
- Distributed Control Systems: Introduction
- Overview, Features, Advantages, Where used
- Functions, Architecture, I/O, components,
- Hardware, software, system interfacing
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) – brief overview
- supervisory control and direct digital control
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) – brief overview
- DCS, PLC and SCADA compare
- Day 2
DCS Configuration and Networking
- Distributed Control Systems: Structure and Configuration
- DCS block diagrams, components, architecture, redundancy concepts
- DCS hardware configuration
- DCS Hardware & Software Internals
- Process variables, software variables, tags
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Alarms, Trends
- Databases
- Basic DCS Controller Configuration
- Sequential Controllers for Batch Processing
- Controllers for Continuous Processes: Function Blocks
- Hierarchical Structure of control systems: ISA-95
- Data Communications and Networking
- Signal Transmission
- Physical Network Structures
- Logical Network Structures
- Communication Standards
- Fieldbus Operation: Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus
- Wide Area Network (WAN) communications: Modbus
- Control in the Field (CIF)
- DCS applications and case study (Oil & Gas)
Day 3
- HMI, Alarms, and DCS Operation
- Human Machine Interfaces: Introduction, features, requirements
- Plant mimic and animation
- DCS Operator Stations
- Interface Categories
- Recorders, Loggers, Trend Displays, and Data Archiving
- HMI in the Control Room and in the Field: Mobile and remote devices
- Alarm Management
- Key Requirements
- Alarm System Functions
- Alarms phylosophy, control & Management
- Development and Applications, Logs, trends and reports
- DCS Operation
- Operational view of DCS
- Role of operators
- Integration and Optimization of DCSs
- DCS Configuration
- DCS Integration
Day 4
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Maintenance Considerations
- Maintenance Requirements: System and Components
- Procedure for Checking Control Loop Calibration
- Identify proper tools and test equipment for troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- Proper troubleshooting methods
- Identify typical communication malfunctions and faults
- Identifying failures, malfunctions, and faults
- Diagnostics through DCS Modules, and Programs (code)
- Diagnostics through Internal internal Variables and Bits of DCS
- Diagnostics of Communication faults
Day 5
- Advanced Process Controllers
- Feed forward Control
- Cascade Control
- Statistical Process Control
- Basics of advanced process control and optimization
- Latest DCS Trends
- Monitoring and control in the Field
- Industrial Internet
- Internet of Things
- Mobile and remote devices
- Cloud Processing
- Monitoring and control in the Cloud