PROGRAM DETAILS

Introduction:

This course covers fundamental and practical of instrumentation measurements concentrated on Flow Rate Measurement,  employed in a number of common control applications including compressors, boilers, distillation columns, chemical reactors and other systems related to the oil and gas industry. The other part of this course covers introduction to gas flow different applications in industries especially in oil and gas.

Course Objectives:

 Upon the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• To give an understanding of the principles and practice of the following Elements:
• Units of flow ,
• How can change volume to mass flow,
• Volume and mass Flow measurement,
• Different types of flow measurements,
• The applications of flow measurements,
• Useful of flow measuring in industries,
• Different between gas flow and liquid flow,
• To allow the delegate to become familiar and confident with a range of Measurement techniques.
• To understand the concepts of Process Control and acquire the Knowledge relating to the characteristics and properties of a process variable being measured.
• To disseminate and share experience and knowledge with other delegates through open session discussions hence broadening the knowledge base of all.
• To have the confidence and knowledge to apply the above techniques and principles to solve an unfamiliar and bespoke measurement situation in the workplace.

Who Should Attend?

• Instrumentation & Control engineers, technicians
• Non Instrument related personnel
• Mechanical & process technicians
• Chemical & Process trainee engineers
• All personnel involved in the design, selection, operating, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair operations.
• All maintenance, engineering, operations and process personnel involved in improving reliability, conditioning monitoring and maintainability of process equipment and systems
• Participants should have basic foundation skills in instrumentation

Program Content

Day 1

 Section 01: Introduction to flow Measurement

• Introduction
• Why Instruments?
• Where do we need it?
• What types are there?
• What is measurement?
• What are the physical measurements?
• A Flow Measurement Orientation

 Section 02: Flow definitions and units

• Standard International Units SI units
• Relationship between volume and mass
• Changing the volume flow into mass flow

Day 2

Section 03: Mechanical Flow-meters

• Positive Displacement Flow-meters
  • The Diaphragm Meter
  • Rotary Meters
  • The Lobed Impeller
  • Sliding-Vane Meters
  • Rotating-Vane Meters
  • High-Precision Gas Flowmeter
  • Application Notes
  • Testing and Calibration
  • Advantages
  • Bibliography

        Section 04: Continue Mechanical Flow-meters

• Turbine Flow-meters
• Other Rotary Flow-meters
• Rotating Vane (paddle & turbine)
• Venturi & Flowtubes
• The Diaphragm Meter
• Rotary Meters

Day 3

Section 05: Wet-Gas Metering

• Venturi Meters
• Algorithms for Wet-Gas Measurement
• Theory of Operation of Wet-Gas Metering
• Upstream Temperature Correction and Pressure Recovery
• Gas Mass Fraction Estimation Using Tracer Techniques 290
• Solartron-ISA Dualstream II™ Theory 290 Multiphase Flowmeters 291
• References 293 Bibliography 293
• Positive Displacement
• Differential Pressure
• Vortex Shedding

Day 4

Section 06: Ultrasonic Flowmeters

• Transit-Time Flowmeters
• Frequency-Difference Type
• Flowmeter Construction
• Application and Performance
• Doppler Flowmeters
• Displays, Receivers, and Intelligent Units
• Advantages of Ultrasonic Flowmeters
• Recent Developments
• Bibliography

Day 5

Section 07: Variable-area, Gap, and Vane Flowmeter

• Rotameters
• Sizing
• Liquids
• Gases or Vapors
• Rotameter Characteristics