The document details a Practical Process Control workshop hosted by IDC Technologies, scheduled for July 20-21 in Melbourne and July 23-24 in Sydney, focusing on fundamental process control techniques. Participants can benefit from early bird discounts, additional ebooks, and practical, hands-on training led by expert Graham Jefferson. The workshop is designed for various engineering and technical professionals involved in industrial control systems and offers comprehensive materials and opportunities for professional development.

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Practical
Process Control
MELBOURNE
20 & 21 July 2015
sydney
23 & 24 July 2015
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TechnologyTraining that Works
Graham Jefferson
Director, Scope Process Controls
A 2-day practical workshop presented by:
AUSTRALIA • CANADA • india • IRELAND
Malaysia • NEW ZEALAND • SINGAPORE • SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED KINGDOM • UNITED STATES • VIETNAM
EARLY BIRD
BOOKING OFFER
TOTAL VALUE TO YOU - $790
Book by 22 June 2015 and
you will receive 20% off the full
registration price + 4 ebooks
each with hundreds of pages of
engineering knowledge
• Practical Process Control and
Tuning of Industrial Control Loops
• Practical Control Valve Sizing,
Selection and Maintenance
• Practical Intrinsic Safety for
Engineers and Technicians
• Practical Troubleshooting of
Instrumentation, Electrical and
Process Control
4-for-3
BOOKING OFFER
plus
our
Only
$
1995 per person
including GST
You will learn how to:
• Understand the fundamentals of process control and new techniques
• Tune PID control loops
• Correct stability problems
• Understand cascade loops and feed-forward control
• Identify and correct problems with dead time in the process
who should attend:
• Automation engineers
• Building service designers
• Consulting engineers
• Control engineers
• Control technicians
• DCS personnel
• Electrical engineers and
technicians
• Electricians
• Energy management consultants
• Instrumentation engineers
• Instrumentation technicians
• Maintenance engineers
• Process engineers
• Process operators
• Those involved in the design, implementation and upgrading of
industrial control systems.

2. Graham has 38 years of experience in management of multi-disciplinary
teams in various process control applications in the minerals processing,
food, boiler/burner management systems and delivery of training
material on the subject of process control systems world wide.
Graham is regarded as the foremost leader in the area of design,
implementation and tuning of all aspects of regulatory process control
systems. Graham has experience in modelling and simulation of various process control
applications such as Evaporator plants, HVAC systems, multiboiler firing sequences and
multiple pump station simulation. He is also a TUV certified Functional Safety Engineer.
Practical process control
An intensive, practical 2-day workshop presented by
Graham Jefferson Director, Scope Process Controls
Free reference manual
as a hard-copy and eBook (Valued at $223.90)
Our delegates don’t just receive photocopied notes!
You will receive the comprehensive fully illustrated reference manual,
as a hard-copy and eBook version, filled with hundreds of pages of
tables, charts, figures and handy hints.
Discount Offer
SAVE $1995
* discounted and free registration to be
used for the same workshop
in the same venue
Book four delegates
pay for three!
Register three people on a
public two-day workshop and
receive your fourth registration
FREE
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With a portfolio of over 300 workshops
specialising in the fields of industrial data
communications, electrical and mechanical
engineering, automation and control, we have
trained over 500,000 engineers, technicians
and technologists over the last 20 years.
Wehaveanenthusiasticteamofprofessionals
in offices conveniently located around the
world, who are committed to providing the
highest quality of engineering and technical
training.
On-Site Training
All IDC Technologies training workshops are
available on an on-site basis, presented at
the venue of your choice, saving delegates
travel time and expenses, thus providing
your company with even greater savings.
SAVE MORE THAN 50% OFF
the per person cost!
2-day courses start from $6,000
FOR UP TO 6 PEOPLE and can be
customised to your needs.
Have the training delivered
WHEN AND WHERE you need it!
For more information or a FREE detailed
proposal contact:
Kevin Baker on 1300 138 522 or
email: training@idc-online.com
PLUS 5 eBooks of
your choice!
Every delegate will also receive
5 eBooks of their choice
from IDC’s technical library
– valued at $420!
the workshop
This practical workshop covers all the essentials of process control and tools to optimise the
operation of your plant and process, including the ability to perform effective loop tuning.
Practical process control is aimed at engineers and technicians who wish to have a clear,
practical understanding of the essentials of process control and loop tuning, as well as how to
optimise the operation of their particular plant or process. These persons would typically be
primarily involved in the design, implementation and upgrading of industrial control systems.
Mathematical theory has been kept to a minimum with the emphasis throughout on practical
applications and useful information.
Pre-requisites
Basic electrical concepts would be useful.
practical sessions
This is a practical, hands-on workshop enabling you to work through exercises which reinforce
the concepts discussed. Sessions include:
• Model response
• Trial and error tuning
• Ziegler Nichols tuning
• Open loop step analysis
• Protuner analysis
• Protuner data acquisition
• Feed Forward
• IMC tuning
To gain full value from this workshop,
please bring your laptop/notebook computer.

3. The program
Day ONE
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC
CONTROL CONCEPTS
• Typical manual control
• Feedback and feed-forward control
• Block diagrams
INTRODUCTION TO SENSORS AND
TRANSMITTERS
• Selection and specification of devices
• Pressure transmitters
• Flow meters
• Level transmitters
• Temperature sensors
INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL VALVES
• Basic principles
• Rotary control valves
• Ball valves
• Control valve characteristics and
specifications
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONTROL SYSTEMS
• On/off control
• Modulation control
• Principle of closed loop control
• PID control modes
STABILITY AND CONTROL MODES OF
CLOSED LOOPS
• Cause of instability in control loops
• Change of stability through PID control
modes
• Methods to improve stability
• Principles of closed loop control tuning
DIGITAL CONTROL PRINCIPLES
• Principle of incremental control algorithms
• Identifying control blocks in the time and
frequency domain
• Multiple outputs through digital algorithms
IDEAL PID VS REAL PID
• Non-field-interactive or ideal PID
• Field-interactive or real PID
• Distinguish between process noise and
instability
• Selection of ideal or real PID
TUNING OF CLOSED LOOP CONTROL
• Tuning constants calculation according to
Ziegler and Nichols
• Open loop tuning procedure
• Closed loop tuning procedure
• Damped oscillation tuning method
• Fine tuning of practical control loops
• Tuning considerations for controllers with
saturation and non-saturation output limits
The fee for each workshop covers all materials
including workshop manual, lunches
and refreshments
Day TWO
CASCADE CONTROL
• Equation types for cascade control
• Initialisation and PV – tracking
• Use of multiple outputs in cascade control
• Tuning procedure for cascade control
FEED-FORWARD CONTROL
• Feed-forward balance – a control concept
• Tuning procedure for feed-forward control
COMBINED FEEDBACK AND FEED-
FORWARD CONTROL
• Concept of combined control with
incremental algorithms
• Tuning procedure for combined control
LONG DEAD-TIME IN CLOSED LOOP
CONTROL
• The problem of long dead-time in closed
loops
• Use of process simulation for process
variable prediction
• Tuning procedure for control loops with
long dead-time
ALARM HANDLING AND PROCESS
SECURITY
RANGE OF CONTROL AND
INSTRUMENTATION IN INDUSTRIAL
PROCESS CONTROL
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL PROCESS
CONTROL
• Introduction in the use of statistics in
process control
• Standard deviation: static value alarm
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
• Tools of statistical process control
• PLC systems
• Stand alone loop controllers
EXPERT SYSTEM AND MODEL BASED SELF
TUNING CONTROLLERS
• Basis auto tuning
• Expert system control
• Model based adaptive control
SUMMARY, OPEN FORUM
AND CLOSING

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Practical Process Control
Workshop details
• Workshops start at 8:30am and finish at 5:00pm daily.
• Registration is from 8:00am on the first day.
• Theworkshopfeesareperdelegateandincludeareference
manual, handouts, lunches and all refreshments.
• Fullpaymentisrequiredpriortothecommencementofthe
workshop.
Early Bird BOOKING Offer
Please note that the Early Bird Booking Offer is only available
to those registrations received by 22 June 2015 and paid
prior to the commencement of the workshop.
Confirmation
Confirmation of receiving your registration will be sent within
48 hours. Official confirmation and details of the workshop
will be sent to you prior to the workshop date. Please wait for
official confirmation before making accommodation and/or
travel arrangements.
Cancellation
A fee of 20% will apply for written cancellations received
7-14 days prior to the commencement of the workshop.
Cancellations received less than 7 days prior to the workshop
are not refundable however substitutes are welcome.
Please Note
Venuestobeconfirmeduponregistration.Venuesaresubject
to change. Instructors may change without notice.
IDC Technologies has no affiliation with suppliers or
manufacturersandthereforepresentsacompletelyunbiased
factual view of the industry.
100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
IDC Technologies’ engineers have put considerable time and
experience into ensuring that you derive the maximum value
from each workshop. If you feel by lunch time of the first day
that the workshop is not appropriate, please let us know so
that we can arrange a 100% refund of your fee.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
This program is designed to meet your continuing
professional development requirements. A certificate
documenting your attendance will be awarded at the
end of the workshop. This serves as important evidence
of your continuing professional commitment to your
career. This workshop may count towards fulfilling
your Engineers Australia CPD obligations – Engineers
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Delegate Details
Attendees:
Melbourne - 20 & 21 July 2015
Hotel Ibis (on Therry Street), Melbourne
Sydney - 23 & 24 July 2015
Rydges Camperdown, Sydney
Please register by 29 June
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