This hands-on Electrical & Instrumentation Design, Installation & Operation training course is specifically tailored to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, install, and operate Electrical and Instrumentation systems within industrial process plants. It is particularly relevant to sectors such as oil and gas, mining, minerals processing, and heavy industries.
The course is highly interactive, encouraging participants to engage with the material through questions, discussions, and tailored solutions to address specific issues they may encounter in their roles.
Throughout the Energy course, participants will gain insights into:
- A brief review of basic electrical principles
- Interpreting single-line diagrams
- Understanding key requirements for plant and facility power distribution
- Selecting motors and motor control systems for different applications
- Classifying hazardous areas
- Choosing electrical equipment suitable for hazardous areas
- Understanding the fundamentals of control systems and instrumentation
- Interpreting loop diagrams
- The critical role of secure earthing and bonding
- Operating and maintaining electrical, instrumentation, and control systems to ensure plant safety
- Refresh knowledge of basic electrical principles
- Gain an understanding of essential safety protocols for both personnel and equipment
- Learn how to interpret single-line diagrams and identify components of electrical systems
- Explore various types of equipment used in electrical power systems
- Understand the structure and configuration of electrical distribution systems
- Recognize the significance of hazardous area classifications and requirements
- Familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of instrumentation and control systems in industrial settings
- Appreciate the critical role instrumentation and control play in ensuring the safe and reliable operation of facilities
- Comprehend the importance of earthing and bonding for maintaining safety standards
- Understand the necessity of operating electrical, instrumentation, and control (EIC) equipment within its designed limits
- Grasp the importance of maintaining electrical equipment to ensure optimal performance and safety
This Energy Electrical & Instrumentation Design, Installation & Operation training course will combine presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video materials, activities and case studies. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in relating their particular protection requirements at their workplace.
There will be adequate time given for group discussion during and at the end of each session, including detailed case studies and anecdotes on based on the subject matter and the facilitator’s own experience in the field.
This training course is designed to provide a practical insight for personnel who interface with electrical systems in the Oil and Gas, Minerals Processing, Mining and Heavy Industries, or work in the engineering consulting industry servicing these clients.
It is specifically tailored to suit those who have a basic understanding of electrical principals and require further knowledge of electrical and instrument systems to more effectively manage their work and where necessary execute multi-discipline projects.
Personnel who should attend are:
- Project Professionals and Engineers
- Facilities Engineers
- Process and Chemical Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Maintenance Technicians
It is also a useful introduction for inexperienced Electrical and I&C engineers (i.e. graduates and the like) to gain an understanding of the practical issues that they will face in their careers.
Day One: Fundamentals of Electricity
- Generation of electricity technologies including renewable energy
- Alternating current generation characteristics
- Transmission and distribution of electricity
- The use of DC, Single and 3 phase AC power systems
- Single line and loop diagrams of an electrical installation
- Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance, Power Factor and Harmonics
Day Two: Application of Major Equipment
- Major components and equipment of a power system
- The transformer operations and characteristics
- The grid system, overhead and underground
- Circuit breaker functionalities and types
- Low voltage and high voltage motors
- Motor control centres
Day Three: Safety, Earthing (Grounding) and Bonding, Hazardous Area Requirements
- Electrical Safety in Industrial Facilities
- Importance of earthing
- Earthing and bonding
- Network earthing
- Clean earth for instrumentation and controls
- Earth fault path and earth resistance measurement
Day Four: Electrical Protection and Instrument Control
- Importance of protection in instrumentation, control and electrical installation
- Protection relays and instrument transformers
- Field Measurement of Physical Parameters (Flow, Pressure, Temperature, Density, Level, pH, Turbidity etc.) and associated Control Devices
- Programmable Electronic Systems (PLC, DCS, SIS, SCADA, EID)
- Power System Protection and Co-ordination
- Hazardous area classification
Day Five: Reliability and Security of Electrical and Control Systems
- Power Supplies: Main, Standby, Back-up and Emergency
- The modern uninterruptible power supply
- Standby diesel generators
- Redundancy in power supplies, distribution networks, communication and control networks and safety systems
- System Security, Including Denial of Service and Sabotage from External Sources