This advanced course is for experienced personnel who will benefit from a broadened perspective of control valve performance and maintenance issues. Students are typically experienced valve mechanics and maintenance personnel, instrument technicians, and others who are responsible for total control valve and control loop performance.

Prerequisites

Valve Technician I, Course 1400.

• Control Loop Basics
• Major Loop Components and Their Functions
• Piping & Instrumentation Drawings (P & ID’s)
• Basic Component Symbology
• Connections and Wiring
• Control Loop Performance
• Loop Performance Objectives
• Influences On Loop Performance
• Valve Selection and Sizing
• Actuator Sizing
• Bench Set and Stem Connection
• Loading Pressure Instrument Selection
• Loading Pressure Instrument Calibration
• Accessory Selection and Configuration
• Controller Tuning
• Severe Service Considerations
• Troubleshooting Basics
• Diagnostics
• Process Variability
• Performance Maintenance Issues
• Tour of Flow Lab Differentiation Loops

Cost: $ 1,850