Control system and Instrumentation

• Understand the role of control system in a power plant
• Master technologies to control and monitor key equipment and processes
• Understand economics behind control systems technologies

The program of this training is the following :

1. Introduction
   
   
2. Control what and why
   
   
3. Distributed Control System (DCS)
   
   
4. Different control approaches
   
   
5. Monitoring & Supervision
   
   
6. Power Plant architecture :
   Supervisory Level
   Plant Control Level
   Data acquisition Level and Field Level
   
   
7. Impact on Operation & Maintenance (O & M)
   
   
8. Impact on Asset Management
   
   
9. Key economics aspects :
   View on plant operation
   Downtimes reduction
   Availability tracing
   Enhanced efficiency and yield
   Secure investment (ROI)
   
   
10. Distributed control system for gas power plants Plant efficiency
    Availability and Power quality
    
    
11. Gas turbine control
    
    
12. Steam turbine control
    
    
13. Generator control and excitation
    Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR)
    The excitation system
    
    
14. Isolated phase busducts
    Short circuit withstand
    Demanding seismic constraints
    
    
15. Related instrumentation
    
    
16. Retrofits & latest technologies available
    
    
17. Safety, environment and energy saving systems
    Safety protection system
    Fuel gas treatment system
    Optimization control using advanced control system (APC) software