Course Title: Set up field control devices
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2009
Course Code: EEET6795C
Course Title: Set up field control devices
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6085 - Advanced Diploma of Electrical - Technology
Course Contact: Marko Dumovic
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4342
Course Contact Email: marko.dumovic@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
UEENEEE002B Dismantle, assemble and fabricate electrotechnology components
UEENEEE007B Use drawings, diagrams, schedules and manuals
Course Description
This unit covers setting up field control devices such as transducers, sensors, and actuators. It encompasses working safely, following design brief, applying knowledge of device operating principles, interpreting device specifications, following manufacturer’s set up specifications, testing device operation and documenting set up parameters
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEI019B Set up field control devices |
Element: |
1. Prepare to set up field control devices |
Performance Criteria: |
1 1.1 OHS processes and procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood 2.1 OHS risk control measures and procedures for carrying out the work are followed. 3 3.1 OHS risk control measures and procedures for carrying out the work are followed. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate an understanding of principles of operation of transducers and sensors, including:
Work simulated practical exercises related to:
Basic cable and conductor terminations, instrumentation safe working practices. Sensor installation requirements encompassing: safety precaution for the various types of devices, connecting devices, locating, aligning and adjusting devices, principles of analog signal conditioning, digital signal conditioning
Classroom tutorial activities involving the following topics:
Measurement principles and concepts , technical standards, regulations and codes applicable to instrumentation and control. Characteristics of transducers and sensors involving: Strain sensors ,Temperature Measurement , Flow Measurement, Pressure Measurement, Level Measurement, Proximity sensors, Displacement, Location or position sensors, Light dependant resistor, LSCR, Phototransistor
Research Assignment on transducers, sensing devices and transmitters
Teaching Schedule
Week Number Topic Delivered Assessment Task
1 Introduction to course, course guide, assessment, topics breakdown, resources, OHS issues.
Basic cable and conductor terminations
2 Process control systems, Instrumentation symbols
3 Concepts of measurement
4 Temperature measurement Task 1
5 Calibration of Temperature Transducer, Task 2a
6 Principles of pressure measurement
7 Level Measurement
8 Flow measurement
9 Proximity detectors, Limit switches,
10 Hall effect devices
11 Light dependant resistor, LSCR, Phototransistor
12 Setting field control devices, device specifications, signal conditioning Task 2b
13 Instrumentation standards
14 Instrument safe working practices
15 Setting field control devices Task 2c
16 Revision
17 Transducers and Sensors Task 3
18 Feedback on Assessment, Assignment and test catch-up.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Marko Dumovic, Process Control Systems, RMIT |
References
Curtis D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, Prentice Hall 2000 |
Other Resources
Multimedia Resources, to assist student learning and assessment will be placed on School’s internal network drive (S:\Marko\Instrumentation&Control\INSTRUMENTATION_HTML\PROCHOM.HTM) .
Student will need student’s login number and password to access this information.
- S:\Marko\Siemens Sensors Tutorial
- Jacob Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications (Handbook of Modern Sensors) By, Publisher: Springer,Publication Date: 2003-12-04, ISBN / ASIN: 0387007504
Electronic book version is available on local student drive.
Recommended Videos and DVDs available in RMIT Carlton Library:
- Instrumentation Discrete and Sensory
- Process Variables ( 30’)
- Process Characteristics ( 30’)
- Instrumentation symbols (30’)
- Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (30’)
- Transmitters ( 40 min)
- Flow ( 51 min)
- Temperature ( 50 min)
- Instrument Calibration (30’)
- Instrumentation Loop Troubleshooting (30’)
-RMIT online learning resources are located on RMIT Online Learning Hub. Follow the link to log in http://www.rmit.edu.au
The Learning Hub ( Blackboard) is the central point of access to the online courses in which students are registered.
Overview of Assessment
This course will be assessed through a range of practical exercises, assignments and progressive tests.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment task 1 (Assignment 1): 35%
Written assignment to demonstrate an understanding of flow, temperature, level and pressure measurement techniques.
Assessment task 2 (Practical exercises in simulated workplace): 30%
Setting up field control devices including:
A. Determining the field control devices to be set up
B. Positioning and adjusting devices accordance with their operating principles, manufacturer instructions and control system requirements
C. Testing field devices and making final adjustments to correct any anomalies in their operation
D. Documenting field control device set up in accordance established procedures
E. Dealing with unplanned events by drawing on essential knowledge and skills to provide appropriate solutions.
F. Show an understanding of Occupational Health and Safety.
Work performance simulation projects and laboratory exercises have to be undertaken toward the end of the unit, in a controlled environment for the specified duration in order to perform tasks autonomously and/or a member of a team .
Assessment task 3 (Test): 35%
Written assessment on concepts of measurement, definitions, range, span, hysteresis, accuracy and precision , instrument static and dynamic characteristics, control modes, basic measurement channel, sensors and transducers.
Assessment Matrix
Assessment Types
Competency National Code | Competency Title | Practical Exercises | Assignment | Project/ Presentation |
Tests | Industrial Practice |
UEENEEEI019B | Setup Field Control Devices | X | X | X |
Other Information
A license to practice in the workplace is required for work involving direct access to plant and equipment connected to installation wiring at voltages above 50 V a.c. or 120 V d.c.
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