DCS450: Function Blocks for APC Implementation in DCS/PLC

This course teaches you how to conceive, design and implement process control schemes inside a DCS or even a PLC. There are many DCS and PLC vendors and this course builds skills that are useful for all types and models of any DCS or PLC. Whether you work in a chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, polymer, electric power, paper or really any manufacturing process, this course will teach you the skills to come up with new advanced process control ideas and schemes.

The knowledge will also help in the design of controls for safer and smoother plant operation and to run the plant better, smoother and with reduced chance of mistakes, shutdowns and human error. The knowledge will help to maximize production rates, minimize utilities, speed up product grade transitions and improve key performance indicators.

Learning Outcomes:
This course teaches the main components of a DCS and even a PLC. It describes the DCS and PLC architecture. It explains all DCS and PLC control functions. It teaches standard and custom DCS logic blocks. It covers batch, sequential, continuous and semi-batch control schemes. It teaches how to design and implement control schemes.

It explains how to design and implement various standard function blocks available in most DCSs and PLCs. The various standard function blocks are listed below. With knowledge from PID100, APC200, this course is a perfect continuation to build the process control skills and knowledge and be more in the realm of what is available in DCSs and PLCs. After completion of this course, the student will be ready to build new APC tags inside a DCS or PLC.

Our instructors have over 30 years of industrial experience and process control training experience. They not only have the technical process control knowledge but also skills to make sure participants are fully engaged and able to concentrate on the material.

If you would like to participate and enroll in more detail and a full-blown course on Function Blocks for APC Implementation in DCS/PLC, please contact us directly at info@picontrolsolutions.com. In our wider training course, in addition to Udemy topics you will understand and learn how to do cascade PIDs function blocks and algorithms, feedforward functions, handling nonlinearities, Smith predictor algorithm and procedures for testing, commissioning & troubleshooting.

After competition of our full-blown DCS450 training course, you will get an international diploma as a process control expert in the field of Function Blocks for APC Implementation in DCS/PLC. For more information, please contact us at info@picontrolsolutions.com.