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Industrial Electrical and Instrumentation Technology IV-B
Course: MIT234

First Term: 2018 Fall
 Lec + Lab   3 Credit(s)   5 Period(s)   5 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: T Lab Load


Description: Performing loop checks, troubleshooting and commissioning a loop, process control loops and tuning, data networks, programmable logic controllers, and distributed control systems. Included labs emphasize and anchor the course material.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Perform continuity checks on both electrical and pneumatic loops. (I)
2. Practice universal and methodical troubleshooting techniques in a loop. (II)
3. Apply the appropriate equations and perform closed-loop tuning. (III)
4. Identify the types of data networks used in industrial facilities and describe the methods used to control information flow within a network. (IV)
5. Explain the principles used to correlate performing loop check hardware components to software instructions. (V)
6. Describe how to use a distributed control system (DCS) interface to obtain process data and to troubleshoot plant equipment. (VI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Performing Loop Checks
   A. Installation.
   B. Tag numbers.
   C. Continuity checks.
   D. Prove a loop.
II. Troubleshooting And Commissioning A Loop
   A. Universal and methodical troubleshooting.
   B. Oscillating process.
   C. Newly installed control loop.
   D. Safety procedures.
   E. Commissioning.
III. Process Control Loops And Tuning
   A. Basic process control theory.
   B. Proportional integral derivative controllers.
   C. Pneumatic controllers.
   D. Electronic single loop controllers.
   E. Maintenance of pneumatic controllers.
   F. Equations for closed-loop tuning.
   G. Open-loop tuning.
   H. Visual loop tuning.
IV. Data Networks
   A. For industrial facilities.
   B. Control of information flow.
   C. Connectivity of industrial data networks.
   D. Types of cables within a network.
   E. Device buses.
   F. Connectors for unshielded twisted pair and coaxial cable.
V. Programmable Logic Controllers
   A. Function and purpose.
   B. Comparison with hardwired systems.
   C. Number systems.
   D. Input/output (I/O) module types:
      1. Discrete
      2. Numerical and analog data
      3. Special
      4. Remote
   E. Power supplies.
   F. PLC architecture.
   G. PLC software and firmware.
   H. PLC programming languages.
   I. Relay ladder logic instruction categories.
   J. PLC hardware components.
VI. Distributed Control Systems
   A. Definition and application in an industrial facility.
   B. Components of a DCS.
   C. Network configurations for a DCS.
   D. Basic service procedures.
   E. Installation practices of a DCS.
   F. Power distribution requirements for a DCS.
   G. Power supplies and their applications in a DCS.
   H. DCS interface.

 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: November 24, 2015

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