PROCESS CONTROL/INSTRUMENTATION: Course Descriptions
- PCI 161 - Intro to Instrumentation
- This course introduces various industrial and manufacturing process control environments by taking field trips to related industrial facilities. Topics include job descriptions, titles, and opportunities associated with the field of industrial process control instrumentation. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the job opportunities available in the field of process control instrumentation.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 0, Lab 2.
- Semester Hours Credit: 1.
- Prerequisites: None.
- PCI 162 - Instrumentation Controls
- This course surveys industrial process control instrumentation concepts, devices, and systems. Topics include process control devices and process control applications associated with industrial instrumentation. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the various industrial process control and instrumentation systems. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Instrumentation concentration in the Electronics Engineering Technology program.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 2, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 3.
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Prerequisites: ELC 111 or ELC 131
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Corequisites: None
- PCI 261 - Process Measurement
- This course introduces the concepts associated with the measurement of different process variables. Topics include theory and applications involved with the process variables of flow, level, pressure, and temperature. Upon completion, students should be able to understand basic process measurements and demonstrate the ability to calibrate process control instrumentation. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Instrumentation concentration in the Electronics Engineering Technology program.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 2, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 3.
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Prerequisites: PCI 162
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Corequisites: None
- PCI 262 - Intro to Process Control
- This course introduces process control and related instrumentation devices. Topics include basic process control theory, PID diagrams, and calibration methods associated with transducers, transmitters, control valves, and related process devices. Upon completion, students should be able to understand and troubleshoot basic process control devices and systems. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Instrumentation concentration in the Electronics Engineering Technology program.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 3, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 4.
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Prerequisites: PC I 261
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Corequisites: None
- PCI 263 - Advanced Process Control
- This course covers advanced process control and instrumentation associated with closed and open loop-type process control and systems. Topics include analysis of cascade, distributed control, feedback, and feedforward process control systems using PID and advanced control applications. Upon completion, students should be able to understand and implement advanced process control and instrumentation systems. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Instrumentation concentration in the Electronics Engineering Technology program.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 3, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 4.
- Prerequisites: PCI 262.
- PCI 264 - Process Control with PLCs
- This course introduces automatic process control implemented with PLC technology. Topics include interfacing and controlling advanced PID control loops and devices using various PLC-based systems. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of advanced applications of process control and instrumentation systems with PLC-based devices.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 3, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 4.
- Prerequisites: ELC 128.