Outline of JCCP Regular Course TR-17-11

To provide participants with a wide range of knowledge and practical skills on information and control systems that are applied effectively in refineries

Typical systems used in refineries are covered.

    1.Process control theory and practice:
        ・Process characteristics
        ・PID controller
        ・Tuning practice on a simulator with DCS
    2.Advanced Process Control (APC) and practice:
        ・Dead time compensation
        ・Feed-forward control
        ・Model Predictive Control (MPC)
    3.Information Systems in Refineries:
        ・Objectives of introducing information systems
        ・Examples of information systems
    4.Recent technology:
        ・Operation support system
        ・Alarm management system
    5.Visit to:
        ・DCS manufacturers
        ・refineries
        ・an engineering company

Engineers with a university degree and at least three years’ experience in process control, plant operation or DCS related work, or those with equivalent qualifications