PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL

🧾 Course Overview

This course introduces the foundational concepts of Process Instrumentation and Control — a vital discipline in industrial engineering that ensures efficient, safe, and automated operations across industries. Unit 1 walks you through the key roles of sensors, controllers, actuators, and feedback loops used to maintain process variables like temperature, flow, pressure, and level. You’ll gain insight into how I&C systems are essential in sectors such as oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and manufacturing. Whether it’s monitoring a furnace’s heat or automating a fluid system, process control plays a pivotal role in quality, safety, and productivity.

✅ Learn How To:

• Understand what process instrumentation and control (I&C) means in industrial systems

• Identify the primary components of a process control system

• Differentiate between open-loop and closed-loop control systems

• Explain key control terms such as setpoint, process variable, and manipulated variable

• Recognize the role of sensors and actuators in real-time process regulation

• Analyze feedback control systems using practical examples like furnace temperature control

• Understand how disturbances impact control and how systems correct them

👥 Who This Course Is For:

• Engineering students studying control systems or instrumentation

• Technical operators working in oil & gas, water treatment, or manufacturing plants

• Maintenance personnel tasked with troubleshooting control loops

• Process engineers looking to optimize system performance and safety

• Automation technicians moving into industrial control roles

• Quality assurance teams monitoring system deviations and setpoint accuracy

• Industrial interns or trainees seeking a comprehensive intro to I&C systems