Instrumentation Selection for Oil and Gas Applications (Pressure, Temperature)
e-Learning
About the eLearning Course
This module focuses on temperature and pressure devices that are critical in detecting and preventing abnormal conditions, which may result in a loss of containment and/or safety events.
Target Audience
Facilities and Project Engineers as well as newly graduated Electrical, Controls and Instrument Engineers (0‐5 years) with a need to improve basic understanding of instrumentation and control systems within oil and gas facilities.
You Will Learn
You will learn how to:
- Review the fundamental principles of temperature measurement
- Describe the correct application and installation of RTDs, thermocouples, and thermistors
- Describe the requirements for specifying thermowells
- Review the basics of radiation thermometry
- Describe the working principles of the main types of mechanical pressure measurement and their applications
- Describe the features of multi variable pressure transmitters
