This specialization provides a comprehensive understanding of instrumentation and control systems in modern power plants, focusing on selection, operation, and integration of critical instruments. It begins with the fundamentals of instruments and final control elements, covering industrial drawings, selection criteria, sizing, and applications for pressure, temperature, level, and flow measurement. Supervisory instruments and steam and water analysers are explored in detail, along with control valve construction, sizing, actuator types, cavitation, and flashing considerations.
Instrumentation and Control Systems in Power Plants
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Instrumentation and Control Systems in Power Plants
This course is part of Power Plant Engineering: From Theory to Industry Practice Specialization
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Intermediate level
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7 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of power plant instrumentation and control systems
Select, size, and apply pressure, temperature, level, and flow instruments
Design, operate, and troubleshoot control valves and final control elements
Work with supervisory instruments, steam, and water analysers
Skills you'll gain
- Process Control
- Engineering Drawings
- Network Protocols
- Plant Operations and Management
- Electric Power Systems
- General Networking
- Process Analysis
- Digital Communications
- Equipment Design
- Mechanical Engineering
- Wireless Networks
- Automation Engineering
- Systems Of Measurement
- Communication Systems
- Machine Controls
- Electrical Power
- Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments
- Control Systems
- System Monitoring
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August 2026
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Taught in English
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