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The Instrumentation/Control Systems Group engineers and designers skills include analysis of processes & systems, specification of process measurement & control instrumentation, and configuration of control systems to achieve the desired control strategy.Areas of Expertise
- Detailed engineering and design for the construction and implementation of instrumentation and control systems.
- Develop AFE grade installation cost estimates
- Design of system architecture including I/O building layouts, communications networks routing design; and control room console layouts
- Develop bid specifications for procurement of all equipment, along with construction specifications and design drawing packages
- Develop system configuration including instrument tag databases controller configurations and screen development
- Integrate field control systems such as skid mounted process units, surge controllers and standalone PLC's
- Provide turnaround/shutdown planning, coordination and supervision assistance
- Provide field troubleshooting and checkout/startup assistance
- Distributed Control
Systems:
- Continuous control systems for processes such as distillation columns, heat exchangers, fired heaters & boilers, etc.
- Batch control systems such as reactors, blending, tankage, etc.
- Advanced control and optimization implementation
- Programmable Logic Controllers:
- Safety instrumented systems including process interlock and equipment shutdown systems using standard PLC's and applications specific safety systems
- Station controls
- Equipment control such as compressors, boilers, heaters, etc.
- Materials handling and packaging control systems including conveyors, hoppers, tankage, bag fill systems and others
- Critical Safety
Systems:
- Review and classification of existing safety systems for compliance with industry standards such as ISA S84.01
- Design of new safety instrumented systems with compliance to industry standards (ISA, API, NFPA, Chlorine Institute).
- Specification and design of critical PLC's for safety instrumented systems
- Configuration and start-up of critical safety systems
- Develop testing procedures for critical safety systems
- Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition:
- Specification and design of remote terminal units for logging of product and inventory
- Integrate custody transfer meters to SCADA systems
- Integrate equipment controls such as pumps, compressors and field instrumentation to SCADA systems
- Configure graphical user interface on host computers
- Man Machine Interfaces:
- Specification and configuration of graphical user interfaces for connection to PLC's , SCADA systems and other stand alone process equipment
- Field Instrumentation:
- Specification of end devices such as flow, temperature, pressure transmitters, analyzers and leak detection
- Selection and specification of control valves
- Specification and selection of compressor control systems
- Specification of single and multiloop controllers
- Design of wiring systems including Fieldbus, Profibus, Devicenet and LonWorks
- Design of instrument
installation documents such as:
- P&ID's
- Instrument specifications sheets
- Loops sheets
- Instrument location plans
- Wiring and conduit layouts
- Interconnections diagrams
- Instrument installation details
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