The course will normally be held at the BIFCA offices. Alternatively, it can be held at your premises - please contact BIFCA for details.

Course Overview

An introduction to the principles and application of control technologies, when applied to air flow, gas flow and ultimately temperature control, covering a wide range of applications.

The course will cover controls from the basic hand valve, through butterfly valves and ratio regulators, finishing with full PID Controls incorporating practical examples finishing with an interactive ‘question and answer' session.

Course Syllabus

The following subjects will be covered in this course:

• Control Hierarchy and process dependant selection routes.

• Hand valves.

• Pressure governors.

• Square port linear flow valves.

• Butterfly valves.

• Pneumatically impulse controlled regulators.

• Interactive simulation of a fully functional air control and ratio regulator system.

• Control selection, relative to plant and process.

• Practical exercise in system design.

• Applying the theory.

• Electronic PID control.

• Interactive furnace temperature control tuning.

• Interactive multi loop PID control tuning.

• Thermal head control.

• Open discussion on your site experiences and problems.

Who will benefit from this course?

Attendees will benefit in a number of ways including the gaining of knowledge and understanding of:

• Different types of Control Equipment.

• Selecting appropriate Controls.

• Using Controls to Increase Effeciency.

• Putting Theory into Practice.

• Sharing Experience.

Who should attend this course?

• Furnace designers and manufacturers.

• Furnace operators.

• Plant and energy managers/supervisors.

• Technical marketing and sales staff.

• Instrument and maintenance engineers.

• Quality control/assurance personnel.

• Sales and project staff working with combustion related aspects of furnaces, kilns, ovens and dryers.

Certification

Attendees are presented with a certificate on successful completion of the course.

Refreshments / Notes
Course notes and all refreshments including a buffet lunch are provided.

The Presenter

Mick Holmes, I Eng, MEI
With 30 years experience in the thermal processing industry, Mick has been involved in burner service and repair, design and development of process specific burners, bespoke furnace design and commissioning, consultancy on plant efficiency and reliability enhancements, controls design and  implementation in a range of industries including glass, aluminium and steel manufacturing and processing.