Process Measurement Fundamentals

What you'll learn

• Explain the measurement chain from primary element through transmitter to the control system
• Describe qualitatively how pressure, level, flow and temperature are measured, and distinguish gauge, absolute and differential pressure
• Select a plausible flow and level technology for a given service and justify the choice
• Interpret the 4-20 mA convention, live zero and the relationship between range, zero and span
• Distinguish accuracy, precision and repeatability, and say why each matters to a decision
• Recognise installation effects — impulse lines, straight runs, thermowells — and the diagnostics smart transmitters add

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.