Water Flow Measurement & Control Techniques

 This training course is ideal for professionals involved in water systems management, but will greatly benefit:

• Project managers
• Professionals involved in the regulatory monitoring of water quality
• Engineers involved in monitoring and maintaining water systems in various industries
• Professionals drafting guidelines on water quality
• Process engineers in Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs)
• Professionals responsible for water systems in healthcare and hospitality sectors

Day 1: Introduction and Mechanical Flowmeters

• Overview of course, expectations, and program review
• Introduction to sensors, transducers, and instrumentation systems
• Flow terms and definitions: mass flow, volumetric flow rate, pressure, viscosity, turbidity, laminar and turbulent flows, Reynolds number, Bernoulli’s equation, and pipe velocity distributions
• Principles of water flow measurement and control

Day 2: Mechanical Flowmeters

• Coriolis flowmeter: principle of operation, application, installation considerations
• Differential pressure flow meters: orifice plate, venturi tube, flow nozzle
• Positive displacement flow meters: Volumetric rotary piston type
• Turbine flow meters: single jet, multijet, Woltman
• Testing, calibration, installation, and maintenance of water meters

Day 3: Electronic Flow Meters and Control Devices

• Electromagnetic flow meter: theory, applications, limitations, installation
• Ultrasonic flow meter (transit time measurement): operating principles, performance, installation, and troubleshooting
• Insertion magnetic flow meters: operating principles, advantages, installation
• Maintenance and calibration techniques

Day 4: Control Devices

• General categories of control valves and sizing considerations
• Control valve performance: rangeability, shutoff capability, cavitation, noise
• Actuators: piston, electric, hydraulic types
• Diagnostic testing of control loops and air-operated valve diagnostics
• Motor-operated valve diagnostics

Day 5: Smart Sensors, Transmitters, and AMR Systems

• Introduction to microprocessors, microcomputer systems, and smart sensors
• Intelligent (smart) transmitters and their advantages
• Comparison between intelligent and non-intelligent instrumentation
• Communication protocols: HART, Fieldbus, Wireless HART
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems
• Automatic meter reading (AMR) and wireless measurement systems