Control and Instrumentation Engineer Study Guide

Are you a Control and Instrumentation Engineer? Recently joined as a Fresher or Trainee engineer in the Instrumentation department? Then this article helps you to get an overall outlook of Instrumentation including field instruments and control systems.

This guide provides you with the index of industrial instrumentation. As a trainee engineer, the first and most important thing is to know the list of topics to learn and study the instrumentation subject.

The below list shows the different types of instrumentation engineers documents which are useful during construction, erection, pre-commissioning, commissioning and maintenance activities. Some documents list may vary as per industry type like oil and gas, cement plant, power plant, pharmacy etc.

Instrument Specifications

Gas/Condensate/Oil Metering Specification

Automation System Network Spec

Control Panel, Cabinet and Rack Specification

Control Valve Specification

Fusible Plug Panel Specification

General Instrument Design

HSSD Specification

Instrument/Telecom cable Specification

Instrumentation & Control Section of The Basis of Design

MCS, PSD, & ESD System Specification

Specification for Pressure Safety and Relief Valves

Specification for Shutdown Valves & Blowdown Valves and Actuator Assemblies

Typical System Functional Design Spec.

Wellhead Control Panel Specification

Instrument Philosophies

Automation System Philosophy

Automation System Reset & Override Philosophy

Fire and Gas Detection Philosophy

Instrument Earthing Philosophy

Shutdown Philosophy

Documents Related To Automation System

Fire & Gas Cause / ESD and Effect Chart

Serial Link Data Listings and Addresses – Allocation Gas Meter, Chemical Injection, Wet Gas Meter, Fire Water Pump, Glycol Reboiler, MV SWGR, Fire Water Pump

Graphic for F&G, MCS, PSD/ESD (Review)

Instrument Cable Block Diagram-MCS, PSD/ESD, TCS

Instrument Logic Diagram for Actuated Valve, ESD/PSD, F&G, Pump & Fan Motor, MCS, TCS

Instrument loop safety integrity level listing (SIL).

Logic sequence flow step charts.

Master Alarm & Trip Schedule

Network Architecture (Review)

PSD/ESD Cause and Effect Chart

Serial Link Data Listings and Addresses

Shutdown Hierarchy (Shutdown flow block diagram identifying each level and causes & effects)

Instrument I/O List MCS, PSD, ESD, F&G, TCS

Instrument & Automation Equipment List

Miscellaneous Documents

Instrument installation, testing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning

Instrumentations Tools

Intruder and CCTV management

Laboratory Equipment List

List of Test Equipments

Instrument Calculations

Calculation of Actuator sizing.

Calculation of Control valve sizing and noise.

Calculation of flowmeter sizing.

Calculation of Heat dissipation.

Calculation of Hydraulic tank, pumps and accumulator sizing calculations.

Calculation of Instrument power cable sizing calculations.

Calculation of Instrument utilities consumption.

Calculation of Relief valve sizing and noise.

Calculation of restriction orifice sizing, stress and noise.

Calculation of Thermowell and other insertion device stress and wake frequency.

Calculation of tubing sizing calculations (Hydraulic)

Calculation of Valve speed calculations (where required)

Instrument Datasheets

Datasheet of Actuated Ball Valves

Datasheet of Actuated ON/OFF Valves

Datasheet of Annubar Flow Meter

Datasheet of Anti-Surge Control Valve

Datasheet of Bubble Type Level Transmitters

Datasheet of Choke Valves

Datasheet of Control Valves

Datasheet of Coriolis Flow Meter

Datasheet of Deluge Valves

Datasheet of Dew Poin Analyzer

Datasheet of Differential Pressure Indicating Transmitters

Datasheet of Differential Pressure Indicators

Datasheet of Displacer Level Transmitters

Datasheet of Duplex RTD

Datasheet of Electrical Hand Switches

Datasheet of Flange Thermowells

Datasheet of Flow Meter (Ultrasonic)

Datasheet of Flow Switch

Datasheet of Gas Analyzer Chromatograph

Datasheet of Guide Wave Radar Level Transmitters

Datasheet of H2 Detectors

Datasheet of HC Gas Detectors (Open Path)

Datasheet of HC Gas Detectors (Point)

Datasheet of Heat Detectors

Datasheet of Infra Red Flame Detectors

Datasheet of Intruder Detectors

Datasheet of Junior/Senior Flow Elements

Datasheet of Magnetic Flow Meter

Datasheet of Magnetic Level Gauge

Datasheet of Magnetostrictive Level Transmitters

Datasheet of Moisture Analyzer

Datasheet of Orifice Flow Element

Datasheet of Pig Indicators

Datasheet of Pig Signaller - Intrusive

Datasheet of Pneumatic Pressure Pilot

Datasheet of Pressure Indicating Transmitters

Datasheet of Pressure Indicator

Datasheet of Pressure Regulator Valves