How can one learn *instrument selection without a mentor’s guidance?
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How can one learn *instrument selection without a mentor’s guidance? As is well known, the key aspects of instrument selection when choosing flow meters and control valves determine the quality of the entire control system. But how to learn product selection, especially when there is no mentor to guide one – how to determine that the choice made is the best one? Everyone, please share your opinions to give the younger generations a chance to learn
I chose it myself as well; at first I knew nothing about it, so I called the instrument manufacturer. The manufacturer would ask me for the technical parameters, and once I provided those, they would choose one for me. . . After doing more projects, the basic types are the same ones, so there’s no need to ask anymore.
I work on instrument control design in a small design firm. What should I learn to improve my skills faster? There isn’t much work related to instruments, and I’m often idle. I’d like to know what I should learn during my free time
It’s a matter of the overall direction, right? Think about which area you want to develop in the future, and then read books on that subject. There are simply too many books to read. .
Check the manual. If you need it now, ask the manufacturer; if you need it in the future, look for the manual... What was that book called again? It had a green cover and was quite thick...?
Read more manuals on product selection, go to the site to learn more*, communicate frequently with process engineers; initially make your own choice for selection, and then compare it with what the manufacturer suggests, learning from all these sources*
Refer to the instrument selection and design specifications, as well as the samples
I’m new to this field and still don’t know which direction to pursue. Could you tell me about the different options available?
I took a look; that book is titled \"Handbook of Automatic Control Design in Petrochemical Industry.\" I have a copy of it here. In our institute, we mainly focus on selecting appropriate systems – there’s little else involved, as the projects are relatively small in scale
There is another question: topics such as PLC programming, DCS configuration, and principles of automatic control – are these necessary to learn? If so, which aspects should be given priority?
It seems that the principles of automatic control don’t require such a high level of complexity.