To bridge the industry-academia gap, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University, organized a symposium on 'Modern Instrumentation and Control in Industry' for the B.Tech. and M.Tech. students on 27th August, 2016. The main objective of the symposium was to familiarize the students with the modern instrumentation and control systems used in industry.
The invited talk was delivered by Industry Expert- Mr. Abhijit Singh Chowdhury, Chief Instrumentation Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Mr. Chowdhury started his dialogue with a quote by Lord Kelvin, "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of Science, whatever the matter may be". His talk was based on "Process instrumentation and Control system", and the presentation started with a brief insight into the history of various measuring instruments. He mainly emphasized on pressure, flow and level measuring instruments and also explained their working & practical applications. "As instruments are the eyes and ear of any plant, so choosing the proper instruments with their proper installations is also very crucial for reliable and flexible operation of the process", Mr. Abhijit said.
Further, he included Distributed Control System (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), their designs and basic differences between PLC and DCS in his lecture, explaining about different process flow and process instrumentation diagrams. "Automation i.e., replacement of manual control activity in modern control systems is the need of the industry, it requires only about 4% - 5% of the total investment cost for a particular project and gives the returns in 2 years, so it is better to go for an automated control system than a manual control system", the invited speaker added while replying to queries from the participants.
It is worthwhile to mention that an instrumentation and control engineer is responsible for designing, developing, installing, managing and/or maintaining equipment which is used to monitor and control engineering systems, machinery and processes. Typical technologist opportunities for employment exist in the chemical, petroleum refining, food processing, automotive manufacturing, steel production, mining, and pulp and paper industries. The talk was concluded with the thought- 'Do what the French did 200 years ago…they passed a law requiring an explosives manufacturer to live on the premises…with his family'.
The invited talk was delivered by Industry Expert- Mr. Abhijit Singh Chowdhury, Chief Instrumentation Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Mr. Chowdhury started his dialogue with a quote by Lord Kelvin, "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of Science, whatever the matter may be". His talk was based on "Process instrumentation and Control system", and the presentation started with a brief insight into the history of various measuring instruments. He mainly emphasized on pressure, flow and level measuring instruments and also explained their working & practical applications. "As instruments are the eyes and ear of any plant, so choosing the proper instruments with their proper installations is also very crucial for reliable and flexible operation of the process", Mr. Abhijit said.
It is worthwhile to mention that an instrumentation and control engineer is responsible for designing, developing, installing, managing and/or maintaining equipment which is used to monitor and control engineering systems, machinery and processes. Typical technologist opportunities for employment exist in the chemical, petroleum refining, food processing, automotive manufacturing, steel production, mining, and pulp and paper industries. The talk was concluded with the thought- 'Do what the French did 200 years ago…they passed a law requiring an explosives manufacturer to live on the premises…with his family'.
