Applied Fundamentals cont'd

DOE-HDBK-1203-97

time-delay circuits

piezoelectric devices

Instruction should provide technical staff trainees with the requisite instrumentation and

control fundamentals knowledge and skills to perform the following:

Describe the principles of operation, typical application, and failure modes of

the following detectors and instrument strings:

bourdon tube pressure/differential pressure detector

force balance transmitter

bubbler system level detector

float-type level detector

buoyancy-type level/differential pressure detector

manometer-type level/differential pressure detector

venturi flow detector

orifice flow detector

rotameter

pitot tube flow detector

sonic flow meter

pressure/pressure switches

bimetallic temperature detector

filled system temperature detector

resistance temperature detector

thermocouple

pyrometer

Describe the failure modes of the following valve operators:

pneumatic diaphragm

motor

piston

hydraulic

Describe the application of wet and dry reference legs and state their failure

modes

Describe the effect of environmental conditions on facility instrumentation.