Practical Questions

Compressor Emergency Shutdown Root Cause Analysis
  • Control Systems

Compressor Emergency Shutdown Root Cause Analysis

The compressor emergency shutdown system (ESD) has tripped the natural gas compressor off-line three times in the past 24 hours.…

4 years ago
  • Solenoid Valve

Solenoid Valves Practical Problems

Suppose this valve control system has a problem. The control valve (LV-104) does not move to the full-open position as…

5 years ago
  • PLC Tutorials

Troubleshoot Allen Bradley PLC Logic

A engineer needs to write a program for an Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC to control a pressure relieving solenoid valve in…

3 years ago
  • Control Systems

Liquid Flow Control Loop Controller Action

A liquid flow control loop consisting of a flow transmitter (FT) to sense liquid flow rate through the pipe and…

5 years ago
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Motor Trip Logic using PLC Programming

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Questions and Answers This PLC is being used to start and stop an electric motor, and…

3 years ago
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PLC Pump Permissive Interlocks

The following PLC program was written to control the operation of a large electric motor-driven pump. A variety of “permissive”…

3 years ago
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PLC Electric Motor Interlocks

Programmable Logic Controller Questions and Answers The following PLC program was written to control the operation of a large electric…

3 years ago
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Solenoid Valves Questions & Answers – 4

Sketch arrows next to each of the two solenoid valves showing the directions of air flow in the energized (E)…

6 years ago
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Solenoid Valves Questions & Answers – 3

Determine the “normal energization” states (e.g. NE or NDE) of each solenoid valve in this diagram, assuming the process valve…

5 years ago
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Solenoid Valves Questions & Answers – 2

Solenoid valve SV-92 plays an important role in this compressor inlet separator control system. Level control valve LV-92 opens up…

6 years ago