Learn the basic features of a commercial distributed control system (DCS) and how to interface with an operator workstation (HMI) to monitor and control bioprocessing equipment. Hands-on experience with DeltaV Live including logging in, alarming, faceplates, interlocks, control modes, equipment modules, and batch recipes. Lectures cover the underlying control loops and sequences for both upstream and downstream unit operations, while lab activities focus on their application specifically to a pilot-scale bioreactor.

June 30, 2027

$775 registration fee

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Attend and you will learn 

• How a DCS is structured and the role of instrumentation, control modules, and equipment modules, and recipes for process control
• To use commercial control system software (DeltaV) to monitor and control bioprocess equipment
• How to distinguish between discrete and analog devices and how they are utilized for process control
• The difference between various feedback control strategies including cascade control and split-range control
• The principles behind a sequential function chart and how to execute them via equipment modules and batch recipes in DeltaV

Schedule

Day 1	Lectures • Introduction to Bioprocess Unit Ops, DCS, and DeltaV • Process Control • Sequences and Recipes Lab Activities • Bioreactor and DeltaV Orientation • Process Controls • Sequence and Recipe Execution
	*Subject to change

Who should attend

This course is intended for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the Life Sciences field who want operator training on a DeltaV Live workstation with a focus on automation concepts and how process control is deployed.  This course is appropriate for upstream and downstream operators who want to gain more familiarity with the DeltaV HMI and with how instrumentation, modules and/or recipes are used to control bioprocessing unit operations and equipment.

Instructors 

• Ryan Barton, Ph.D.
• Jeff Keele, Scientist, Fermentation