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Strategies for Improving
Learner Outcomes in Energy
Systems Instrumentation and
Controls Education
Lawrence Beaty
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
Friday, July 22, 2011
ESTEC Premise:
Energy workforce development is a
complex, dynamic process shaped by:
Technology, Economics, Education,
Regulation, Demographics, Politics,
Competition, Public Perception
ESTEC Partners
Operating Partners
guide the strategic
direction of the Center
The Energy Systems Technology and Education
Center
Why was ESTEC Created?
• ESTEC was created to address a growing shortage
in the energy workforce
Key Segments in Decline
Percent Growth in U.S. Workforce by Age: 2000-2020
80%
73%
60%
54%
40%
20%
7%
8%
7%
3%
0%
-10%
-20%
under 14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-55
55-64
65+
Age of Workers
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Decreasing Workforce Growth will Increase
Global Competition for STEM workers
1970-2010
200%
2010-2050
150%
100%
50%
0%
-50%
Mexico
Brazil
India
China
South Australia Canada
Korea
US
Netherlands Spain
France
UK
Russia
Italy
Japan Germany
Source: Deloitte Research/UN Population Division (http://esa.un.org/unpp/)
It’s 2008: “Do You Know Where Your Talent Is?” Why Acquisition and
Retention Strategies Don’t Work, p.6
Deficiency in Workforce Planning – Despite the Evidence!
Preparation for Potential Labor Shortage
Due to Baby Boomer Retirement
Have agreed internally
on a plan to change
policies and
management practices
5%
Have proposed specific
policy and management
practice changes 7%
(n=314)
Beginning to examine
internal policies and
management practices
39%
Extent to Which Retiring Boomers Cause
Changes in Hiring, Retention, Management
Practice and Policy
(n=368)
Have implemented
specific policies and
management practices
11%
To no
extent at all
38%
To a very large extent
5%
To some extent
26%
Just becoming
aware of the
issue 38%
Baby Boomers defined as people born from 1945 to 1964.
To a very small extent
31%
The number of workers 55 or older is expected to grow 50 percent by 2012,
according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. (SHRM)
Source: 2005 Future of the U.S. Labor Pool Survey Report, Society for Human Resource Management
Students favor the social sciences
What is ESTEC and what does it do?
• A partnership between Idaho State University, Idaho National
Laboratory and Partners for Prosperity.
• Focus on engineering technician education and training for the
energy market sector.
• Three initial degree programs:
– Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technology
– Electrical Engineering Technology
– Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Secured $600K National Science Foundation ATE Grant for
development of an Energy Systems Instrumentation and Controls
program
• Secured $2M DoL Community-based Job Training Grant
• Secured $1.5 M DoL State Energy Sector Partnership grant for
renewable energy.
• Secured a U.S. DoE Nuclear Energy University Program grant to
crate a Nuclear Operations program for unlicensed operators
Instrumentation and Controls Industry needs
• Participating Companies:
• Idaho Power
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Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
PacifiCorp
EPRI
Entergy
• Progress Energy
• Tri-State Generation and Transmission
• URS
Identified Attributes, Skills and Knowledge
• Soft Skills
– Basic Job Skills
– Human Interaction Skills
• Technical Knowledge
– Mathematics
– Electricity, Mechanics
– Sciences
– General Industry Knowledge
– Discipline Specific Knowledge
• WWW.CEWD.ORG
• Formed in March 2006, the Center for Energy Workforce
Development (CEWD) is a non-profit consortium of electric
natural gas and nuclear utilities and their associations Edison Electric Institute, American Gas Association, Nuclear
Energy Institute, and National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association. CEWD was formed to help utilities work together
to develop solutions to the coming workforce shortage in the
utility industry. It is the first partnership between utilities, their
associations, contractors and unions to focus on the need to
build a skilled workforce pipeline that will meet future industry
needs.
Introductory Course (Taken by all Energy
Systems students)
• ESET 0100 Engineering Technology Orientation 1
credit. An introduction to the opportunities and
responsibilities of an engineering technician.
Exposure to the various fields of technology
through field trips, movies and guest lectures.
Introduction to materials, techniques, and college
services, which will assist the student in completing
a technology program.
AC and DC Electricity and Electronics
• ESET 0101 Electrical Circuits I 5 credits. Includes
measurements and calculation of current, voltage, resistance
and power in series, parallel and combination circuits with DC
and AC power sources. Voltage and current in resistivecapacitive (R-C) and resistive-inductive (R-L) circuits during
switch transitions, AC power circuits including reactance and
transformation. Voltage and current in non-resonant and
resonant AC circuits and filters.
• ESET 0101L Electrical Circuits I Laboratory 5 credits. Electrical
circuits are analyzed, designed and constructed using various
DC and AC theories and electrical quantities are measured
using appropriate test equipment.
Semiconductors, amplifiers and digital
electronics
• ESET 0102 Electrical Circuits II 5 credits. Continuation of
electrical circuit study introducing the fundamentals of
semiconductors, amplifier theory, digital logic and logical
devices.
• ESET 0102L Electrical Circuits II Laboratory 5 credits.
Laboratory applications and experiments in troubleshooting of
semiconductor devices and circuits, digital logic and logic
device application.
Summer (a transition course)
• ESET 0200 Applications of Electronic, Electrical, and Power
Systems Control Fundamentals and Safety 6 credits. Overview
and application of electronic sensors, thyristor power control
circuits, and networks. Electrical motor control, relays, timers,
PLCs, and computer software used to design and verify motor
control circuits. Basic process control print reading and
device calibration methods. Includes troubleshooting
techniques and safety practices.
Electrical Systems
• ESET 0210 Principles of Power Generating Systems 2 credits.
Transmission lines, generator and transformer characteristics,
and fault detection and correction. Emphasis on circuit
performance addressing voltage regulation, power factor, and
protection devices. Lecture/Laboratory.
• ESET 0211 Sensors and Control Devices 2 credits. Theory and
application of control devices, sensors, timers, relays.
• ESET 0212 Electrical Systems Documentation and Standards 1
credit. Introduction to print reading, technical specifications,
print annotation, report writing and electrical codes
• ESET 0213 Motors, Generators and Industrial Electrical
Systems 2 credits. The construction, design aspects and
theory of operation of DC, single and poly-phase motors,
variable frequency motor control, electrical switch-boards and
electrical distribution systems.
• ESET 0214 Motor Control Laboratory 1 credit. Applications of
AC and DC motor control theory and motor protection
systems.
• ESET 0215 Controller Laboratory 1 credit. Applications of
Programmable Logic Controls and DCS including I-O
configuration, Ladder logic design and function block use.
• ESET 0216 Sensors and Control Device Laboratory 1 credit.
Laboratory applications of sensors (including photoelectric
and proximity types), relay and timer circuits, and application
of automation devices.
• ESET 0217 Motor, Generator and Electrical Systems
Laboratory 2 credits. Installation, setup, control, maintenance,
and troubleshooting of AC and DC motors, electrical device
installations and industrial safety and proper tool usage.
Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow and Applications
• ESET 0220 Thermal Cycles and Heat Transfer 2 credits.
Introduction to the Rankin, Carnot, and Brayton cycles.
Includes principles of heat transfer and fluid flow and
thermodynamic principles.
• ESET 0221 Boiler, Reactor, and Turbine Principles 2 credits.
Survey of various boiler types and principles of combustion,
overview of reactor principles and steam generation, turbine
types and principles of operation.
Process Control
• ESET 0222 Process Control Theory 3 credits. Electronic
instruments-sensors, indicators, transmitters, computing
relays, electro-optics, electronic controllers, ratio control,
cascade control, recorders, analytical equipment,
troubleshooting.
• ESET 0223 Digital Control Theory 2 credits. Digital systems,
digital control, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog
interfacing, signal conditioning, programmable controllers,
computer application.
• ESET 0224 Measurement Theory 2 credits. Calibration
calculations, pressure scales, level considerations, specific
gravity, elevation suppression, closed and open systems,
temperature scales, thermocouple and RTD values, bulb and
capillary devices, heat transfer, flow with square root
linearization, gas flow measurement calculations, mass flow,
humidity measurements, pH measurements.
• ESET 0225 Instrument Calibration Laboratory 1 credit. Use of
test equipment, power supplies, current and volt
measurements, use of oscilloscope, capacitor checker, decade
box, Wheatstone bridge, transmitter simulator, manometers,
pressure calibration devices.
• ESET 0226 Process Control Devices Laboratory 1 credit. Set
up, maintenance and troubleshooting of electronic sensors,
indicators, transmitters, relays recorders, and controllers,
transmission with twisted pair, fiber optics, smart systems,
and analytical equipment.
• ESET 0227 Digital Control Systems Laboratory 1 credit.
Computer and programmable controller interfacing with
transmitters and final elements, PID loops, auto tuning, set up
to complete control loops, computer graphics.
• ESET 0228 Measurements Laboratory 1 credit. Calibration of
transmitters, simulation of process variables, temperature,
pressure, level flow, and humidity control loops.
Objective Based Learning
• Classroom and Laboratory Objectives were derived
from industry needs and characterized for general
instruction
• Evaluation is based on the students ability to
explain, describe or define concepts and the ability
to perform tasks to specified standards
• Multiple choice knowledge testing or completion of
task standards are not used for evaluation
Example: Pressure Module Classroom
Objectives
• EXPLAIN how an electronic pressure transmitter produces an
output signal including:
– a. Method of detection
– b. Method of signal generation
• Given a basic block diagram of a pressure transmitter, STATE
the purpose and EXPLAIN the function of the following blocks:
– a. Sensing element
– b. Transducer
– c. Pressure detection circuitry
– d. Pressure indication
Example: Pressure Module Laboratory
Objectives
• Given a pressure transmitter, test equipment, technical
manuals and system data,
– CALULATE the require calibration of the transmitter
– PERFORM and as found check on the transmitter
– PERFORM a calibration of the transmitter
– WRITE a complete work report documenting the work
performed
Introduced Factors
• Evaluations are timed
• Test equipment and transmitter settings are
defaulted to non-standard setting
• Unit conversions are required for calculation of
calibration settings
4-20 mA Transmitter in Current Loop
Smart Transmitters with HART Communicator
Transmitters in flow loop
Flow Loop
Additional Activities
• Industry Contemporary affairs reports
• Safety related Incidents
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Regulatory News
Plant Trips
Lab projects
Field Trips
Discussion