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• PTEC 183: Instr I:DigProg&DistC

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  The course introduces digital controls used in programmable logic computers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), emergency shutdown (ESD), interlocks, protective devices and power supply used in digital control. 1-0-1 Pre-Requisites: PTEC150, PTEC151 and PTEC152
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• PTEC 200: Systems

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course introduces students to the concepts of the inter-relation between the types of equipment that are assembled to operate within a process system. The course covers the concepts underlying process systems; the purpose and the function of selected process systems; and concepts of mass and energy balance. 3-2-4 Prerequisites: PTEC104 and PTEC106
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• PTEC 202: Principles of Quality

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course introduces the student to the typical concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry. The topics include fundamentals of operating consistency, continuous improvement, plant economics, sampling and statistical process control (SPC). The course also explores some of the more advanced concepts in process industry such as root-cause analysis, six-sigma and Lean. 3-0-3 Prerequisite: PTEC100
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• PTEC 204: Troubleshooting

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course introduces students to the concepts of identifying and finding solutions for process operating problems. The course also introduces students to the process technician's role in data collection and analysis, cause-effect relationships and reasoning. 3-2-4 Prerequisites: PTEC200 and PTEC206
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• PTEC 206: Instrumentation II

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course builds upon the concepts of measurement and controls covered in Instrumentation I and gives the student an introduction to switches, relays, annunciator systems and elements of signal conversion and transmission. The course also provides an overview of controllers and control schemes such as digital control, programmable logic control and distributed control systems. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 3-2-4 Prerequisites: PTEC100 and PTEC106
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• PTEC 208: Process Technology Operations

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is the capstone course of the PTEC program and introduces the student to typical operations in a process industry. This course builds on the student's knowledge of equipment, systems, instrumentation, health, environment and safety, to understand the operation of an entire section of a process plant. The course covers concepts underlying commissioning, normal startup, normal operations, normal shutdown, turnarounds and abnormal situations. Students are given an insight into the process technician's role in an operating unit. 3-2-4 Prerequisites: PTEC200 and PTEC206
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• PTEC 250: Process Systems I

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is the first of four courses that introduces students to the fundamentals of the various systems used in the process industry and the interrelation between the types of equipment that are assembled to operate within a process system. Course topics include the system concept; overview of industrial water treatment; fire water, wastewater, and storm water systems; potable, process, and demineralized water systems; cooling water systems; and plant air, instrument air, and nitrogen systems. Students will gain knowledge utiizing small line drawings and P & ID''s for each system. Safety, troubleshooting, production scheduling, and quality/efficiency considerations and strategies will be addressed throughout this course. 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 104 and PTEC 106 or PTEC 173 and PTEC 183
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• PTEC 251: Process Systems II

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is the second of four courses that introduces students to the fundamentals of the various systems used in the process industry and the interrelation between the types of equipment that are assembled to operate within a process system. Course topics include natural gas and fuel gas systems, steam generation and boiler feedwater systems, steam distribution and condensate systems, electrical power generation and distribution systems, relief and flare systems, and refrigeration systems. Students will gain knowledge utilizing small line drawings and P & ID's for each system. Safety, troubleshooting, production scheduing, and quality/efficiency considerations and strategies will be addressed throughout this course. 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 250
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• PTEC 252: Process Systems III

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is the third of four courses that introduces students to the fundamentals of the various systems used in the process industry and the interrelation between the types of equipment that are assembled to operate within a process system. Course topics include distillation systems, combustion systems, extraction systems, adsorption systems, absorption and stripping systems, and reactor systems. Students will gain knowledge utilizing small line drawings and P & ID's for each system. Safety, troubleshooting, production scheduling, and quality/efficiency considerations and strategies will be addressed throughout this course. 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 251
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• PTEC 253: Process Systems IV

  1.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This is the fourth and final course of the Process Systems series that introduces students to the fundamentals of the various systems used in the process industry and the interrelation between the types of equipment that are assembled to operate within a process system. Course topics include centrifuge systems, crystallization systems, filtration systems, drying systems, material storage and blending systems, and environmental compliance systems. Students will gain knowledge utilizing small line drawings and P & ID's for each system. Safety, troubleshooting, production scheduling, and quality/efficiency considerations and strategies will be addressed throughout this course. 1-1-1 Prerequisites: PTEC 252
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