[PORTALNAME]

Course Criteria

Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.

  • 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 Prerequisite:    PTEC 250
    SharePTEC 251 - Process Systems II
    Favorite

  • 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 Prerequisite:    PTEC 251
    SharePTEC 252 - Process Systems III
    Favorite

  • 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 Prerequisite:    PTEC 252
    SharePTEC 253 - Process Systems IV
    Favorite

  • PTEC 260: Instrumentation II Signals

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This course builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to switches, relays, annunciator systems, elements of signal transmission and conversion, and controllers. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 106 or PTEC 183
    SharePTEC 260 - Instrumentation II Signals
    Favorite

  • PTEC 261: Instrumentation II Control

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This second of four courses, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to control schemes, andvanced control schemes, and digital control. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 106 or PTEC 260
    SharePTEC 261 - Instrumentation II Control
    Favorite

  • PTEC 262: Inst II PLC DCS Power

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This third of four courses, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to Programmable Logic Controls (PLC), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Instrumentaion Power Supply. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentaion used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems. 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 106 or PTEC 261
    SharePTEC 262 - Inst II PLC DCS Power
    Favorite

  • PTEC 263: Instr II Emerg Interlocks

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This fourth and final course, in the PTEC 260 series, builds upon the concepts covered in the Instrumentation I series (PTEC 180-183) and provides the student an introduction to Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Interlocks, and Protective Devices and to Instrumentation Malfunctions. The concepts covered in this course provide the student with an understanding of the instrumentation used in the process industries and the basics of troubleshooting process control systems 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 106 or PTEC 262
    SharePTEC 263 - Instr II Emerg Interlocks
    Favorite

  • PTEC 270: Principles of Quality I

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This course introduces the student to the typical concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and the history of the quality movement in the United States. Topics include an introduction to process quality, variability concepts, process capabiity, variables control charts, attributes control charts, and customer expectations. The course will also demonstrate the use of statistics in quality 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 100 or PTEC 152
    SharePTEC 270 - Principles of Quality I
    Favorite

  • PTEC 271: Principles of Quality II

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This course provides a selection of additional introductory/key concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and introduces the student to the most common/basic quality improvement tools, explains how designed experiments are used for collecting data, highlights the purpose of a root cause analysis and function of root cause analysis tools, and describes Six Sigma project stages and their key improvements. The course also highlights the importance of teams in the process industries and how teams affect quality. 1-1-1 Prerequisite:    PTEC 270
    SharePTEC 271 - Principles of Quality II
    Favorite

  • PTEC 272: Principles of Quality III

    1.00 Credits
    Community College of Beaver County

    This third and final course in the Principles of Quality series provides more introductory/key concepts of quality underlying the operation of a process industry and introduces the student to management systems and continuous process improvement, quality reliability planning, lean manufacturing and lean tools used to eliminate waste, and quality costs. This course gathers all of the concepts and tools highlighted in PTEC 170, PTEC 171, and PTEC 172 and explains how these concepts and tools work together to improve quality 1-1-1
    SharePTEC 272 - Principles of Quality III
    Favorite
To find college, community college and university courses by keyword, enter some or all of the following, then select the Search button.
(Type the name of a College, University, Exam, or Corporation)
(For example: Accounting, Psychology)
(For example: ACCT 101, where Course Prefix is ACCT, and Course Number is 101)
(For example: Introduction To Accounting)
(For example: Sine waves, Hemingway, or Impressionism)
Distance:
of
(For example: Find all institutions within 5 miles of the selected Zip Code)