• Eliazar Elisha Audu
• Nkolika O. Nwazor
• Matthew Ehikhamenle

Software simulation tools, Augmented Reality (AR), video games and a wide spectrum of learning aids have been developed to enhance the teaching of practical engineering courses. These tools, despite their wide adoption as learning methods, cannot re-create real-life situations that make it easier to translate knowledge into an actual skill set. To address these learning gaps, the use of models is judged as one of the most effective learning tools in education. They provide actual, real-life components on a small scale so that learners can easily relate to physical objects. Although little attention was given to model-based learning, it has a huge potential in educational systems. In this paper, a model-based teaching aid for pump station operation is presented to enhance knowledge of process control and instrumentation design in the downstream. C# was used to develop an intuitive instrumentation and control user interface with piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) flow symbols. MySQL was used for the database. The application monitors and tracks user events for performance evaluation. The hardware was developed using an ATmega2560 microprocessor and it has eight (8) channels consisting of a solid-state interface driver for interface with the instrumentation and control model pump station.

Hardware in the Loop, Process control, teaching aid, instrumentation, Arduino

"Multi-channel Process Instrumentation and Control Trainer", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.a667-a676, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203083.pdf

"Multi-channel Process Instrumentation and Control Trainer", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppa667-a676, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203083.pdf