About

I am basically an instrument engineer who started a blog about my job since 2004 in Blogspot then I moved to WordPress in 2007. My blog was about my job and daily works. However in 2020 I think I need to starts blogging about thoughts, not only about works. Joseph Stalin once said “The writer is the engineer of human soul”. This quote is explaining itself how the important of writing.

I was born in Bojonegoro (where the block Cepu is ^_^), I passed my school at SDN Gedongarum, SMP N Kanor, and SMU N 1 Bojonegoro. I was graduated from Engineering Physics ITB Bandung with majoring study in Instrumentation and Control. I utilized DCS CS1000 during my final thesis to control Fluid Catalitic Cracker Plant. My plant actually was a device which could inject and receive signal according to real process condition of FCC (imagine a transmitter and control valve in real FCC Plant). The current injector and receiver was National Instrument Field Point, it was transmitter and it was control valve as well. When should the transmitter inject signal 4-20 mA as per real process condition of pressure, level, temperature? This was the question. In order to do that I made special program to transfer the actual process characteristic of FCC to mathematic calculation. This calculation was done by PC. The result of calculation was a process value which was transmitted using serial communication to National Instrument Field Point to lead it send signal or current mA to DCS. For example if you have specific value of flow you will have changing on temperature exactly. How much the changing? the PC will calculate as per mathematic transfer function and send the result as percentage to Field Point. And then field point transfer the percentage to mA and sendit to DCS. It would be received by DCS as a field data same as signal received by DCS from real transmitter. The DCS will calculate using PID calculation. The PID is a control strategy / method to bring the process value to reach the set-point. The result of PID is MV signal. The MV signal would be sent back to Field Point by DCS as adjustment signal for final control element. And the NIFP will convert the value of MV to percentage and send it back to PC. And PC will re-calculate as per transfer function.

My first career was an instrument engineer for engineering consultant company in Jakarta. I was dealing with design of real instrumentation and control. That was real transmitter, control valve, shutdown valve, etc. And also the design of pneumatic panel, control strategy, cause and effect, detail installation drawing, etc. All this effort was paper base job only because we were consultant.

My second job was an instrument commissioning engineer in EPCI company. I was dealing with Loop Checking / Function Test activity for every devices; transmitter, control valve, sdv, etc. After all this things was confirmed working we must be able to run ‘live’ the system. The system could be utility air system, fire water system, diesel fuel system, etc. Off course, all the system require instrumentation and control strategy. And that was my lovely job. It was Offshore Oil & Gas Platform; the resources of world energy for modern mankind history.

My third job makes me away from instrumentation and control study. Coordinating the project completion shall take my self on duty for multi discipline job. I don’t know it will be an advantage for me or it just will take my self lost of focus on the professional topic which has been become my main study since the last 10 years, since I was in university.

My fourth job was Construction Engineers for Electrical & Instrument for CPP Offshore Facilities, Electrical Substation, Control Room, and Wellhead Platform. The main job is how to install all electrical and instrument equipment and component including cabling in a correct manner and correct time. Early stage duty was how to buy correct equipment or material according to specification and data sheet those have been prepared by Design Engineer during FEED. After some game of technical clarification we need to do Technical Bid Evaluation. Commercial things was not my duty. How to get the material on time according to schedule is the main thing.

My fifth job was System Completion and Pre-commissionng Manager for LNG Modules consisting of utility modules and pipe racks on fabrication yard. Temporary utility was fitted up to maximized pre-commissioning on fabrication yard. A massive sub-system leak test was also conducted on the yard to ensure no major leaks during system leak test on-site.

My sixth job is construction engineer on company side to construct LNG Train Facility and Gas Processing Facility. The main role is to guide and supervise main contractor to construct LNG Train Facility and Gas Processing Facility in accordance with company specification and meet the planned schedule.

My Seventh job is maintenance specialist on Gas Processing Facility. The task given to me so far is identifying, contacting supplier, and purchasing Spare Part Material required for 2 years and special case on corrective maintenance material.

Oil and Gas Facilities those had been and have been being built by great teams in which I was and I am a small part of them are KE-30 & KE-40 Wellhead Platform, Arthit CPP Platform, Su Tu Vang CPP & Living Quarter Platform, North Rankin B Sub-Structure, Papa Terra TLP Electrical Substation,  Kepodang Wellhead and CPP Platform, Kepodang Onshore Receiving Facility Control Room, Yamal LNG Pipe Rack & Utility Modules, Zawtika Wellhead Platform, Tengiz Chevroil FGP Electrical Sub-station, Tangguh LNG Train-03 expansion, and Jambaran Tiung Biru Gas Processing Facility.

My technical experience story which I wrote in my blog is not for copy paste purposes for any reasons. NO COPY PASTE ALLOWED. If you want to share you can share it. But I tell you that my story is not technical paper, it is just diary novel about technical jobs. If you want to reach me personally you can emailme: novakurniawan@yahoo.com

“If we can’t explain it simply, we don’t understand it well enough”  Albert Einstein