A major revision of a best-selling guide covers the design and operation of measurement and automatic control systems used in such industries as chemical, petroleum, petrochemical, food, pulp and paper, textile, water and wastes, metallurgical and product manufacturing. Reflects new developments in manufacturing industries and in associated research and quality control laboratories.
Extensive practical plant based knowledge to achieve the best automation system BACK COVER DESCRIPTION: This fully updated on-the-job reference contains all the automation and control information you need to make timely decisions, and maximize process capacity and efficiency. Featuring contributions from 50 top technical experts, Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Sixth Edition covers the latest technologies and advances. More importantly, the book helps you select the right instrumentation, install and maintain it correctly, and leverage it to maximize plant performance and profitability. You will get all you need to know to execute a successful automation project including time-saving tables, lists of essential best practices, and hundreds of topic-defining illustrations. Coverage includes: •Process variable measurements•Analytical measurements•Control Network communications•Safety instrumented systems•Control systems fundamentals•PID control strategies•Continuous and batch control•Improving operator performance•Improving process performance•Project management•And more
The latest methods for increasing process efficiency, production rate, and quality.Award-winning editor Greg McMillan has loaded Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Fifth Edition, with advice from top technical experts to help you tackle process instrument and control assignments confidently and solve problems efficiently. This majorrevision of the bestselling on-the-job toolkit includes time-saving tables,selection ratings, key points, rules of thumb and hundreds of topic-defining illustrations. Updated to mirror the most common industry practices, it brings you up to speed on smart instrumentation and the latest advances sparked by increased power and miniaturization of the microprocessor. Thorough coverage of the Windows NT platform and Fieldbus... distributed control systems and field-based systems...knowledge-based operator training...instrument maintenance cost reduction and an overview of the ISA/IEC Fieldbus Standard help you get the most out of these major shifts in technology.
Introductory review. Control system fundamentals. Controllers. Process variables-field instrumentation. Geometric and motion sensors. Physicochemical and analytical systems. Control communications. Operator interface. Valves, servos, motors, and robots.
