Instrumentation and Process Control is a technician-level approach to instrumentation and control techniques used in advanced manufacturing. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1, Instrumentation (Chapters 1 to 28) and Part 2, Process Control (Chapters 29 to 52). The content is organized in a logical sequence beginning with an introduction to the field of instrumentation and continuing through all the elements of a control system.
This edition offers the following instructional advantages:
Systems approach to integrating instruments into a complex system
Comprehensive applications for instruments and controllers in typical industrial control systems
Examples that show how to install instruments and protect them from damaging environmental conditions
CONTENTS
Part 1 ― Instrumentation
• Instrumentation Overview
• Fundamentals of Process Control
• Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
• Temperature, Heat, and Energy
• Thermal Expansion Thermometers
• Electrical Thermometers
• Infrared Radiation Thermometers
• Practical Temperature Measurement and Calibration
• Pressure
• Mechanical Pressure Instruments
• Electrical Pressure Instruments
• Practical Pressure Measurement and Calibration
• Mechanical Level Instruments
• Electrical Level Instruments
• Ultrasonic, Radar, and Laser Level Instruments
• Nuclear Level Instruments and Weigh Systems
• Practical Level Measurement and Calibration
• Fluid Flow
• Differential Pressure Flowmeters
• Mechanical Flowmeters
• Magnetic, Ultrasonic, and Mass Flowmeters
• Practical Flow Measurement
• Gas Analyzers
• Humidity and Solids Moisture Analyzers
• Liquid Analyzers
• Electrochemical and Composition Analyzers
• Mechanical and Proximity Switches
• Practical Position Measurement
Part 2 ― Process Control
• Transmission Signals
• Digital Numbering Systems and Codes
• Digital Communications
• Industrial Networks
• Wireless Systems
• Practical Transmission and Communication
• Automatic Control and Process Dynamics
• Control Strategies
• Controller Tuning
• Digital and Electric Controllers
• Hydraulic Analysis
• Control Valves
• Selection and Sizing of Control Valves
• Regulators and Dampers
• Actuators and Positioners
• Variable-Speed Drives and Electric Power Controllers
• Safety Devices and Equipment
• Electrical Safety Standards
• Safety Instrumented Systems
• General Control Techniques
• Temperature Control
• Pressure and Level Control
• Flow Control
• Analysis and Multivariable Control