Process Control Instrumentation Technology

Process Control Instrumentation Technology
Author: Curtis D. Johnson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1982
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This book gives readers an understanding and appreciation of some of the theories behind control system elements and operations--without advanced math or calculus. It also presents some of the practical details of how elements of a control system are designed and operated--without the benefit of on-the-job experience. Chapter topics include process control; analog and digital signal conditioning; thermal, mechanical, and optical sensors; controller principles; and control loop characteristics. For those in the industry who will need to design the elements of a control system from a practical, working perspective, and comprehend how these elements affect overall system operation and tuning.

Process Control Instrumentation Technology 8Th Ed.

Process Control Instrumentation Technology 8Th Ed.
Author: Curtis D. Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2006
Genre: Engineering instruments
ISBN: 9788120330290

This text is designed to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of some of the essential concepts behind control system elements and operations, without the need of advanced math and theory. It covers the complex topics of process control, measurement, and instrumentation with sufficient rigor to allow applications-oriented design using basic mathematical skills.

Process Control Instrumentation Technology

Process Control Instrumentation Technology
Author: Curtis D. Johnson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This manual is designed to provide users with an understanding and appreciation of some of the theoretical concepts behind control system elements and operations, without the need of advanced math and theory. It also presents some of the practical details of how elements of a control system are designed and operated, such as would be gained from on-the-job experience. This middle ground of knowledge enables users to design the elements of a control system from a practical, working perspective, and comprehend how these elements affect overall system operation and tuning. This edition includes treatment of modern fieldbus approaches to networked and distributed control systems. Generally, this guidebook provides an introduction to process control, and covers analog and digital signal conditioning, thermal, mechanical and optical sensors, final control, discrete-state process control, controller principles, analog controllers, digital control and control loop characteristics. For those working in measurement and instrumentation and with control systems and PLCs.

Instrumentation and Process Control

Instrumentation and Process Control
Author: Terry L.M. Bartelt
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-11-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781418041717

This book provides comprehensive coverage of components, circuits, instruments, and control techniques used in today's process control technology field. It is ideal for students and technicians who will be installing, troubleshooting, repairing, tuning, and calibrating devices in a process control facility. Following an overview of an industrial control loop, each element of the loop is explored in detail. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Instrumentation and Process Control

Instrumentation and Process Control
Author: Janardan Prasad
Publisher: I. K. International Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9380026579

Instrumentation and control system is the heart of all processing industries. No process can run without the aid of instrumentation. Therefore, sometimes it is said that instruments are eyes of process through which a process operators visualize the process behaviour. Instrumentation and control concepts have undergone a drastic change over the past few years. The book is meant for the graduate level course of Instrumentation and Process Control (Electrical & Electronics and Instrumentation & Control disciplines). The topics have been divided in 8 chapters. The first three are devoted to Transducers. In these chapters, stress has been given on Transducer Signal Selection, Pneumatic Transmitters, Smart Transmitters, Special Class Thermocouple, Nucleonic Level Gage, Electronic Level Gage & others. In the chapter on Telemetry, pneumatic transmissions have been added in addition to usual topics. In the chapter Process Control, three element control systems have been described through examples of Boiler Drum Level Control. And lastly in Recent Developments & Microprocessor Based Instrumentation System, development of PLC and distributed control system and instrumentation communication protocol have been described in greater detail with suitable examples. The book is a perfect match of instruments that are still in use and which have been recently developed.

Instrumentation Fundamentals for Process Control

Instrumentation Fundamentals for Process Control
Author: Douglas O. J. deSa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2019-10-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351438077

A practical introductory guide to the principles of process measurement and control. Written for those beginning a career in the instrumentation and control industry or those who need a refresher, the book will serve as a text or to supercede the mathematical treatment of control theory that will continue to be essential for a well-rounded understanding. The book will provide the reader with the ability to recognize problems concealed among a mass of data and provide minimal cost solutions, using available technology.

Advanced Process Control

Advanced Process Control
Author: Cecil L. Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2011-02-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118035216

This book fills the gap between basic control configurations (Practical Process Control) and model predictive control (MPC). For those loops whose performance has a direct impact on plant economics or product quality, going beyond simple feedback or cascade can improve control performance, or specifically, reduce the variance about the target. However, the effort required to implement such control technology must be offset by increased economic returns from production operations. The economic aspects of the application of the various advanced control technologies are stressed throughout the book.

Applied Technology and Instrumentation for Process Control

Applied Technology and Instrumentation for Process Control
Author: Douglas O. de Sa
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2004-01-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1482284642

Applied Technology and Instrumentation for Process Control presents the complex technologies of different manufacturing processes and the control instrumentation used. The large variety of processes prohibits covering more than a few. Carefully selected and diverse, but representative, examples show how fundamentally basic simpler elements or techn