Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control, Third Editon

✍ Scribed by Norman A. Anderson

• Publisher: CRC Press; 3 edition (October 22, 1997)
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 509
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The perennially bestselling third edition of Norman A. Anderson's Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control provides an outstanding and practical reference for both students and practitioners. It introduces the fields of process measurement and feedback control and bridges the gap between basic technology and more sophisticated systems. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, the material meets the needs of the instrumentation engineer or technician who must learn how equipment operates. I t covers pneumatic and electronic control systems, actuators and valves, control loop adjustment, combination control systems, and process computers and simulation

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Instrumentation for Process Measurement and Control......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 8
1. Introduction to Process Control......Page 10
2. Process/Pressure Measuring Instruments......Page 42
3. Level and Density Measurements......Page 78
4. Flow Measurement......Page 99
5. Temperature and Humidity Measurements......Page 135
6. Analytical Measurements......Page 160
7. The Feedback Control Loop......Page 188
8. Pneumatic Control Mechanisms......Page 214
9. Electronic (Analog) Control Systems......Page 246
10. Actuators......Page 268
11. Control Valves......Page 279
12. Controller Adjustments......Page 304
13. Step-Analysis Method of Finding Time Constant......Page 313
14. Frequency Response Analysis......Page 338
15. Split-Range, Auto-Selector,Ratio,and Cascade Systems......Page 353
16. Feedforward Control......Page 370
17. Computer Interface and Hardware......Page 382
18. Computer Software and Operation......Page 398
19. Programmed Control Systems......Page 412
20. constructing and Instrumenting Real and Simulated Processes......Page 423
Appendix......Page 446
Glossray......Page 490
Answers to Questions......Page 498
Bibilography......Page 501
Index......Page 502
TrUe LiAr......Page 509

✦ Subjects

Автоматизация;Контрольно-измерительные приборы и автоматика;