Troubleshooting process plant control /
The book focuses on process control in the petroleum and refinery industries, with an emphasis on problem solving. The author explores various real life examples and relays the lessons learned from his career in this area. He explains many new yet straightforward concepts without the use of complex...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A history of positive feedback loops
- Learning from experience
- Process control parameter measurement
- Dependent and independent variables
- Binary distillation of pure components
- Distillation tower pressure control
- Pressure control in multicomponent systems
- Optimizing fractionation efficiency by temperature profile
- Analyzer process control
- Fired heater combustion air control
- Sizing process control valves
- Control valve position on instrument air failure
- Override and split-range process control
- Vacuum system pressure control
- Reciprocating compressors
- Centrifugal compressor surge vs. motor over-vamping
- Controlling centrifugal pumps
- Steam turbine control
- Steam and condensate control
- Function of the process control engineer
- Steam quality and moisture content
- Level, pressure, flow, and temperature indication methods
- Alarm and trip design for safe plant operations
- Nonlinear process responses
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