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Practical process control /

This book introduces process control to engineers and technicians unfamiliar with control techniques, providing an understanding of how to actually apply control in a real industrial environment. It avoids analytical treatment of the numerous statistical process control techniques to concentrate on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seal, A. M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 1998.
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  • Front Cover; Practical Process Control; Copyright Page; Contents; The Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. What type of process
  • what type of control?; 1.1 Process flow sheet; 1.2 Loop diagram; 1.3 Different applications; 1.4 Operator and management; 1.5 Modern trends; 1.6 Special considerations and planning; 1.7 Existing plant controls; 1.8 Summary; Chapter 2. Measurement devices (transmitters); 2.1 Transmitter specification sheet; 2.2 Process details; 2.3 Environment details; 2.4 Transmitter details; 2.5 Which transmitter?; 2.6 Special service measurements and transmitters
  • 2.7 Installation of transmitters2.8 Process connection to transmitters; 2.9 How NOT to install transmitters; Chapter 3. Control devices (final control element); 3.1 Control valves; 3.2 Variable speed drives; 3.3 Directly coupled actuators; 3.4 Other types of control device; Chapter 4. Cyclic (on/off) control; 4.1 Measurement devices used for cyclic control; 4.2 What type of controller?; 4.3 Systems houses; 4.4 Process control specification; 4.5 Control devices for cyclic control; Chapter 5. Programmable logic control (PLC) systems; 5.1 Operator interface; 5.2 Programming; 5.3 Stand-alone PLCs
  • 5.4 Large and network PLCs5.5 Hazardous areas; 5.6 Assessing requirements and proposals; 5.7 PLCs and continuous control; 5.8 Other systems to do the same job; Chapter 6. Continuous control; 6.1 Measurement device for continuous control; 6.2 Control device for continuous control; 6.3 Controller to suit the application; Chapter 7. Distributed control systems (DCS); 7.1 Integrated control; 7.2 Batch control; 7.3 Configuration; 7.4 Graphics; 7.5 New communication standards; 7.6 Working environment; 7.7 Site controls development; 7.8 Specifying what is required; 7.9 Future DCS functionality
  • 7.10 Intelligent motor control centres7.11 Systems development; Chapter 8. Operator interfaces, displays and graphics; 8.1 Single-loop controllers; 8.2 Multi-loop controllers; 8.3 DCS displays; 8.4 SCADA and software licences; 8.5 Disk drives; 8.6 PLC displays; 8.7 PLC (or DCS) and SCADA performance guarantees; 8.8 DCS programming/configuration of operator terminals and graphics; 8.9 Graphic colours; 8.10 Mimic diagrams; 8.11 Specification; 8.12 Trending and alarms; 8.13 Non-disclosure agreements; Chapter 9. Compressed air; 9.1 Air compression; 9.2 Oil-flee air; 9.3 Air receivers
  • 9.4 Air distribution9.5 Compressed air cost; 9.6 Dirty air; 9.7 Air cylinders; 9.8 Solenoid valves; 9.9 Summary; 9.10 Hydraulics; Chapter 10. Choice of system and installation; 10.1 Totally new system; 10.2 Interfacing 'new' with 'old'; 10.3 Compatibility of control equipment- systems integrator; 10.4 Update and action speed; 10.5 System specification; 10.6 Assessing a system to suit the application; 10.7 Future requirements; 10.8 Terms of supply and delivery of equipment; 10.9 Enquiry information; 10.10 Organising the installation; 10.11 Communication/data highways; 10.12 I/O cabling