Instrumentation reference book / edited by Walt Boyes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyes, Walt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical instruments--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical instruments.

Engineering instruments--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Engineering instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (929 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The discipline of instrumentation has grown appreciably in recent years because of advances in sensor technology and in the interconnectivity of sensors, computers and control systems. This 4th edition of the Instrumentation Reference Book embraces the equipment and systems used to detect, track and store data related to physical, chemical, electrical, thermal and mechanical properties of materials, systems and operations. While traditionally a key area within mechanical and industrial engineering, understanding this greater and more complex use of sensing and monitoring controls and systems is essential for a wide variety of engineering areas - from manufacturing to chemical processing to aerospace operations to even the everyday automobile. In turn, this has meant that the automation of manufacturing, process industries, and even building and infrastructure construction has been improved dramatically. And now with remote wireless instrumentation, heretofore inaccessible or widely dispersed operations and procedures can be automatically monitored and controlled. This already well-established reference work will reflect these dramatic changes with improved and expanded coverage of the traditional domains of instrumentation as well as the cutting-edge areas of digital integration of complex sensor/control systems.

Contents:

Part I: The Automation Knowledge Base

1 - The Automation Practicum

2 - Basic Principles of Industrial Automation

3 - Measurement Methods and Control Strategies

4 - Simulation and Design Software

5 - Security for Industrial Automation

Part II: Mechanical Measurements

6 - Measurement of Flow

7 - Measurement of Viscosity

8 - Measurement of Length

9 - Measurement of Strain

10 - Measurement of Level and Volume

11 - Vibration

12 - Measurement of Force

13 - Measurement of Density

14 - Measurement of Pressure

15 - Measurement of Vacuum

16 - Particle Sizing

17 - Fiber Optics in Sensor Instrumentation

18 - Nanotechnology for Sensors

19 - Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Transmitters

20 - Industrial Wireless Technology and Planning

Part III: Measurement of Temperature and Chemical Composition

21 - Temperature Measurement

22 - Chemical Analysis: Introduction

23 - Chemical Analysis: Spectroscopy

24 - Chemical Analysis: Electrochemical Techniques

25 - Chemical Analysis: Gas Analysis

26 - Chemical Analysis: Moisture Measurement

Part IV: Electrical and Radiation Measurements

27 - Electrical Measurements

28 - Optical Measurements

29 - Nuclear Instrumentation Technology

30 - Measurements Employing Nuclear Techniques

31 - Non-Destructive Testing

32 - Noise Measurement

Part V: Controllers, Actuators, and Final Control Elements

33 - Field Controllers, Hardware and Software

34 - Advanced Control for the Plant Floor

35 - Batch Process Control

36 - Applying Control Valves

Part VI: Automation and Control Systems

37 - Design and Construction of Instruments

38 - Instrument Installation and Commissioning

39 - Sampling

40 - Telemetry

41 - Display and Recording

42 - Pneumatic Instrumentation

43 - Reliability in Instrumentation and Control

44 - Safety

45 - EMC

Appendix A - General Instrumentation Books

Appendix B - Professional Societies and Associations

Appendix C - The Institute of Measurement and Control

Appendix D - International Society of Automation, Formerly Instrument Society of America

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612541094

9781282541092

1282541099

9780080941882

0080941885

9780750683081

OCLC:

795360028