Pocket guide to instrumentation / R.R. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, R. R. (Robert R.), 1928-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automatic control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Automatic control.

Engineering instruments--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Engineering instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Other Title:

Instrumentation

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Gulf Pub., c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handy guide helps readers quickly identify instrumentation. It includes data on control devices, monitors, and batteries, and a chapter on bar coding as a control procedure.Pocket Guide to Instrumentation is a handy guide that helps simplify procurement and handling of instrumentation equipment and accessories. It provides materials personnel with concise, straightforward information for identifying and tracking the many types of control devices, fittings, valves, etc. that accompany instrumentation projects. It also includes data on cables, monitors, and batteries, and a chap

Contents:

Front Cover; Pocket Guide to Instrumenation; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Control Devices; Temperature and Pressure Transmitters; Instrument Indicating Devices; Pneumatically Operated Controls; Instrument Tubing; Armored Metal Tube Bundles; Stainless Steel Stick Tubing; Microprocessor Electronics; Chapter 2. Instrument Valves; Uses for Valves; Valves for High-Pressure Service; Gate Valves; Globe Valves; Check Valves; Ball Valves; Plug Valves; Butterfly Valves; Stem Variations; Bonnet Variations; Discs Used in Valves; End Connections for Valves

Valve DescriptionProject Tags; Important Rule When Receiving or Issuing Valves; Storing Valves; Operators for Valves; Valves for Instrument Outlets; Substitute Valves; Relief Valves; Rupture Discs; Small Instrument Valves; Vacuum Valves; Regulating and Shut-off Valves; Instrument Check; Plug Valves; Valves for High-Pressure Service; Materials Control for Valves; Chapter 3. Instrument Fittings and Monitors; Outlet Fittings; Pipe Fittings; Tube Fittings; Part Displays and Manuals; High-Pressure Tube Fittings; In-Line Filters; Steam Traps; Steam Tracing Control Valve; Sample Cylinders

Detectors and MonitorsInterface Detectors; Flow Switch Monitors/Level Interface Controllers; Spare Parts; Actual Sizes of Pipe/Tubing; Chapter 4. Storage Batteries and Solar Modules; AC and DC Systems for Offshore Applications; Photovoltaic Systems; Summary of Solar Module System; Glossary of Terms Used in Solar Applications; Batteries for Electronic Devices; Glossary of Terms Used for Batteries; Chapter 5. Miscellaneous Electrical and Instrumentation Items; Cable and Wire Ties; Wire and Terminal Markers; Wire Connectors; Splicing Kits; Thermocouples and Accessories; Gauge Glasses

Vibration ControlThermometers; Pressure Gauges; Expendable Items; Chapter 6. Bar Coding Systems; Suggested Bar Code Numbering System for Construction Trades; Appendix: Abbreviations for Instrumentation Items; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-07780-1

9786611077808

0-08-053916-5

OCLC:

476110909