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Process / industrial instruments and controls handbook, sixth edition / Gregory K. McMillan, P. Hunter Vegas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMillan, Gregory K., author.
- Vegas, P. Hunter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automatic control.
- Engineering instruments.
- Process control.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 6th edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2019].
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Extensive and practical plant-based knowledge to achieve the best automation system. This fully updated on-the-job reference contains all the automation and control information you need to make timely decisions and maximize process capacity and efficiency. Featuring contributions from 50 top technical experts, Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Sixth Edition, covers the latest technologies and advances. More importantly, the book helps you select the right instrumentation, install and maintain it correctly, and leverage it to maximize plant performance and profitability. You will get all you need to know to execute a successful automation project including time-saving tables, lists of essential best practices, and hundreds of topic-defining illustrations.
- Contents:
- Overview
- FIGURE-PERMISSIONS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 1 INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER SUMMARIES
- 2 PROCESS VARIABLE MEASUREMENTS
- 3 ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENTS
- 4 BEST CONTROL VALVES AND VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES
- 5 CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS
- 6 SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS
- 7 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS
- 8 BEST PID CONTROL STRATEGIES
- 9 CONTINUOUS AND BATCH CONTROL
- 10 IMPROVING OPERATOR PERFORMANCE
- 11 IMPROVING PROCESS PERFORMANCE
- 12 AUTOMATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill, 2019. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
- Description based on e-Publication PDF.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Process / industrial instruments and controls handbook,
- ISBN:
- 9781260117974 (print-ISBN)
- 1260117979 (print-ISBN)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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