Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two
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Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two

Process Control and Optimization

  1. 2,464 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two

Process Control and Optimization

About this book

The latest update to Bela Liptak's acclaimed "bible" of instrument engineering is now available. Retaining the format that made the previous editions bestsellers in their own right, the fourth edition of Process Control and Optimization continues the tradition of providing quick and easy access to highly practical information. The authors are practicing engineers, not theoretical people from academia, and their from-the-trenches advice has been repeatedly tested in real-life applications. Expanded coverage includes descriptions of overseas manufacturer's products and concepts, model-based optimization in control theory, new major inventions and innovations in control valves, and a full chapter devoted to safety. With more than 2000 graphs, figures, and tables, this all-inclusive encyclopedic volume replaces an entire library with one authoritative reference. The fourth edition brings the content of the previous editions completely up to date, incorporates the developments of the last decade, and broadens the horizons of the work from an American to a global perspective.

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. CONTRIBUTORS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. DEFINITIONS
  6. SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
  7. ABBREVIATIONS, NOMENCLATURE, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS
  8. Chapter 1. General
  9. Chapter 2. Control Theory
  10. Chapter 3. Transmitters and Local Controls
  11. Chapter 4. Control Room Equipment
  12. Chapter 5. PLCs and Other Logic Devices
  13. Chapter 6. Control Valve Selection and Sizing
  14. Chapter 7. Regulators and Final Control Elements
  15. Chapter 8. Control and Optimization of Unit Operations
  16. Appendix
  17. A.1 International System of Units
  18. A.2 Engineering Conversion Factors
  19. A.3 Chemical Resistance of Materials
  20. A.4 Composition of Metallic and Other Materials
  21. A.5 Steam and Water Tables
  22. A.6 Friction Loss in Pipes
  23. A.7 Tank Volumes
  24. A.8 Partial List of Suppliers*
  25. A.9 Direction of "Lost" Companies
  26. A.10 ISA Standards
  27. Index
  28. Back cover

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