
Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two
Process Control and Optimization
- 2,464 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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.
Béla G. Lipták speaks on Post-Oil Energy Technology on the AT&T Tech Channel.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- CONTENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- ABBREVIATIONS, NOMENCLATURE, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS
- Chapter 1. General
- Chapter 2. Control Theory
- Chapter 3. Transmitters and Local Controls
- Chapter 4. Control Room Equipment
- Chapter 5. PLCs and Other Logic Devices
- Chapter 6. Control Valve Selection and Sizing
- Chapter 7. Regulators and Final Control Elements
- Chapter 8. Control and Optimization of Unit Operations
- Appendix
- A.1 International System of Units
- A.2 Engineering Conversion Factors
- A.3 Chemical Resistance of Materials
- A.4 Composition of Metallic and Other Materials
- A.5 Steam and Water Tables
- A.6 Friction Loss in Pipes
- A.7 Tank Volumes
- A.8 Partial List of Suppliers*
- A.9 Direction of "Lost" Companies
- A.10 ISA Standards
- Index
- Back cover