Practical Process Control

An introduction to process control, designed for engineers and technicians unfamiliar with control techniques, and providing an understanding of how to actually apply control in a real industrial environment. It avoids analytical treatment of statistical process control techniques.

List of contents

What type of process - what kind of control?Measurement devicesControl devicesCyclic (on/off) controlProgrammable logic control (PLC) systemsContinuous controlDistributed control systems (DCS)Operator interfaces, displays and graphicsCompressed airChoice of system and installationEngineering check-out. pre-commissioning

Product details

• Authors: A. M. Seal, Anthony Seal, Anthony (Process Control Engineer Seal, Seal Anthony
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.1998
• EAN: 9780340705902
• ISBN: 978-0-340-70590-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, Industrial quality control, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / CAD-CAM, Computer aided manufacture (CAM)