by Cecil L. Smith
Basic Process Measurements provides a unique resource explaining the industrial measuring devices that gauge such key variables as temperature, pressure, density, level, and flow.
Basic Process Measurements provides a balanced treatment of the concepts, background information, and specific processes and technologies making up this critical aspect of process improvement and control.
Contents
1. Basic Concepts
- Continuous vs. Discrete Measurement
- Continuous vs. Sampled Measurement
- In-Line, On-Line, and Off-Line
- Signals and Resolution
- Zero, Span, and Range
- Turndown Ratio and Rangeability
- Accuracy
- Repeatability
- Measurement Uncertainty
- Measurement Decision Risk
- Calibration
- Measurement Device Components
- Current Loop
- Power Supply and Wiring
- Serial Communications
- Smart Transmitters
- Environmental Issues
- Explosive Atmospheres
- Measurement Device Dynamics
- Filtering and Smoothing
2. Temperature
- Heat and Temperature
- Temperature Scales
- Thermowells
- Bimetallic Thermometers
- Thermocouples
- Resistance Temperature Detectors
- Thermistors
- Temperature Transmitters
- Pyrometers
3. Pressure
- Force and Pressure
- Measures of Pressure
- Pressure-Sensing Elements
- Indicators and Switches
- Pressure Sensor
- Strain Gauge Pressure Sensors
- Capacitance Pressure Sensors
- Resonant Frequency
- Installation
- Differential Pressure
4. Level and Density
- Level, Volume, and Weight
- Pressure Transmitter
- Differential Pressure Transmitter
- Capacitance and Radio Frequency
- Ultrasonic
- Noncontact Radar
- Guided Wave Radar
- Nuclear
- A Few Others
- Level Switches
- Interface
- Density
5. Flow
- Mass Flow, Volumetric Flow, and Velocity
- Static Pressure and Fluid Velocity
- Flashing and Cavitation
- Fluid Dynamics
- Flow Meter Application Data
- Orifice Meter
- Head Meters
- Coriolis Meters
- Magnetic Flow Meter
- Vortex-Shedding Meter
- Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flow Meter
- Doppler Ultrasonic Flow Meter
- Thermal Flow Meters
- Turbine Meter
- Other Flow Meters
- Flow Switches
Index
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