Packed with best practice solutions derived from the hands-on experience of top technical experts, as well as significant recent developments in microprocessors and other key components, this compendium was designed with one goal in mind: to help you solve problems in the most efficient way possible.

More than 50 articles from leaders in the field, hundreds of illustrations and tables, and a well-designed format make this Handbook the most useful assistant you can have on the job.

Contents

1. Introductory Review

2. Control System Fundamentals
   Control Principles
   Techniques for Process Control
   Basic Control Algorithms
   Safety in Instrumentation and Control Systems

3. Controllers
   Distributed Control Systems
   Programmable Controllers
   Stand-Alone Controllers
   Hydraulic Controllers
   Batch Process Control
   Automatic Blending Systems
   Distributed Numerical Control and Networking
   Computers and Controls
   Manufacturing Message Specification
   Field-Based Systems

4. Process Variables - Field Instrumentation
   Temperatuare Systems
   Fluid Pressure Systems
   Industrial Weighing and Density Systems
   Humidity and Moisture Systems

5. Geometric and Motion Sensors
   Metrology, Position, displacement, Thickness and Surface Texture Measurement
   Magnetostrictive Linear Position Sensors
   Object Detectors and Machine Vision
   Flat Web (Sheer) Measurement and Control
   Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Instrumentation
   Vibration Measurement

6. Real-Time Analytical Composition Measurements for Input to Process Control
   Concentration Measurement Technology and Devices
   pH Measurement: Theory and Reality
   Optical Concentration Transducers
   Ultraviolet/Visible Absorption Analysis
   Sample Extraction, Conditioning, and preparation for On-Line Analysis
   System Control and Managing Data
   Calibration and Validation
   Application Examples

7. Control Communications
   Data Signal Handling in Computerized Systems
   Noise and Wiring in Data Signal Handling
   Industrial Control Networks

8. Operator Interface
   Operator Interface - Design Rationale
   Cognitive Skills and Process Control
   Distributed Display Architecture
   Knowledge-Based Operator Training
   Intelligent Alarms

9. Valves, Servos, Motos, and Robots
   Process Control Valves
   Control Valve Cavitation
   Control Valve Noise
   Servomotor Technology in Motion Control Systems
   Solid-State Variable Speed Drives
   Robots
   Current-to-Pressure Transducers for Control-Valve Actuation

10. Process Control Improvement
    World-Class Manufacturing
    Plant Analysis, Design, and Tuning for Uniform Manufacturing
    Control Valve Response
    Process Impact
    Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques to Reduce the Maintenance Costs of Field Instrumentation
    New Developments in Analytical Measurements
    Fundamentals of the Quantitative NMR
    The Improvement of Advanced Regulatory Control Systems
    Multivariable Predictive Control and Real-Time Optimization
    Neural Networks

11. Standards Overview
    Safety Instrumented Systems
    An Overview of the ISA/IEC Fieldbus
    Batch Control: Applying the S88.01 Standard

Index