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Author F. Gardner, Raymond

Title Introduction to Plant Automation and Controls
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (559 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Disclaimer -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Chapter 1 Measurement fundamentals and instrumentation -- Instrumentation definitions -- Gage accuracy -- Gage selection -- Calibration standards -- Calibration of instrumentation -- Pressure conversion -- Pressure gages -- Pressure measurement -- Manometer (U-tube) -- Bourdon tube pressure gage -- Pressure transducer -- Calibrating pressure gages -- Temperature measurement -- Liquid-expansion thermometer -- Filled-system thermometer
Bimetallic-element thermometer -- Electronic temperature measurement devices -- Thermocouple -- Thermistor -- Resistance temperature detector (RTD) -- Calibration of a 4-20mA sensor -- Verification of the RTD sensor -- Calibration of the 4-20mA transmission signal -- Calibration of the digital meter -- Tank liquid-level measurement -- Gage glasses, petcocks, and sounding tube -- Ultrasonic or radar level transmitters -- Pneumercators -- Pressure transducers and liquid level measurement -- Magnetic float level transmitters -- Differential pressure and differential-pressure transmitters
Flow measurement -- Positive-displacement totalizing meters -- Differential-pressure flow meters -- Velocity flow meters -- Vortex-shedding flow meter -- Turbine flow meter -- Non-intrusive flow meters/transmitters -- Viscosity measurement -- Vibration measurement -- Accelerometer -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Control terminology, theory, and tuning -- Open- and closed-loop control -- Modes of control -- On-off control -- Proportional control with feedback -- Feedforward control -- Proportional control -- Gain and proportional band -- Offset -- Instability and hunting -- Integral or reset control
Derivative or rate control -- Pneumatic control: nozzle-flapper, pneumatic relays, and PID control -- Nozzle-flapper systems -- Proportional-only control with open-loop gain -- Proportional-only with adjustable closed-loop gain -- Pi proportional with integral or reset control -- Pid control-the derivative or rate function -- Pneumatic pd control -- Pneumatic P, PI, PD, and PID control -- Tuning the PID controller -- Ziegler-nichols closed-loop method -- Open loop tuning -- Stability -- Chapter 3 Basic electronics -- Diode -- Filters -- Voltage divider -- Zener diode
Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) -- Biasing -- Thyristor or silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) -- Gate turn-off thyristors (GTOS) -- Diacs and triacs -- Field-effect transistor (FET) -- Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Digital theory, logic, and two-state control -- Boolean logic -- Combinational logic and boolean algebra -- The universal nand gate -- Introduction to karnaugh maps -- Example 4: -- Example 5: -- Sequential logic and flip-flops -- The set-reset (or S-R) flip-flop -- The J-K flip-flop -- Combinational logic using switches
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Production control -- Automation
Production control -- Automation
Form Electronic book
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