Practical process control for engineers and technicians

This book is aimed at engineers and technicians who need to have a clear, practical understanding of the essentials of process control, loop tuning and how to optimize the operation of their particular plant or process. The reader would typically be involved in the design, implementation and upgradi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Altmann, Wolfgang
Other Authors Macdonald, Dave, 1942-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford : Newnes, 2005.
SeriesPractical professional books from Elsevier.
Subjects
Process control.
Production engineering.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1423722752
9781423722755
9780750664004
0750664002
9780080480251
008048025X
1281009458
9781281009456
9786611009458
6611009450
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Process measurement and transducers
  • Basic principles of control valves and actuators
  • Fundamentals of control systems
  • Stability and control modes of closed loops
  • Digital control principles
  • Real and ideal PID controllers
  • Tuning of PID controllers in both open and closed loop control systems
  • Controller output modes, operating equations and cascade control
  • Concepts and applications of feedforward control
  • Combined feedback and feedforward control
  • Long process deadtime in closed loop control and the Smith Predictor
  • Basic principles of fuzzy logic and neural networks
  • Self-tuning intelligent control and statistical process control.

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