Instrumentation and Process Control
Coulson & Richardson Chemical Engineering Series
- 4th Edition - April 1, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: A P Wardle
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 3 8 9 3 - 6
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Request a sales quoteThe complete process control and instrumentation textbook for chemical engineering and related degree programmes in petrochemical, biotechnology, materials processing, control and mechanical engineering.
With chapters covering the essentials of this vast subject, from basic analysis of dynamic systems, control concepts and instrumentation, for level 2 undergraduate courses, to advanced chapters on process dynamics and control and process design topics, model-based control, model-predictive control, and adaptive control make it a truly essential text through to Masters level.
With chapters covering the essentials of this vast subject, from basic analysis of dynamic systems, control concepts and instrumentation, for level 2 undergraduate courses, to advanced chapters on process dynamics and control and process design topics, model-based control, model-predictive control, and adaptive control make it a truly essential text through to Masters level.
- Covers process control and instrumentation to a depth required by students and practicing engineers
- Supported by a strong pedagogy, MATLAB modelling throughout, detailed examples and end of chapter exercises
- Solutions Manual and downloadable MATLAB code
Chemical Engineering students and lecturers; professionals in industry - chemical process, pharmaceutical, petrochemical; Some related interest from mechanical and electronic engineers studying control engineering and instrumentation
Introduction; Static Characteristics of Sensors; Measurement of Pressure; Measurement of Flow; Measurement of Temperature; Measurement of Density; Measurement of Level; Measurement of Viscosity; Measurement of Composition; Sampling Systems; Control Valves and Actuators; Regulators; Feedback Control; Qualitative Design of Feedback Control Systems; The System Transfer Function; Response of Open-Loop Systems to Forcing Functions; Closed-Loop Feedback Systems; System Stability and the Characteristic Equation; Common Procedures for Setting Controller Parameters; System Compensation; Multiloop (MISO and SIMO) Control; MIMO Systems – Interaction and Decoupling; Non-Linear Systems; Model-Based Control; Discrete-Time Control Systems; Adaptive Control Systems; Model Predictive Control; Neural Networks; Fuzzy Logic Control; Computer Control; The Progammable Controller; Statistical Process Control; Signal Conditioning and Transmission, Appendices A-C, Problems
- Edition: 4
- Published: April 1, 2019
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 544
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080938936
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A P Wardle
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University of Wales at Swansea