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Practical Process Control for Engineers and Technicians

Practical Process Control for Engineers and Technicians

by Wolfgang Altmann

2005 (304 pages)

ISBN:9780750664004

Allowing readers to develop professional competencies, this text is aimed at engineers and technicians who need a practical understanding of the essentials of process control, loop tuning and how to optimize the operation of their plant or process.

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Table of Contents

Practical Process Control for Engineers and Technicians
Preface
Chapter 1	-	Introduction
Chapter 2	-	Process Measurement and Transducers
Chapter 3	-	Basic Principles of Control Valves and Actuators
Chapter 4	-	Fundamentals of Control Systems
Chapter 5	-	Stability and Control Modes of Closed Loops
Chapter 6	-	Digital Control Principles
Chapter 7	-	Real and Ideal PID Controllers
Chapter 8	-	Tuning of PID Controllers in Both Open and Closed Loop Control Systems
Chapter 9	-	Controller Output Modes, Operating Equations and Cascade Control
Chapter 10	-	Concepts and Applications of Feedforward Control
Chapter 11	-	Combined Feedback and Feedforward Control
Chapter 12	-	Long Process Deadtime in Closed Loop Control and the Smith Predictor
Chapter 13	-	Basic Principles of Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks
Chapter 14	-	Self-Tuning Intelligent Control and Statistical Process Control
Appendix A	-	Some Laplace Transform Pairs
Appendix B	-	Block Diagram Transformation Theorems
Appendix C	-	Detail Display
Appendix D	-	Auxiliary Display
Appendix E	-	Configuring a Tuning Exercise in a Controller
Appendix F	-	Installation of Simulation Software
Appendix G	-	Operation of Simulation Software
Appendix H	-	Configuration
Appendix I	-	General Syntax of Configuration Commands
Appendix J	-	Configuration Commands
Appendix K	-	Algorithms
Appendix L	-	Background Graphics Design
Appendix M	-	Configuration Example
Introduction to Exercises
Exercise 1	-	Flow Control Loop – Basic Example
Exercise 2	-	Proportional (P) Control – Flow Chart
Exercise 3	-	Integral (I) Control – Flow Control
Exercise 4	-	Proportional and Integral (PI) Control – Flow Control
Exercise 5	-	Introduction to Derivative (D) Control
Exercise 6	-	Practical Introduction into Stability Aspects
Exercise 7	-	Open Loop Method – Tuning Exercise
Exercise 8	-	Closed Loop Method — Tuning Exercise
Exercise 9	-	Saturation and Non-Saturation Output Limits
Exercise 10	-	Ideal Derivative Action – Ideal PID
Exercise 11	-	Cascade Control
Exercise 12	-	Cascade Control with One Primary and Two Secondaries
Exercise 13	-	Combined Feedback and Feedforward Control
Exercise 14	-	Deadtime Compensation in Feedback Control
Exercise 15	-	Static Value Alarm