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Continuous Process Control (Practical Guides for Measurement and Control)
  
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Continuous Process Control (Practical Guides for Measurement and Control) (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 504 pages
  • Publisher: Instrument Society of America (May 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1556175574
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556175572
  • Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 22.9 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,987,145 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Addressing the needs of engineers interested in controlling a continuous process and designed to help technicians, salespeople, students, managers and others handle 'real-life' industrial concerns. This book belongs in every library. Divided into two parts, Part I provides a general background on the elements needed for continuous process control. Measurements, control systems, and final control elements are discussed. Simple and complex control techniques including model predictive control are described in detail. Part II shows how these elements are combined to control actual processes. Control strategies are explained and related to process problems and objectives. Specific control designs needed to implement the strategies are described. These designs address such problems as difficult measurements, frequent disturbances, and interacting loops. Contents: Part I: Introduction, Continuous Process Characteristics, Measurement, Pressure and Temperature, Inventory and Throughput, Composition, Control Elements, Controllability, Controllers, Advanced Control Techniques, Control System Architecture, Control System Implementation, Evaluation. Part II: Fired Heater, Exothermic Reactor, Boiler Control, Wastewater Neutralization, Evaporator, Distillation, Gas Fractionation, Paper Mill Steam and Power Distribution, Nitric Acid, Supervisory Control of a Cat Cracker.

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5.0 out of 5 stars From an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control, 29 Dec 2006

This volume is part of the Practical Guides Series developed and published by ISA (formerly "The Instrument Society of America", later "The International Society for Measurement and Control" and now known as "The Instrument, Systems and Automation Society"). The Practical Guides were concived to bridge the gap between theory and actual practice, and the stress is placed on the actual experience of measurement and control practitioners.

I own this book, it's an excellent introductory reference to Process Control for Continuous Process Applications. It covers theory in a practical language, and includes industrial control examples, so I believe it should be useful for everyone starting in the areas of Instrumentation, Automation, and Process Control.

For a better overview of this book, here I include topics are covered:
- Introduction to continuous processes.
- Continuous process characteristics.
- Measurement - The limiting factor.
- Pressure and Temperature measurement.
- Inventory and Throughput measurement.
- Composition measurement.
- Final control elements.
- Controllability.
- Controllers.
- Advanced control techniques - Model Predictive Control.
- Control system architectures.
- Control systems implementation.
- Control evaluation.
PART II - Industrial Control Examples
- Fired Heater control.
- Exothermic reactors.
- Energy balance control - Boilers.
- Wastewater neutralization.
- Evaporators.
- Distillation.
- Gas Fractionation - A case for digital control.
- Paper mill steam distribution and power generation.
- Nitric Acid.
- Supervisory Control of an FCC unit through sequential manipulation.
Appendices:
- SAMA Diagramming Techniques.
- Symbols.
- General References.

If you are looking for a more in-depth coverage on Process Control Theory and Applications, you should also consider Bela Liptak's Instruments Engineer's Handbook Volume 2 - Process Control. I own both books and they have been very useful in my career. I have been working as an Instrumentation, Automation and Process Safety and Control Engineer for more than 16 years in the Oil & Gas Industry.
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