Instrumentation and Process Control Seventh Edition

by Franklyn W. Kirk, Thomas A. Weedon, Phillip Kirk

Instrumentation and Process Control is a technician-level approach to instrumentation and control techniques used in advanced manufacturing. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1, Instrumentation (Chapters 1 to 28) and Part 2, Process Control (Chapters 29 to 52). The content is organized in a logical sequence beginning with an introduction to the field of instrumentation and continuing through all the elements of a control system.

This edition offers the following instructional advantages:

Systems approach to integrating instruments into a complex system

Comprehensive applications for instruments and controllers in typical industrial control systems

Examples that show how to install instruments and protect them from damaging environmental conditions

CONTENTS

Part 1 ― Instrumentation

• Instrumentation Overview

• Fundamentals of Process Control

• Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

• Temperature, Heat, and Energy

• Thermal Expansion Thermometers

• Electrical Thermometers

• Infrared Radiation Thermometers

• Practical Temperature Measurement and Calibration

• Pressure

• Mechanical Pressure Instruments

• Electrical Pressure Instruments

• Practical Pressure Measurement and Calibration

• Mechanical Level Instruments

• Electrical Level Instruments

• Ultrasonic, Radar, and Laser Level Instruments

• Nuclear Level Instruments and Weigh Systems

• Practical Level Measurement and Calibration

• Fluid Flow

• Differential Pressure Flowmeters

• Mechanical Flowmeters

• Magnetic, Ultrasonic, and Mass Flowmeters

• Practical Flow Measurement

• Gas Analyzers

• Humidity and Solids Moisture Analyzers

• Liquid Analyzers

• Electrochemical and Composition Analyzers

• Mechanical and Proximity Switches

• Practical Position Measurement

Part 2 ― Process Control

• Transmission Signals

• Digital Numbering Systems and Codes

• Digital Communications

• Industrial Networks

• Wireless Systems

• Practical Transmission and Communication

• Automatic Control and Process Dynamics

• Control Strategies

• Controller Tuning

• Digital and Electric Controllers

• Hydraulic Analysis

• Control Valves

• Selection and Sizing of Control Valves

• Regulators and Dampers

• Actuators and Positioners

• Variable-Speed Drives and Electric Power Controllers

• Safety Devices and Equipment

• Electrical Safety Standards

• Safety Instrumented Systems

• General Control Techniques

• Temperature Control

• Pressure and Level Control

• Flow Control

• Analysis and Multivariable Control