Instrumentation reference book

• Other Authors: Boyes, Walt
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, ©2010.
• Edition: 4th ed.
• Subjects: Physical instruments > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Engineering instruments > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

Instrumentation embraces the equipment and systems used to detect, track and store data related to physical, chemical, electrical, thermal and mechanical properties of materials, systems and operations. While traditionally a key area within mechanical and industrial engineering, it also has a strong...

Table of Contents:

• Prefaces
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Part 1: The Automation Knowledge Base
• 1. The Automation Practicum
• 2. Basic Principles
• 3. Measurement methods, reliability and asset management
• 4. Training and Education
• 5. Maintenance and repair
• Part 2: Mechanical Measurements
• 1. Measurement of Flow
• 2. Measurement of Viscosity
• 3. Measurement of Length
• 4. Measurement of Strain
• 5. Measurement of Level and Volume
• 6. Vibration
• 7. Measurement of Force
• 8. Measurement of Density
• 9. Measurement of Pressure
• 10. Measurement of Vacuum
• 11. Particle Sizing
• 12. Fiber optics in sensor instrumentation
• 13. Nanotechnology for sensors
• 14. Microprocessor-based and intelligent transmitters
• 15. Wireless sensors and networks
• Part 3: Measurement of Temperature and Chemical Composition
• 1. Temperature measurement
• 2. Chemical Analysis- Introduction
• 3. Chemical Analysis- Spectroscopy
• -4. Chemical Analysis- Electrochemical techniques
• 5. Chemical Analysis- Gas analysis
• 6. Chemical Analysis- moisture measurement
• 7. Chemical Analysis- online systems, NeSSI and sampling techniques
• 8. PAT (Process Analyzer Technology initiative)
• Part 4: Electrical and Radiation Measurements
• 1. Electrical measurements
• 2. Optical measurements
• 3. Nuclear instrumentation technology
• 4. Measurements employing nuclear techniques
• 5. Non Destructive Testing
• 6. Positive Material Identification
• 7. Noise measurement
• Part 5: Controllers, Actuators and Final Control Elements
• 1. Field controllers, hardware and software
• 2. Advanced Control for the Plant Floor
• 3. Discrete and Sequential Control
• 4. Motion control
• 5. Cables and connectors
• 6. Batch process control
• 7. Valves, actuators and final control elements
• Part 6: Automation and Control Systems
• 1. Design principles and equipment selection for sequential and discrete automation
• -2. Design and selection of field instruments and final control elements for continuous and batch process control
• 3. Principles of industrial networking and fieldbuses
• 4. SCADA and telemetry systems
• 5. Using field controllers, PLCs and PACs
• 6. Instrument installation and commissioning
• 7. Design principles for control rooms and operator stations
• 8. Selecting and specifying a control system
• 9. Safety instrumented systems and plant floor safety
• 10. Security for the industrial enterprise
• Part 7: Manufacturing Execution Systems
• 1. Project planning and execution
• 2. Modeling the plant floor and the enterprise
• 3. Data analysis and connection
• 4.Networking for MES
• 5. MES-IT integration.
• Part I: The automation knowledge base
• The automation practicum / W. Boyes
• Basic principles of industrial automation / W. Boyes
• Measurement methods and control strategies / W. Boyes
• Simulation and design software / M. Berutti
• Security for industrial automation / W. Boyes and J. Weiss
• Part II: Mechanical measurements
• Measurement of flow / G. Fowles and W.H. Boyes
• Measurement of viscosity / K. Walters and W.M. Jones
• Measurement of length / P.H. Sydenham
• Measurement of strain / B.E. Noltingk
• Measurement of level and volume / P.H. Sydenham and W. Boyes
• Vibration / P.H. Sydenham
• Measurement of force / C.S. Bahra and J. Paros
• Measurement of density / E.H. Higham and W. Boyes
• Measurement of pressure / E.H. Higham and J.M. Paros
• Measurement of Vacuum / D.J. Pacey
• Particle sizing / W.L. Snowsill
• Fiber optics in sensor intrumentation / B.T. Meggitt
• Nanotechnology for sensors / W. Boyes
• -Microprocessor-based and intelligent transmitters / E.H. Higham and J. Berge
• Industrial wireless technology and planning / D.R. Kaufman
• Part III: Measurement of temerature and chemical composition
• Temperature measurement / C. Hagart-Alexander
• Chemical analysis: introduction / W.G. Cummings; edited by I. Verhappen
• Chemical analysis: spectroscopy / A.C. Smith; edited by I. Verhappen
• Chemical analysis: electrochemical techniques / W.G. Cummings and K. Torrance; edited by I. Verhappen
• Chemical analysis: gas analysis
• C.K. Laird; edited by I. Verhappen
• Chemical analysis: moisture measurement / D.B. Meadowcroft; edited by I. Verhappen
• Part IV: Electrical and radiation measurements
• Electrical measurements / M.L. Sanderson
• Optical measurements / A.W.S. Tarrant
• Nuclear instrumentation technology / D. Aliaga Kelly and W. Boyes
• Measurements employing nuclear techniques / D. Aliaga Kelly and W. Boyes
• -Non-destructiuve testing / Scottish School of Non-Destructive Testing
• Noise measurement / J. Kuehn
• Part V: Controllers, actuators, and final control elements
• Field controllers, hardware and software / W. Boyes
• Advanced control for the plant floor / Dr. James R. Ford
• Batch process control / W.H. Boyes
• Applying control valves / B.G. Liptak; edited by W.H. Boyes
• Part VI: Design and construction on instruments / C.I. Daykin and W.H. Boyes
• Instrument installation and commissioning / A. Danielsson == Sampling / J.G. Giles
• Telemetry / M.L. Sanderson
• Display and recording / M.L. Sanderson
• Pneumatic instrumentation / E.H. Higham; edited by W.L. Mostia, jr.
• Reliability in instrumentation and control / J. Cluley
• Safety / L.C. Towle
• EMC / T. Williams
• Appendices: General instrumentation books
• Professional societies and associations
• The Institute of Measurement and Control
• -International Society of Automation, formerly Instrument Society of America.