Description
Beginning with the very basics of process control, Automated Continuous Process Control builds upon each chapter to help the reader understand and efficiently practice industrial process control. This complete presentation includes:
- A discussion of processes from a physical point of view
- Feedback controllers and the workhorse in the industry-the PID controller
- The concept and implementation of cascade control
- Ratio, override (or constraint), and selective control
- Block diagrams and stability
- Feedforward control
- Techniques to control processes with long dead times
- Multivariable process control
Applicable for electrical, industrial, chemical, or mechanical engineers, Automated Continuous Process Control offers proven process control guidance that can actually be used in day-to-day operations. The reader will also benefit from the companion CD-ROM, which contains processes that have been successfully used for many years to practice tuning feedback and cascade controllers, as well as designing feedforward controllers.
About the Author
CARLOS A. SMITH is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean of Academics in the College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa. He not only teaches students but also teaches numerous short courses on process control to professionals. He is the coauthor of the bestselling textbook Principles of Automatic Process Control (Wiley).
Reviews
"...explains the practical design and operation of process control systems..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)
"...a book worth adding to any process control library shelf..." (Measurement & Control, April 2003)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471215783
Author Carlos A. Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Wiley-Interscience
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 264mm * 185mm * 19mm
