Process Technology Instrumentation
 

College of the Mainland Center for the Advancement of Process Technology (CAPT)

ISBN: 0-536-85949-3
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing
Copyright: 2005

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Description

In order to achieve consistent competency levels for graduates exiting Associate degree programs in process technology, Process Technology Instrumentation addresses all of the standardized national objectives for this two-year degree program.
This textbook was created with the inputs of more than sixty process technology professionals in both educational and industrial settings.

Process Technology Instrumentation is a two-semester text, so there is continuity and flow between introductory concepts and more advanced concepts taught later in the program. Educators in many disciplines will find these materials a complete reference for both theory and practical application. Students will find this textbook to be a valuable resource throughout their process technology career.

Topics addressed in this book include:

  • Introduction to Instrumentation
  • Process Variables and Instruments (pressure, temperature, level, flow, analytical)
  • Measuring Devices
  • Control Loops
  • Control Valves and Regulators
  • Symbology
  • Troubleshooting
  • Switches
  • Relays and Annunciators
  • Signal Transmission and Conversion
  • Controllers
  • Control Schemes
  • Introduction to Digital Control
  • Programmable Logic Control (PLC)
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
  • Instrumentation Power Supply
  • Emergency Shutdown (ESD)
  • Interlocks and Protective Devices
  • Instrumentation Malfunctions

Appropriate courses: This book is intended for Associate’s degree-level students, enrolled in either a Process Instrumentation I or Process Instrumentation II course, who have already taken fundamental process technology courses.

 




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