Description
Proper use of instrumentation is an integral element of monitoring and control in chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. This guidebook provides a diverse collection of articles related to the specification, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of instrumentation systems used for monitoring temperature, pressure, and level. Coverage includes flowmeters, control valve sensors, rupture disks, aboveground and underground piping monitoring, distillation control, and safety-instrumented systems (SIS).
Features & Benefits
- Comprehensive guidance on specification, installation, operation, and troubleshooting of instrumentation systems
- Practical insights into flow measurement, pressure relief, temperature monitoring, and level sensing
- Strategies for safe and reliable SIS design and operation
- Advanced guidance on wireless instrumentation, infrared monitoring, and condition monitoring of pumps
- Delivered in a detailed PDF format with 214 pages of technical content
Audience
- Process and chemical engineers
- Instrumentation, control, and automation engineers
- Plant operations and maintenance engineers
- Reliability and safety specialists
- Technical managers in chemical, pharmaceutical, energy, and biotech industries
Articles Include
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Level Measurement Device Selection
- Evaluating Industrial Flowmeters
- Advances in Industrial Flowmetering
- New Measurement Practices for Cold Climates
- The Direct Integration Method: A Best Practice for Relief Valve Sizing
- Viscosity: The Basics
- pH Measurement and Control
- Distillation Column Thermal Optimization: Employing Simulation Software
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Low-Pressure Measurement
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Avoiding Pressure Relief Problems
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Causes of Overpressurization
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Control Valve Position Sensors
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Infrared Temperature Measurement
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Selecting Two- and Four-Wire Magnetic Flowmeters
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Pressure Measurement Considerations
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Flowmeter Selection
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Viscosity Measurement
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Level Measurement Devices
- Facts at Your Fingertips: Using Rupture Disks with Pressure Relief Valves
- Heat Transfer Fluid Leaks: Break the Fire Triangle
- Inspecting Underground Piping
- Vessel Sizing and Level Instrumentation
- Sizing Calculations for Pressure-Relief Valves
- Advanced Thermal Dispersion Mass Flowmeters
- Safety-Instrumented Systems: Control Valves as Final Elements
- Remote Thermal Sensing
- Flow Measurement in Bitter Cold: How to Use Coriolis Meters in Cryogenic Service
- Level Measurement Technologies for the CPI
- Aging Relief Systems — Are They Working Properly?
- Infrared Temperature Monitoring: Know the Right Questions to Ask
- Beyond Flowmeter Selection: Consider Some of the Most Overlooked Criteria
- Decoding Pressure Vessel Design
- Measuring Flow
- Industrial Control Systems Security: The Owner-Operator’s Challenge
- Combining the Use of Rupture Discs with Relief Valves
- Dilute-phase Pneumatic Conveying: Instrumentation and Conveying Velocity
- Warming Up to Accurate Temperature Measurement
- Wireless Communication in Hazardous Areas
- Inline Viscosity Measurements
- Piping-System Leak Detection and Monitoring for the CPI
- Going Wireless
- Design of Experiments (DoE): Optimizing Products and Processes Efficiently
- Energy Efficiency: Tracking Natural Gas with Flowmeters
- Pressure Transmitter Basics: Selection Guidelines
- Pressure Transmitter Basics: DP Transmitters
- The Next Step Change in Process Safety
- Measurement Best Practices for Safety Instrumented Systems
- Applying CPI Temperature Sensors
- Condition Monitoring Methods for Pumps
Details
Type: PDF
Pages: 214
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