Control and Automation: Volume Two- Process Automation - electronic book

• Practical guidance on plant-level control systems and process automation strategies
• Recommendations for flow control, distillation, weighing automation, and particle-size monitoring
• Tips for selecting and maintaining control equipment, including control valves and variable-frequency drives
• Advice on control-room design, PLC maintenance, and simulator integration
• Delivered as a 74-page PDF for practical, on-the-job reference

• Process and chemical engineers
• Automation and control engineers
• Plant operations and maintenance personnel
• Design engineers responsible for instrumentation and control systems
• Technical managers in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and industrial facilities

Articles Include

• Automation Introduction
• Today’s Process Automation Worlds
• Facts At Your Fingertips: Choosing a Control System
• PLC Maintenance Management
• Control Room Design
• Prevent Plant Upsets
• Enterprise Management
• The Path to the Perfect Plant
• Simulation
• Connecting Process Simulators to the Control Room
• Batch Control
• Batch Control: Controller- Versus Server-Based Sequencers
• Flow Control
• Control Valves: An Evolution In Design
• Control Valve Diagnostics
• Feature Report: Advances in Valve Position Monitoring
• Variable Frequency Drives for Centrifugal Pumps
• Weighing
• Automating Your Weigh Batching System
• Facts At Your Fingertips: Automated Weigh-Batching Systems
• Particle Size
• Control Strategies Based On Realtime Particle Size Analysis

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