Instrumentation Volume 2: Improving Plant Operation, Safety and Control - electronic book

• Practical guidance on selecting and operating instrumentation in CPI facilities
• Insights on hazard-area classification and process hazards analysis
• Best practices for control valve operation and performance
• Recommendations for preventing dust explosions and flame hazards
• Strategies for securing industrial process-control systems against cyber threats

• Process engineers
• Instrumentation and control engineers
• Safety and risk engineers
• Plant managers and operators
• Maintenance managers in chemical and process industries

Articles Include

• Sampling Particulate Materials the Right Way
• The Direct Integration Method: A Best Practice for Relief Valve Sizing
• Engineering for Plant Safety
• Managing SIS Process Measurement Risk and Cost
• Column Instrumentation Basics
• Control Valve Position Sensors
• Control Valve Performance
• Common Mistakes When Conducting a HAZOP and How to Avoid Them
• Chemical Process Plants: Plan for Revamps
• Point-Level Switches for Safety Systems
• Control Strategies Based on Realtime Particle Size Analysis
• Process Hazards Analysis Methods
• Aging Relief Systems — Are they Working Properly?
• Overpressure Protection: Consider Low Temperature Effects in Design
• Things You Need to Know Before Using an Explosion-Protection Technique
• Cybersecurity Defense for Industrial Process-Control Systems
• Plant Functional Safety Requires IT Security
• Dilute-phase Pneumatic Conveying: Instrumentation and Conveying Velocity
• Alarm Management By the Numbers
• Understand and Cure High Alarm Rates
• Wireless Communication in Hazardous Areas

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