INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL HANDBOOK: A Comprehensive Guide to Process Measurement, Industrial Instrumentation, Automation, Control Systems, ... Safety, and Modern Plant Applications - Softcover

Edrick, Ph.D., Corbett J.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798176753851

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

When a process measurement becomes unreliable, a control loop begins oscillating, an instrument drifts out of calibration, or an automated system fails to respond correctly, understanding the entire control system is essential for restoring safe and efficient operation.


This Instrumentation and Process Control Handbook is a practical, comprehensive guide designed to build a strong understanding of industrial measurement, instrumentation, automation, and process control. It connects essential engineering principles with real world applications, system design, calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, safety, and modern digital technologies, providing a structured path from field measurement to complete plant control.


What This Book Helps You Master:

• Instrumentation and measurement fundamentals, including accuracy, precision, uncertainty, range, span, instrument characteristics, and engineering documentation.
• Industrial measurement of pressure, flow, level, temperature, position, speed, force, vibration, density, moisture, and process composition.
• Sensors, transducers, transmitters, signal conditioning, instrument loops, wiring, grounding, shielding, and industrial signal transmission.
• Control valves, actuators, positioners, motors, variable frequency drives, and other final control elements.
• Process control fundamentals, including feedback, feedforward, process dynamics, stability, PID control, loop tuning, cascade, ratio, split range, and advanced control strategies.
• PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, RTU, alarm, historian, and industrial data system operation and troubleshooting.
• Industrial communication technologies, including HART, Fieldbus, Modbus, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, wireless systems, and IIoT.
• Instrument selection, installation, calibration, loop checking, commissioning, preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and systematic fault finding.
• Functional safety, SIS, SIL concepts, hazardous area protection, industrial cybersecurity, and safe automation practices.

Are you a technician, engineer, instrumentation professional, maintenance personnel, operator, student, and instructor, this handbook provides a practical framework for understanding how industrial instruments and control systems work together across modern process facilities.


Build stronger instrumentation skills, understand control systems with confidence, diagnose problems systematically, and apply sound engineering practices in real industrial environments. Get your copy today and develop the practical knowledge needed to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798176753851
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372