Instrumentation and Process Control Manual: A Step-By-Step Guide To Sensors, Smart Transmitters, And Safety Systems - Softcover

Davis, Blevins K.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798193899709

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Instrumentation and Process Control Manual is your complete, practical guide to understanding, designing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining the measurement, control, and safety systems of modern process plants — explained in authoritative yet accessible language, built on real engineering principles, and aligned to the standards and technologies that define this decade.

This book was written for you if you are:

• An instrumentation technician who wants field competence connected to the engineering principles behind every loop
• A process control engineer catching up on fifteen years of change — IIoT, Ethernet-APL, OPC UA, and MPC — in one authoritative read
• A mechanical or chemical engineer who needs genuine fluency in instrumentation at every P&ID review and HAZOP meeting
• A DCS, PLC, or SCADA engineer who needs the measurement foundation and control theory to match your system-level skills
• A functional safety engineer or SIS designer who needs IEC 61511 and LOPA in plain, working language
• A plant manager, reliability engineer, or operations leader who wants to evaluate vendor proposals, challenge design decisions, and lead technical conversations with confidence
• A student in instrumentation, process control, or automation engineering who wants theory connected to real industrial practice

Inside, You Will Learn How to:

• Measure temperature, pressure, level, flow, and composition with the right technology — and understand when and why every sensor type fails in service
• Design and commission 4-20 mA current loops, HART networks, Foundation Fieldbus segments, and Ethernet-APL field networks — with correct physical layer wiring, grounding, and troubleshooting methodology
• Tune PID controllers with proven methods — Ziegler-Nichols, Lambda, SIMC, and IMC — and diagnose every loop behavior pattern from oscillation to steady-state offset to valve stiction
• Build advanced control strategies: cascade, feedforward, ratio, override, Model Predictive Control, and multivariable decoupling — with real industrial applications for each
• Design Safety Instrumented Systems to IEC 61511: hazard analysis, LOPA, SIL verification with PFD calculations, voting architectures, proof test procedures, and bypass management
• Navigate the ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity framework — zones and conduits, security levels, network segmentation, DMZ architecture, and secure remote access for OT environments
• Select, size, and specify control valves for cavitation, flashing, noise, and erosive service — and size actuators, configure positioners, and interpret valve signature diagnostics
• Integrate DCS, PLC, SCADA, OPC UA, MQTT, and the Unified Namespace into coherent, secure automation architectures

Bonus Field Reference Toolkit — Your On-Site Companion:

• Quick-Reference Tables
• Calculation Worksheets
• Field Checklists
• 200+ Term Glossary

This is not a collection of disconnected equations. Every chapter builds on the last the way real control loops do — measurement feeds control, control feeds optimization, optimization feeds safety, and safety feeds back to measurement. Every method is grounded in the physics and mathematics of real processes, every standard is referenced to its current edition, and every topic spans both the established technology of the installed base and the emerging technology of the connected plant.

If you are ready to master instrumentation and process control with the clarity, depth, and practical rigor that real industrial systems demand — this is your essential guide.

Scroll up and get your copy today — and start measuring, controlling, and optimizing the efficient, safe, and connected process plants of the next decade.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798193899709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 355