Computer-based Industrial Control

Contents  Foreword Preface Preface to First Edition Acknowledgements 0 Introduction 1 Fundamentals of Automatic Process Control 2 Transducers Present and Future 3 Building Blocks of Automation System 4 Final Control Element 5 Display Systems 6 Direct Digital Control Structure and Software 7 Distributed Digital Control 8 Real-time Programming 9 Personal Computer in Real-time Environment 10 Programmable Controllers 11 Modeling and Simulation for Plant Automation 12 Industrial Control Applications 13 Intelligent Controllers Bibliography Index   ?This book now in its second edition presents in a comprehensive manner the fundamentals of computer-based control of industrial processes Intended primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students of instrumentationelectronics engineering the book will also be immensely useful for professionals and researchers in these fields The book begins with a thorough introduction to automation--its history utility and the current scenario It then moves on to discuss in detail the techniques components subsystems and system architectures relevant to process control The control techniques covered include classical controls as well as newer controls such as model-based adaptive control self-tuning control expert systems and fuzzy logic control The components consist of sensors and actuators of various types The subsystems covered are SCADA systems remote terminal units for telemetry and telecontrol programmable controllers distributed digital controllers and personal computers Also included are real-time operating systems and real-time programming languages The major architectures discussed are distributed digital control distributed SCADA system and multi-microprocessor architectures The book thoroughly covers the various technological developments in this field It also covers through a number of case studies the applications of computer-based control in major industries The second edition contains substantially revised and updated content on a large number of topics covered in the first edition? 616 pp.…