Instrumentation and Process Control Textbook: Transmitters, Control Valves, PID Tuning, and DCS Fundamentals for Chemical, Power, and Manufacturing Plants

Stop guessing why your loop won’t hold.

A transmitter drifts. A valve sticks. A PID loop that looked perfect on paper hunts all night. Most problems in a plant come down to one weak link in the chain from sensor to controller to valve, and most books only teach one link at a time.

Instrumentation and Process Control Textbook teaches the whole chain, the way it works in a real plant. Follow the signal from the process to the controller and back again, and learn how each choice you make early affects control performance later.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Select, range, and calibrate pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments, and quantify measurement uncertainty
• Understand 4–20 mA, HART, and fieldbus signals, and diagnose transmitter and wiring faults
• Size control valves, choose the right characteristic, and avoid cavitation and sticking
• Model process dynamics and tune PID loops from a simple step test
• Apply cascade, ratio, feedforward, override, and split-range control
• Understand PLC and DCS architecture, alarms, interlocks, and safety instrumented systems
• Commission, troubleshoot, and maintain loops in hazardous areas

Built to be used, not just read:

• 16 focused chapters, each opening with clear learning objectives
• Fully worked examples with units carried through every step
• Practice problems with answers at the end of every chapter
• 30 original diagrams
• A glossary, an equation appendix, reference tables, and a complete index

Written for engineering students, instrument and control technicians, and process, electrical, and automation engineers working in chemical, power, and manufacturing plants.

Get the skills that keep plants running safely and loops under control. Buy now and start reading today.