Fundamentals of automatic process control. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Uttam Ray Chaudhuri, Utpal Ray Chaudhuri.
• Other Names: Chaudhuri, Uttam Ray; Chaudhuri, Utpal Ray
• Contents: An Introduction to Automatic Process Control; Objective of Automation; Hardware and Software; Process and Variables; Common Transducers; Controllers; Control Valves; Open- and Closed-Loop Systems; Process Piping and Instrumentation Diagram; Control Panel; Questions and Answers; ; Open-Loop Process Dynamics and Transfer Functions ; Laplacian Mathematics; First-Order Systems; Second-Order Systems; Higher-Order Systems; Transportation Lag; Transfer Function; Questions and Answers; ; Disturbances and Responses ; Step Disturbance; Step Disturbance to a First-Order System; Step Disturbance to a Second-Order System; Ramp Disturbance; Ramp Disturbance to a First-Order System; Ramp Disturbance to a Second-Order System; Impulse Disturbance; Impulse Disturbance to a First-Order System; Impulse Disturbance to a Second-Order System; Sinusoidal Disturbance; Sinusoidal Disturbance to a First-Order System; Sinusoidal Disturbance to a Second-Order System; Questions and Answers; ; Process Control Loop System and Analysis ; Feedback Control; Temperature Control; Level Control; Flow Control; Pressure Control; Quality Control; Direct and Reverse Acting; Proportional Control; Proportional-Integral (PI) Control; Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control; On-Off Control; Questions and Answers; ; Control Loop Analysis ; Control Loop; Control Strategies; Control Logics; Negative Feedback Control System; Development of a Laplacian Block Diagram; Open- and Closed-Loop Transfer Functions; Regulatory Control Analysis; Servo Control Analysis; Temperature Control Loop Analysis; Level Control Loop Analysis; Pressure Control Loop Analysis; Questions and Answers; ; Tuning of PID Controllers ; Controller Parameters and Performance; Experimental Tuning; Theoretical Tuning; Questions and Answers; ; Advanced Control Strategies ; Cascade Control; Feed-Forward Control; Internal Model Control; Split Range Control; Ratio Control; Inferential Control; Adaptive Control; Override Control; Artificial Neural Logic; Fuzzy Logic Control; Questions and Answers; ; Virtual Laboratory ; Getting Started in the Virtual Laboratory; Study of Open-Loop Systems; Study of Closed-Loop Systems; Tuning Problems; Advanced Control Systems; ; Computer Control ; Hardware; Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition; Protocol; Direct Digital Control; Laboratory Control System; ; Selected Problems and Solutions of GATE Examinations from 2002 to 2012
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 660.281; Chemical process control; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466514218; 1466514213
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.