Measurement and Control Basics, 5th Edition (With CD-ROM)

Title: Measurement and Control Basics, 5th Edition (With CD-ROM)
Author: Thomas A. Hughes
ISBN: 0876640145 / 9780876640142
Format: Soft Cover + CD ROM
Pages: 409
Publisher: ISA
Year: 2015
Availability: Out of Stock

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Ideal for classroom use or self-study, this newly updated best-selling book has provided thousands of students, technicians, engineers, and sales people with a practical introduction to the principles, technologies, and strategies used in industrial process control. This fifth edition takes the same proven approach of previous editions. Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts that allow readers to become well versed in the principles necessary to understand the variables that affect process control systems. New features in the fifth edition include improved coverage of process control computers and industrial networks and a new chapter on liquid density measurement. Sections were also added on human machine interface (HMI), wireless devices and networks. The book includes solutions to exercises that make it more suitable for self-study.

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About the Author
Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Process Control
Chapter 2 : Process Control Loops
Chapter 3 : Electrical and Electronic Fundamentals
Chapter 4 : Digital System Fundamentals
Chapter 5 : Pressure Measurement
Chapter 6 : Level Measurement and Control
Chapter 7 : Temperature Measurement
Chapter 8 : Analytical Measurement and Control
Chapter 9 : Liquid Density Measurement
Chapter 10 : Flow Measurement
Chapter 11 : Final Control Elements
Chapter 12 : Digital Process Control Systems

Appendix A : Standard Electrical Schematic Symbols
Appendix B : Thermocouple Tables
Appendix C : Answers to Exercises
Index