Measurement Technology for Process Automation

Title: Measurement Technology for Process Automation
Author: Anders Andersson
ISBN: 1138035394 / 9781138035393
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 168
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2017
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks

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The book provides a practical and applied way of measuring instruments for flow, pressure, level, and temperature. Such instruments are used to control processes in manufacturing industries for food, beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, oil, water and waste water, power, etc. With higher prices for raw materials and more severe requirements for safety and environmental issues, there is a growing demand to measure with high precision. Learning these methods, working principles, terminology, concepts, and standards, will enable the reader to avoid errors and common faults. The book will help any process industry to reduce the risk of high costs and damage to both people and equipment.

  • Learn how to select, install, and use process measuring instruments
  • Learn how to estimate measuring errors and uncertainties
  • Learn how to comply to safety standards regarding measurements
  • Learn about the history of measurements, units, and standards
  • Learn how legal control systems apply to measurements

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Application Examples
Chapter 2 : Flow Meters
Chapter 3 : Pressure Sensors
Chapter 4 : Temperature Sensors
Chapter 5 : Level Meters
Chapter 6 : Analytical Instruments
Chapter 7 : Electrical Signals
Chapter 8 : Valves, Pumps, and Pipes
Chapter 9 : Process Safety
Chapter 10 : Calibration and Traceability
Chapter 11 : Measurement Uncertainty
Chapter 12 : Foundations of Metrology

Index