Publisher's Synopsis
Updated to reflect new digital technology and the growing specialization and complexity in the field, this is a practical introduction to applied process control concepts, design, and technology. This new edition now features a chapter devoted entirely to the control of discrete-state processing systems. The text provides a good practical and theoretical understanding of stability and mode characteristics, and practical, design- level guidelines for measurement, electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical features of process-control loops. It also covers actual system elements, including measurement methods, signal conditioning, and final control elements, employing just the mathematics necessary to design loop elements to satisfy specifications.;The previous edition of this book was published in 1982.
