Written from a practical perspective, Advances in Reactor Measurement and Control underscores how control system design can address the different process responses and fundamental characteristics of the major types of reactors in the process industry. This book enables the reader to learn what measurements, control strategies, controller features and tuning parameters will achieve process objectives for a given type of reactor. No prior education or experience in process engineering or control theory is needed. This book starts with the fundamentals and principles needed to become proficient in getting the best reactor and control system performance. The practitioner will be able to design, implement and support straightforward configurations based on the type of process and equipment. McMillan--the author of more than 20 books, including several ISA best sellers, Process Automation Hall of Fame Inductee and the recipient of the ISA Life Achievement Award--educates through a practitioner's experience and perspective, outlining the general concepts and details, from the field to the control room, for the control and optimization of batch and continuous reactors. "Taking a practitioner's approach, I believe, is unique," McMillan says. "The concepts in this book are developed to help the reader understand the fundamental differences in reactor applications and improve the performance of nearly all types of reactors. This book is unique in providing readily configurable practical solutions for batch and fluidized bed reactors besides the more traditional continuous stirred tank reactors. According to McMillan, the book's practical value is reinforced through its: · Simple presentation of the characteristics and implications of each of the dynamic responses needed to achieve the necessary efficiency, capacity, quality, and safety in operation. · Clear explanation of the PID features and tuning and control loops needed for addressing the lack of smoothing in dead time dominant processes and the lack of negative feedback in integrating and runaway processes. The material in this book represents knowledge from leading participants in the ISA Mentor program, Brian Hrankowsky and Héctor Torres, reflecting decades of experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, respectively.

Advances in Reactor Measurement and Control

Engineering & Transportation

Gregory K. McMillan

Engineering

International Society of Automation

This best-selling book is now expanded and updated, providing a clear, concise, and comprehensive view of how to select, install, and maintain electrodes, control valves, and control strategies for pH applications critical for product and water quality in the process industry. The book covers every aspect of system design including the mixing and reagent piping requirements that are important for a successful application. The essential concepts are summarized as key insights and the best practices are presented as rules of thumb throughout the book. The emerging capability of dynamic online pH estimators is explored to make existing pH measurements faster and more reliable. The latest developments in advanced batch control, adaptive control, linear reagent demand control, and model predictive control are presented to reduce reagent consumption and variability. A Microsoft Excel workbook file is included that lets users generate titration curves and analyze pH control system performance. A virtual plant is also offered to prototype and study pH control systems. The dynamic process models and control system modules for the virtual plant require the use of DeltaV SimulatePro and HYSYS Plant licenses.

pH Control

Instrument Society of America

Tuning and control loop performance: A practitioner's guide

PH Measurement and Control (An Independent Learning Module from the Instrument Society of America)

Science & Math

Chemistry

While effective control of temperature loops is extremely important, achieving that control can be difficult because of thermal lags in both the process and measurement. In a properly tuned temperature loop, control errors can often be an order of magnitude less than those seen. This book provides a step-by-step approach for analysis of all the factors that affect the control of temperature loops, including major sources of measurement errors. Tuning guidelines are introduced that account for slow process, sensor, and poor valve response. The advantages and disadvantages of new methods for feedback control and autotuners are discussed. Suggestions for improving control of temperature loops are also provided. Contents: Measurement error controllers temperature loop analysis exchangers reactors columns vessels, desuperheaters, dryers, kilns, calciners, crystalizers, extruders, chambers and rooms. Appendices include: convective heat transfer coefficients density, heat capacity and conductivity data emissivity data feedback equations extruder model subroutine and estimate of dead time from dead band.

Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control (Ilm Series)

Christian M. Toarmina

Physics

Control engineers, mechanical engineers and mechanical technicians will learn how to select the proper control systems for axial and centrifugal compressors for proper throughput and surge control, with a particular emphasis on surge control. Readers will learn to understand the importance of transmitter speed, digital controller sample time, and control valve stroking time in helping to prevent surge. Engineers and technicians will find this book to be a highly valuable guide on compressor control schemes and the importance of mitigating costly and sometimes catastrophic surge problems. It can be used as a self-tutorial guide or in the classroom with the book's helpful end-of-chapter questions and exercises and sections for keeping notes.

Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control

Momentum Press

Advanced pH Measurement and Control: Digital Twin Synergy and Advances in Technology Fourth Edition

Christopher Stuart

Dean Cook

Zachary Sample

We all know seniors of the technical persuasion. You may even be one yourself. Here is your chance to have a far-out look (or an up-front stare if your company is headed for reorganization) into what retirement offers for geeks. This humorous book puts the Senior World on your doorstep - or at least in your mailbox. Ted Williams' cartoons make this book a graphic expose. Here is your chance to find out how to have your cake and eat it too while watching a big screen TV. Top Ten Subtitles10) Retired Engineers Gone Wild.9) Engineering Beyond the Grave.8) Engineers and Maalox...the Extraterrestrial Connection.7) Engineering in Heaven or Hell...wups, too late to choose!.6) Control Engineers in Rest Homes...[Why it doesn't work....]5) When Death Sounds Good... [The tragic story of Engineers who have worked WAY too long.]4) Why Retiring Engineers Choose Florida.3) Why Florida Rejects Retiring Engineers.2) How Retired Control Engineers Avoid Paying Taxes After Death.1) "So You Think Letterman and Leno are Smart Alecs? Read this book about Retiring Control Engineers...and hold on to your Beer!"Top Ten Reasons to Buy this Book10) The time of your life.9) Time for your life.8) Gift of a lifetime.7) Breathing life into retirement.6) Life after retirement.5) One life to live.4) It's your life.3) Life in the key of G.2) It's a "great life."1) It's a "geek's life."

The Funnier Side of Retirement for Engineers and People of the Technical Persuasion

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Advances in sensor technology and in digital positioner and variable speed drive algorithms, combined with smart features, offer a step change in the performance of modern measurement instruments and final elements. The installed accuracy of many smart instruments has increased by an order of magnitude. There has been a correspondingly dramatic reduction in the drift of transmitters and a similar improvement in the resolution of control valves. This comprehensive resource aims to increase awareness of the opportunities afforded by modern measurement instruments and final elements, and to show how to get maximum benefit from the revolution in smart technologies. It builds an understanding of the fundamental aspects of measurements, measurement instruments, and final elements for applications in the process industry. The terminology and ideas presented provide a firm foundation for subsequent chapters that focus on what is needed for lowest life-cycle cost and best automation system performance. The last chapter provides a comprehensive exploration of the technology that supports the rapidly expanding opportunities of WirelessHART instrumentation. No prior plant experience with industrial process instrumentation is required. For students and new employees, the chapters on fundamentals will improve productivity on the job and form a basis for further study. For the seasoned veteran, the book offers insights and serves as a guide through todayÂ's myriad automation products and application details. It provides a picture of the state of the art for 95% of the field instrumentation and final elements used, or under consideration, in a modern process plant. The reader is encouraged to seek further information on particular types of measurement instruments and final elements, which is available from manufacturers via the Internet and in instrumentation handbooks and ISA publications.

Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process Industry: A Guide to Design, Configuration, Installation, and Maintenance

Earth Sciences

This book provides a comprehensive view of what is needed to take advantage of the latest developments in smart and wireless temperature measurements and control strategies. A fundamental understanding of the capabilities of temperature sensors and the advances in wireless technology are provided. The effect of sensor types and installation on measurement accuracy and speed is detailed. Guidance is provided for making the commonly faced choice between thermocouples versus resistance temperature detectors. The temperature control requirements for various types of equipment are discussed. Control systems to meet specific objectives are provided. The appendices provide solutions to the exercises, data important for heat transfer, a unification of controller tuning methods, and equations to estimate process dynamics.

Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control, Second Edition

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