Process Automation Handbook A Guide to Theory and Practice – Jonathan Love – 1st Edition

Part I: Technology and Practice

Section 1: Introduction
1 Summary
2 P&I Diagrams
3 Block Diagrams
4 Signals
5 Pneumatics .
6 Electronics
7 Data Typing
8 Structured Text
9 Microprocessors

Section 2: Instrumentation
10 Characteristics
11 DP Cells
12 Flow: Orifices
13 Flow Measurement
14 Level Measurement
15 Weight Measurement
16 Temperature Measurement
17 pH Measurement
18 Chromatography

Section 3: Final Control Elements
19 Valves and Actuators
20 Valve Sizing
21 Valve Positioners

Section 4: Conventional Control Strategies
22 Feedback Control
23 PID Control
24 Controller Tuning
25 Cascade Control
26 Ratio Control .
27 Feedforward Control
28 On-Off Control
29 Sequence Control

Section 5: Process Control Schemes
30 Determining Strategy
31 Evaporator Control
32 Control of Heat Exchangers
33 Boiler Control
34 Neutralisation Control
35 Distillation Control
36 Reactor Control
37 Batch Process Control

Section 6: Digital Control Systems
38 Systems Architecture
39 Systems Hardware
40 Communications
41 Software Overview
42 Operator Interface
43 Integrated Alarm Environment
44 Analogue Control Loop
45 Database Operations and Structure
46 Discrete I/O Devices
47 Programmable Logic Controllers
48 Configuration
49 Open Systems
50 Fieldbus

Section 7: Control Technology
51 System Layout
52 Intrinsic Safety
53 Reliability Principles
54 HazardAnalysis
55 Layers of Safety
56 Protection Systems
57 Safety Equipment .
58 Human Factors

Section 8: Management of Automation Projects
59 Costs and Benefits Analysis
60 User Requirements
61 Tendering and Vendor Selection
62 Functional Specifications
63 Design, Development, Testing and Acceptance
64 Installation and Commissioning
65 System Managemen
66 Quality Assurance
67 Contracts

Part II: Theory and Technique

Section 9: Maths and Control Theory
68 Series and Complex Numbers
69 First Order Systems
70 Laplace Transforms
71 Transfer Functions
72 Second and Higher Order Systems
73 Frequency Response
74 Root Locus
75 Z Transforms
76 Sampled Data Systems
77 Z Plane Analysis
78 Impulse Compensation
79 Matrices and Vectors
80 State Space Analysis
81 Multivariable Control
82 Stochastics
83 Linear Regression Analysis

Section 10: Plant and Process Dynamics
84 Linearisation
85 Lumped Parameter Systems
86 Zero Capacity Systems
87 Compressible Flow Systems
88 Hydrodynamics
89 Multivariable Systems
90 Multistage Systems .
91 Reacting Systems
92 Distributed Parameter Systems
93 Anti-Surge Systems
94 Psychrometric Systems
95 Electro-Mechanical Systems

Section 11: Simulation
96 Numerical Integration
97 Procedural Simulation
98 Block Orientated Simulation

Section 12: Advanced Process Automation
99 Relational Databases
100 Management Information Systems
101 Principal Components Analysis
102 Statistical Process Control
103 Linear Programming
104 Unconstrained Optimisation
105 Constrained Optimisation
106 Real Time Optimisers
107 Knowledge Based Systems
108 Fuzzy Logic Control
109 Artificial Neural Networks
110 Genetic Algorithms

Section 13: Advanced Process Control
111 Multiloop Systems
112 State Feedback Regulators
113 Kalman Filtering
114 Least Squares Identification
115 Recursive Estimation
116 Self Tuning Control
117 Model Predictive Control
118 Non-Linear Control

Bibliography
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index