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| (NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Instructional Objectives and Introduction section and concludes with a Summary and Problems section.) | |
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| Introduction to Process Control | |
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| Control Systems | |
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| Process-Control Principles | |
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| Servomechanisms | |
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| Discrete-State Control Systems | |
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| Process-Control Block Diagram | |
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| Identification of Elements | |
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| Block Diagram | |
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| Control System Evaluation | |
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| Stability | |
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| Steady-State Regulation | |
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| Transient Regulation | |
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| Evaluation Criteria | |
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| Analog and Digital Processing | |
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| Data Representation | |
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| ON/OFF Control | |
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| Analog Control | |
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| Digital Control | |
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| Programmable Logic Controllers | |
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| Units, Standards, and Definitions | |
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| Units | |
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| Analog Data Representation | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Process-Control Drawings | |
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| Sensor Time Response | |
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| First-Order Response | |
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| Second-Order Response | |
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| Significance and Statistics | |
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| Significant Figures | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Analog Signal Conditioning | |
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| Principles of Analog Signal Conditioning | |
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| Signal-Level and Bias Changes | |
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| Linearization | |
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| Conversions | |
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| Filtering and Impedance Matching | |
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| Concept of Loading | |
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| Passive Circuits | |
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| Divider Circuits | |
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| Bridge Circuits | |
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| RC Filters | |
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| Operational Amplifiers | |
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| Op Amp Characteristics | |
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| Op Amp Specifications | |
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| Op Amp Circuits in Instrumentation | |
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| Voltage Follower | |
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| Inverting Amplifier | |
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| Noninverting Amplifier | |
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| Differential Instrumentation Amplifier | |
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| Voltage-to-Current Converter | |
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| Current-to-Voltage Converter | |
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| Integrator | |
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| Differentiator | |
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| Linearization | |
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| Design Guidelines | |
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| Digital Signal Conditioning | |
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| Review of Digital Fundamentals | |
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| Digital Information | |
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| Fractional Binary Numbers | |
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| Boolean Algebra | |
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| Digital Electronics | |
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| Programmable Logic Controllers | |
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| Computer Interface | |
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| Converters | |
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| Comparators | |
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| Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) | |
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| Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) | |
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| Frequency-Based Converters | |
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| Data-Acquisition Systems | |
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| DAS Hardware | |
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| DAS Software | |
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| Characteristics of Digital Data | |
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| Digitized Value | |
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| Sampled Data Systems | |
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| Linearization | |
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| Thermal Sensors | |
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| Definition of Temperature | |
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| Thermal Energy | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Metal Resistance versus Temperature Devices | |
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| Metal Resistance versus Temperature | |
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| Resistance versus Temperature Approximations | |
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| Resistance-Temperature Detectors | |
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| Thermistors | |
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| Semiconductor Resistance versus Temperature | |
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| Thermistor Characteristics | |
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| Thermocouples | |
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| Thermoelectric Effects | |
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| Thermocouple Characteristics | |
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| Thermocouple Sensors | |
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| Other Thermal Sensors | |
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| Bimetal Strips | |
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| Gas Thermometers | |
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| Vapor-Pressure Thermometers | |
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| Liquid-Expansion Thermometers | |
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| Solid-State Temperature Sensors | |
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| Design Considerations | |
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| Mechanical Sensors | |
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| Displacement, Location, or Position Sensors | |
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| Potentiometric Sensors | |
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| Capacitive and Inductive Sensors | |
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| Variable-Reluctance Sensors | |
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| Level Sensors | |
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| Strain Sensors | |
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| Strain and Stress | |
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| Strain Gauge Principles | |
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| Metal Strain Gauges | |
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| Semiconductor Strain Gauges (SGs) | |
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| Load Cells | |
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| Motion Sensors | |
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| Types of Motion | |
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| Accelerometer Principles | |
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| Types of Accelerometers | |
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| Applications | |
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| Pressure Sensors | |
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| Pressure Principles | |
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| Pressure Sensors (p > 1 atmosphere) | |
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| Pressure Sensors (p < 1 atmosphere) | |
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| Flow Sensors | |
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| Solid-Flow Measurement | |
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| Liquid Flow | |
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| Optical Sensors | |