Abstract

Prefaces List of Contributors Introduction Part 1: The Automation Knowledge Base 1. The Automation Practicum 2. Basic Principles 3. Measurement methods, reliability and asset management 4. Training and Education 5. Maintenance and repair Part 2: Mechanical Measurements 1. Measurement of Flow 2. Measurement of Viscosity 3. Measurement of Length 4. Measurement of Strain 5. Measurement of Level and Volume 6. Vibration 7. Measurement of Force 8. Measurement of Density 9. Measurement of Pressure 10. Measurement of Vacuum 11. Particle Sizing 12. Fiber optics in sensor instrumentation 13. Nanotechnology for sensors 14. Microprocessor-based and intelligent transmitters 15. Wireless sensors and networks Part 3: Measurement of Temperature and Chemical Composition 1. Temperature measurement 2. Chemical Analysis- Introduction 3. Chemical Analysis- Spectroscopy 4. Chemical Analysis- Electrochemical techniques 5. Chemical Analysis- Gas analysis 6. Chemical Analysis- moisture measurement 7. Chemical Analysis- online systems, NeSSI and sampling techniques 8. PAT (Process Analyzer Technology initiative) Part 4: Electrical and Radiation Measurements 1. Electrical measurements 2. Optical measurements 3. Nuclear instrumentation technology 4. Measurements employing nuclear techniques 5. Non Destructive Testing 6. Positive Material Identification 7. Noise measurement Part 5: Controllers, Actuators and Final Control Elements 1. Field controllers, hardware and software 2. Advanced Control for the Plant Floor 3. Discrete and Sequential Control 4. Motion control 5. Cables and connectors 6. Batch process control 7. Valves, actuators and final control elements Part 6: Automation and Control Systems 1. Design principles and equipment selection for sequential and discrete automation 2. Design and selection of field instruments and final control elements for continuous and batch process control 3. Principles of industrial networking and fieldbuses 4. SCADA and telemetry systems 5. Using field controllers, PLCs and PACs 6. Instrument installation and commissioning 7. Design principles for control rooms and operator stations 8. Selecting and specifying a control system 9. Safety instrumented systems and plant floor safety 10. Security for the industrial enterprise Part 7: Manufacturing Execution Systems 1. Project planning and execution 2. Modeling the plant floor and the enterprise 3. Data analysis and connection 4. Networking for MES 5. MES-IT integration

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