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Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Instruments & instrumentation engineering
This book provides practical, comprehensive knowledge on how to use
the advances in analytical measurements and basic and advanced
control to improve batch profiles and endpoint consistency. The
consequential integration of measurements, models, and controls
into a digital twin with recently developed blocks to provide
profiles and predict endpoints enables: Developing dynamic models
from trend charts that are used for experiment design, diagnosing
the sources of limitations and inconsistences, and developing and
testing solutions 500 times real time without interfering with
existing plant operation. Comprehensive views of basic process
control with the possibilities of model predictive control to
control and optimize batch profiles by non-intrusive development
and confirmation. The ability to determine how to maximize the
performance of bioreactors, which are often the bottleneck and the
key to product quality and consistency, without tests or trials in
the actual plant. The resulting improvements in batch cycle time
and consistency can be designed, tested, quantified, and confirmed;
and operators can be trained independently of actual plant
operation. The benefit from the elimination of a bad
batch—particularly for new biologics—is potentially worth ten
or more million dollars.
This comprehensive review of calibration provides an excellent
foundation for understanding principles and applications of the
most frequently performed tasks of a technician. Topics addressed
include terminology, bench vs. field calibration, loop vs.
individual instrument calibration, instrument classification
systems, documentation, and specific calibration techniques for
temperature, pressure, level, flow, final control, and analytical
instrumentation. The book is designed as a structured learning tool
with questions and answers in each chapter. An extensive appendix
containing sample P&IDs, loop diagrams, spec sheets, sample
calibration procedures, and conversion and reference tables serves
as very useful reference. If you calibrate instruments or supervise
someone that does, then you need this book.
This practical guide developed by Dave Polka, an industry veteran
with more than 30 years of experience, is an invaluable resource
for design engineers, automation and control specialists,
maintenance technicians, and students. The basic theories of AC and
DC drives haven't changed but the technology certainly has, and
this new edition takes a fresh look at how market demands have
advanced motor and drive technology to lead the industry in new
directions. The second edition incorporates significant new
material, including discussions on: AC drives and machine safety
Application-specific drives and soft-starters Enhanced
programmability for AC drives including adaptive, function block,
sequential, and IEC-61131-3 programming Master(leader)-follower,
Ethernet, fiber-optic, and PLC communications The principles of DC
and variable frequency AC drive technology An overview of drive
components and types of drives, with special emphasis given to
common applications and energy savings DC and AC motor and drive
operation, as well as AC vector, servo, and permanent magnet motors
Inside you will also find easy to understand explanations,
summaries, review questions, glossaries, reference tables for
formulas and conversions. Great for a tutorial or desk reference!
While megacities are a reality, so too are the environmental
disturbances that they cause, including air and water pollution.
These disturbances can be modeled with technology and data obtained
by modern methods, such as by drone, to monitor cities in near
real-time as well as help to simulate risk situations and propose
future solutions. These solutions can be inspired by the
theoretical principles of sustainable urbanism. Methods and
Applications of Geospatial Technology in Sustainable Urbanism is a
collection of innovative research that combines theory and practice
on analyzing urban environments and applying sustainability
principles to them. Highlighting a wide range of topics including
geographic information systems, internet mapping technologies, and
green urbanism, this book is ideally designed for urban planners,
public administration officials, landscape analysts, geographers,
engineers, entrepreneurs, academicians, researchers, and students.
This multimedia eBook establishes a solid foundation in the
essential principles of how signals interact with transmission
lines, how the physical design of interconnects affects
transmission line properties, and how to interpret single-ended and
differential time domain reflection (TDR) measurements to extract
important figures of merits and avoid common mistakes. This book
presents an intuitive understanding of transmission lines.
Instructional videos are provided in every chapter that cover
important aspects of the interconnect design and characterization
process. This video eBook helps establish foundations for designing
and characterizing the electrical properties of interconnects to
explain in a simplified way how signals propagate and interact with
interconnects and how the physical design of transmission
structures will impact performance. Never be intimidated by
impedance or differential pairs again.
Featuring contributions from major technology vendors, industry
consortia, and government and private research establishments, the
Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, Second Edition
provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of wire- and
wireless-based specialized communication networks used in plant and
factory automation, automotive applications, avionics, building
automation, energy and power systems, train applications, and more.
New to the Second Edition: 46 brand-new chapters and 21
substantially revised chapters Inclusion of the latest, most
significant developments in specialized communication technologies
and systems Addition of new application domains for specialized
networks The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, Second
Edition supplies readers with a thorough understanding of the
application-specific requirements for communication services and
their supporting technologies. It is useful to a broad spectrum of
professionals involved in the conception, design, development,
standardization, and use of specialized communication networks as
well as academic institutions engaged in engineering education and
vocational training.
This up-to-date work on final control elements presents theoretical
and practical information in an easy, conversational style, which
makes it an excellent reference for experienced instrument and
process engineers as well as students who are new to the field. The
book begins with a basic explanation of the function and purpose of
control valves, explaining the various types of valves that are
available along with their features and limitations. It also
provides: Directions for selecting the best valve for a given
service and the right flow characteristics Simplified equations for
sizing control valves for liquids and gases under normal and
special conditions, such as flashing and laminar flow Directions
for minimizing environmental problems, such as noise produced by
turbulent or cavitating fluids and aerodynamic noise Solutions to
dynamic instability problems Methods for improving control loop
stability Discussion on related safety issues such as "fail-safe"
action and cybersecurity Many reference tables provide information
that will be invaluable in valve selection, such as valve
materials, temperature ratings, and valve dimensions. Also, for the
benefit of international readers, examples and equations are
presented in metric as well as U.S. customary terms and
measurements.
Measurement systems include all components in a chain of hardware
and software that leads from the measured variable to process data.
New measurement techniques and technologies will stimulate
innovation in products, processes and services, and also help to
develop new skills in the workforce. With regards to measurement
systems research and development, the advances discussed in this
book provide new research ideas and new techniques for measurement
systems in various fields as in nanotechnology, in robotic, in
electricity, in optical systems and others. This book described the
design and the concept of the monitoring, the control of processes
and operations. Many different aspects of this field are explored
in a vast number of different ways. The experimental engineering
analysis is also discussed to check behaviour of the systems and to
validate theoretically predict.
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