Overview of Industrial Process Automation

by K.L.S. Sharma

Overview

Overview of Industrial Process Automation, Second Edition, introduces the basics of philosophy, technology, terminology, and practices of modern automation systems through the presentation of updated examples, illustrations, case studies, and images.

This updated edition adds new developments in the automation domain, and its reorganization of chapters and appendixes provides better continuity and seamless knowledge transfer. Manufacturing and chemical engineers involved in factory and process automation, and students studying industrial automation will find this book to be a great, comprehensive resource for further explanation and study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128093030
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/25/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	492
File size:	193 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Sharma is an industrial automation professional by education, qualification, and practice. He worked in the automation industry for over 33 years (25 years in ABB India) followed by academic institutions promoting automation education and training. He has totally dedicated himself to teach/train people in industry and academic institutions in current philosophy, technology, terminology, and practices in automation. He has several articles to his credit in automation education and training in automation magazines.

Table of Contents

1. Why automation?
2. Automation system structure
3. Instrumentation subsystem
4. Control subsystem
5. Human interface subsystem
6. Automation strategies
7. Programmable control subsystem
8. Hardware structure of controller
9. Software structure of controller
10. Programming of controller
11. Advanced human interface
12. Types of automation systems
13. Special purpose controllers
14. System availability
15. Common configurations
16. Advanced Input/Output system
17. Concluding remarks

Appendixes

1. Appendix A - Hardwired control subsystem
2. Appendix B- Processor
3. Appendix C - Hardware-software interfacing
4. Appendix D - Instruction set of processor
5. Appendix E - Basics of programming
6. Appendix F - Advanced control strategies
7. Appendix G - Power supply system
8. Appendix H - Further reading

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A comprehensive, systematic, completely illustrated detailed treatment of the basic concepts, methods, and techniques of industrial process automation systems