Short description
The fourth edition of the three volume "Instrument Engineers' Handbook" helps readers select and apply hundreds of process measurement and control instruments and analytical devices.
Long description
The fourth edition of the three volume "Instrument Engineers' Handbook" helps readers select and apply hundreds of process measurement and control instruments and analytical devices and design the most cost-effective process control systems that optimize production and maximize safety. This edition is fully updated and with increased emphasis on installation and maintenance consideration. Its coverage is now fully globalized with product descriptions from manufacturers around the world.
Review
The editor of this masterpiece, Bela Liptak, is a longtime engineering consultant, a teacher at Yale, and a fellow of the ISA. He is clearly devoted to producing a useful reference . The book is replete with simple explicatory figures and diagrams; well-organized summaries with information on the costs, suppliers, ranges, and inaccuracies of the instruments covered; and practical tips on related subjects such as good instrument maintenance practices. Comprehensive, practical, and well-organized, this book is highly recommended for academic libraries and engineering company libraries. It can best serve as a teaching aid for students, or a reference manual for both new and experienced practicing engineers. - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 6, 2004 About the previous editions: Those [contributors] eventually selected are without doubt among the bestWhether used as a textbook by inexperienced engineers, or as a quick reference book for the experienced engineer-this book looks set to continue to be the main reference to the instrument engineer for the next decade -Alan Reese in Control & Instrumentation I have seen nothing with the scope of this handbook -Roy V. Hughson in Chemical Engineering In our smaller universe of process control, Bila Liptak is a towering presence -Terrence K. McMahon in Control
Table of contents
- Chapter
- General ConsiderationsIntroductionAbbreviationsMeasurement AccuracyMaintenanceChapter
- Flow MeasurementApplication and SelectionAccuarcy, the Effects of Installand and Flow Conditioning New!BTU Flowmeters for Heat ExchangersBTU Flowmeters for Gaseous FuelsCross
- Correlation FlowmeteringCustody Transfer and Reticulation Meters New!Elbow TapsFlow SwitchesJet Deflection Flow DetectorsLaminar FlowmetersMagnetic FlowmetersMass Flowmeters
- CoriolisMass Flowmeters
- MiscellaneousMass Flowmeters
- ThermalMetering PumpsMultiphase Flow Metering New!OrificesPilot Tubes, Averaging, and Duct Section UnitsPositive Displacement Gas FlowmetersPositive Displacement Liquid Meters and ProversPurge Flow RegulatorsSegmental Wedge FlowmeterSight Flow IndicatorsSolids, Flowmeters and FeedersTarget MetersTurbine and Other Rotary Element FlowmetersUltrasonic FlowmetersVariable
- Area, Gap, and Vane FlowmetersV
- Cone FlowmeterVenturi Tubes, Flow Tubes, and Flow NozzlesVortex and Fluidic FlowmetersWeirs and FlumesChapter
- Level MeasurementApplication and SelectionBubblersCapacitance and Radio Frequency (RF) Admittance ProbesConductivity and Field Effect Level SwitchesDiaphragm Level DetectorsDifferential Pressure Level DetectorsDisplacer Level DetectorsFloat Level DevicesLaser Level SensorsLevel GaugesMicrowave Level SwitchesOptical Level DevicesRadar Level Transmitters and GaugesRadar, Buided Wave (TDR) Designs New!Radiation Level SensorsResistance TapesRotating Paddle SwitchesSlip Tubes and DipsticksTape Level DevicesThermal Level SensorsTime Domain Reflectometry and Phase Difference SensorsUltrasonic Level DetectorsVibrating Level SwitchesChapter
- Temperature MeasurementApplication and SelectionBimetallic ThermometersCalibrators and SimulatorsColor Indicators, Crayons, PelletsFiber
- Optic ThermometersFilled
- Bulb and Glass
- Stem ThermometersIntegrated Circuitry (IC) Transistors and DiodesMiscellaneous Temperature SensorsPneumatic and Suction PyrometersPyrometric ConesRadiation and Infrared PyrometersQuartz Crystal ThermometryResistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs)Temperature Switches and ThermostatsThermistorsThermocouplesThermowellsUltrasonic ThermometersChapter
- Pressure MeasurementSelection and ApplicationAccessories
- Seals, Snubbers, Calibrators, and ManifoldsBellows
- Type Pressure SensorsBourdon and Helical Pressure SensorsDiaphragm or Capsule
- Type SensorsDifferential Pressure InstrumentsElectronic Pressure SensorsHigh
- Pressure SensorsManometers Multiple Pressure ScannersMultiple Pressure Scanners New!Pressure GaugesPressure RepeatersPressure and Differential Pressure SwitchesVacuum SensorsChapter
- Density MeasurementApplication and SelectionLiquid Density
- Displacement and Float
- Type DensitometersLiquid Density
- HydrometersLiquid Density
- Hydrostatic DensitometersLiquid/Slurry Density
- Miscellaneous DensitometersLiquid Density
- Oscillating Coriolis DensitometersLiquid/Sludge Density
- Radiation Densitometer