Instrumentation
Practical Textbook on
Measurement Devices
and Instrumentation
By Franklyn W. Kirk, Thomas A. Weedon, Philip Kirk - 4th Edition
This
newly updated text provides an overview of the latest information on
measurement devices and instrumentation. Large full-color
illustrations are used to detail fundamental theory and operating
principles of instrumentation in industry. Common applications used
in control of manufacturing and other processes are included
throughout the text.
Instrumentation
covers industrial communications from traditional pneumatic to
state-of-the-art digital and wireless communication systems
including Fieldbus, Hart™, and Ethernet. Also included is a new
chapter on safety systems that addresses common safety devices and
systems such as relief valves, rupture discs, burner control
systems, hazardous location classifications, enclosures, and safety
instrumented systems (SIS).
Each text
contains a
CD-ROM with Quick Quizzes™,
an Illustrated Glossary, Instrumentation Resources, and Reference
Material. These activities enhance the content to provide additional
information and assessment.
Contents include:
-
Introduction to Instrumentation
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Level
- Flow
- Analysis
- Transmission and Communication
- Automatic Control
- Final Elements
- Safety Systems
- Application
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Index
627 Pages, 550 illustrations, hard
cover.
ISBN: 0826934234
ISBN-13: 978-0826934239
Published January 2005
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