Troubleshooting process plant control [electronic resource] : a practical guide to avoiding and correcting mistakes / Norman P. Lieberman
- Author:
- Lieberman, Norman P.
- Published:
- Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017.
- Edition:
- second edition.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 320 pages ; 25 cm
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- Contents:
- Learning from experience -- Process control parameter measurement -- Dependent and independent variables -- Binary distillation of pure components -- Distillation tower pressure control -- Control of aqueous phase (waste water) strippers -- Pressure control in multicomponent systems -- Optimizing fractionation efficiency by temperature profile -- Analyzer process control -- Fired heater combustion air control -- Using existing controls to promote energy efficiency -- Sizing process control valves -- Control valve position on instrument air failure -- Override and split-range process control -- Vacuum system pressure control -- Reciprocating compressors -- Centrifugal compressor surge vs. motor over-amping -- Controlling centrifugal pumps -- Steam turbine control -- Steam and condensate control -- Control of process reactions -- Function of the process control engineer -- Steam quality and moisture content -- Level, pressure, flow, and temperature indication methods -- Alarm and trip design for safe plant operations -- Inverted response of process parameters -- Nonlinear process responses -- Control malfunction stories.
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- ISBN:
- 9781119267768 (cloth)
9781119267782 (epub) - Note:
- Includes index.
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