Introduction to Plant Automation and Controls

ISBN-13: 9780367494209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 558 str.

Raymond F. Gardner

Opis

Introduction to Plant Automation Controls addresses all aspects of modern central plant control systems, including instrumentation, control theory, plant systems, VFDs, PLCs, and supervisory systems.

Spis treści

Preface.  Chapter 1 Measurement Fundamentals and Instrumentation.  Chapter 2 Control Terminology, Theory, and Tuning.  Chapter 3 Basic Electronics.  Chapter 4 Digital Theory, Logic, and Two-State Control.  Chapter 5 Motor Controllers.  Chapter 6 Variable-Frequency Drives and Harmonics.  Chapter 7 Boiler Controls.  Chapter 8 Pump and Fan Controls.  Chapter 9 Control Valves.  Chapter 10 Speed, Load, and Alternator Control.  Chapter 11 Programmable Logic Controllers and Operations.  Chapter 12 Wiring PLCs and I/O Devices.  Chapter 13 Allen-Bradley RSLogix Software and Ladder-Diagram Programming.  Chapter 14 Electronic 4-20mA Analog Signals.  Chapter 15 Analog Control using Allen-Bradley’s RSLogix Software.  Chapter 16 IEC 61131-3 PLC Programming Languages (LD, FBD, SFC, ST, & IF).  Chapter 17 Centralized Control Systems, DCS, and SCADA.  Chapter 18 PLC Cabling, Data Transmission, and Networking.  Chapter 19 Industrial Control System Security.  Chapter 20 PLC Terms and Definitions.

O autorze

Raymond F. Gardner is a professor of engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, and a practicing engineer for over forty years.