Controlling Multivariable Processes

by F.G. Shinskey

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876645295
• ISBN13: 9780876645291
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Isa
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 9.8"

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An Introductory Self Study Guide on Multivariable-Process Control Applications

This book is part of ISA's (formerly "The Instrument Society of America", later "The International Society for Measurement and Control" and now known as "The Instrument, Systems and Automation Society") Independent Learning Modules on Control Principles and Techniques. Most control problems and applications in the process industries are multivariable in nature. This book is intended as an introductory guide in the procedures which are essential in defining and applying control schemes to multivariable processes. The text is written for engineers and professional practitioners who are responsible or will be responsible for control-systems application and design. A fundamental understanding of feedback control is an essential prerequisite to successfully complete this volume of ISA's Independent Learning Modules. Engineers and practitioners with a process background will find this module easier to follow than those without because systems designs are based on mathematical relationships that describe the process to be controlled, and knowledge of the process to be controlled is a big advantage. Nevertheless the presentation, examples, and exercises will be helpful to all who wish to develop skills in multivariable-control systems design. The book is written in a clear and practical language by its author. Greg Shinskey is considered the foremost authority on Process Control. I especially like the emphasis that the author puts on teaching how to solve common control problems. I am an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control who has been working in the Process Industries for more than 16 years as an Automation, Instrumentation, Process Safety and Process Control Engineer. My academic background is in electrical and electronics engineering (I am an Electronic Engineer), not in chemical engineering as might be the case of the usual reader of this book, but working in the Oil & Gas Industry all this time, I have been dealing with Chemical-Process Control issues in a day-to-day basics. I consider this book is definitively a must have for the beginner in this area.