Petroleum chemical instruments and automation

Author: Zhou Zhicheng
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book is structured around automatic control systems, presenting knowledge in the field of petrochemical instruments and automation. The entire book is divided into nine chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the basic concepts of automatic control systems and the characteristics of control objects, as well as the effects of basic control laws on the control process. Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively cover measuring elements and transmitters, display instruments, automatic control instruments, and pneumatic actuators, listing new types of measuring instruments and control instruments introduced in recent years. Chapter 6 discusses simple control systems and complex control systems. Chapter 7 introduces various control schemes in the context of basic petrochemical operation units. Chapter 6 focuses on industrial control computers, presenting a distributed comprehensive control (DCS) system as a typical product. The final chapter briefly covers automatic signal interlock and protection systems. This book can serve as a textbook for chemical engineering technology programs in secondary vocational schools and also as a reference for engineering technicians engaged in chemical engineering production.