Start-Up: A Technician’s Guide

Diane Harris

This book offers you a clear overview of typical start-up responsibilities for new plants or systems. From the first team meeting to the last round of tuning and loop checking, Harris uses her extensive experience with process control plants to walk you through the issues and skills typically required. Written with the technician in mind, it is a non-mathematical, application-oriented book that details the duties a technician must perform in real-world situations.

Format: Softbound Book – 2000 ISBN: 978-1-55617-677-7 Length: 217 pages; Weight: 1 lb. Member: $42.00; List: $52.00 www.isa.org/startup

Understanding Distributed Processor Systems for Control Samuel M. Herb This book addresses the challenges of the process control effort, recognizing that factory automation systems are no longer isolated entities and that the systems and their functions are indeed merging.

Format: Hardbound Book – 1999 ISBN: 978-1-55617-645-6 Length: 727 pages; Weight: 4 lbs. Member: $89.00; List: $99.00 www.isa.org/distributedcontrol

Successful Instrumentation and Control Systems Design (with CD-ROM) Michael D. Whitt This book and CD-ROM combination provides in-depth coverage of the design process, the elements of a successful project, the specific issues to address in a well-designed instrumentation and control system, and the engineering products that enable practical design and successful maintenance.

Format: Softbound Book and CD-ROM – 2004 ISBN: 978-1-55617-992-1

Length: 360 pages; Weight: 2 lbs. Member: $95.00; List: $109.00 www.isa.org/iandcdesignCD

Tuning of Industrial Control Systems, 2nd Edition A.B. Corripio This book includes numerous examples of tuning, including the effect of hysteresis in flow control loops, averaging and tight level control, cascade control of a jacketed chemical reactor, feedforward control of a heater, and loop interaction and ration control in a blender.

Format: Hardbound Book – 2001 ISBN: 978-1-55617-713-2 Length: 254 pages; Weight: 2 lbs. Member: $89.00; List: $99.00 www.isa.org/tuningsystems

Variable Speed Drives: Principles and Applications for Energy Cost Savings, 3rd Edition David W. Spitzer This venerable classic helps practicing engineers learn about the technical and economic potential of this technology. It presents the electrical, hydraulic, chemical, and instrumentation information necessary to technically evaluate and economically justify variable speed drive (VSD) applications.

Format: Softbound Book – 2004 ISBN: 978-1-55617-859-7 Length: 204 pages; Weight: 1 lb. Member: $69.00; List: $79.00 www.isa.org/vsd

 

Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation, 3rd Edition Dick Caro This updated third edition explores wireless communications from the factory floor and process automation positioning to help engineering professionals make clear decisions on the timing and strategy for implementing wireless networks for automation projects. According to Caro, industrial users must consider cost, privacy, security problems, and the potential for signal loss in plant environments. And, industrial users must have secure communications that never fail. This book is offered in digital format. For a full year, as updates become available, you will receive email notification and be able to download a new PDF file at no charge.

Format: PDF on the Web – 2008 ISBN: 978-1-934394-36-6 Length: 109 pages Member: $69.00; List: $79.00 www.isa.org/wirelessnetworks