- Title : Process Industrial Instruments and Contol HB by Gregory K. McMillan Editor-in-Chief and Douglas M. Considine Late Editor-in-Chief
- Publish : The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. States of America
- Type Document : pdf
- Release : December 1999
- Total Page : 1337 Page
- Size : 20.76 Mb
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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTORY REVIEW
G. McMillan
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, the hiring of engineers and technicians dwindled to new lows. Technical training was replaced with management training programs. Fast-track employees aspired to be managers rather than technical leaders. This, combined with the early retirement of most of the experienced engineers and technicians, led to a huge gap in age and experience in the area of process/industrial instrumentation and control. Companies have attempted to replenish their technical capability in the past few years, but the new hires are typically not given a mentor, access to a technical training program, and technical support. Nor are they given time to develop their skills on projects of incremental complexity. Often they are thrown immediately into some very difficult situations.
To help address this new need, the emphasis of the new material in the handbook has shifted from operating principles to application guidance. New features and process conditions that are important considerations for successful installations are discussed. Selection ratings, key points, and rules of thumb are offered. This update provides the reader with a perspective and appreciation for what is important for implementation from authors with decades of experience. Plants have also suffered from neglect. In attempt to improve the return on equity, capital was not made available to replace old equipment. Meantime, the surge in the economy means plants are running at 200% or more of name-plate capacity. As a result, equipment is pushed beyond its normal operating region. This has increased the benefits from process control improvement to get the most out of a plant. Section 10 has been added to provide a comprehensive treatment of this important opportunity.
The biggest news, of course, is the move to smart instrumentation, theWindows NT platform, and Fieldbus. Distributed Control Systems and Field-Based Systems in Section 3, Knowledge-Based Operator Training in Section 8, Instrument Maintenance Cost Reduction in Section 10, and an Overview of the ISA/IEC Fieldbus Standard in Section 11 provide information essential to get the most out of these major shifts in technology.
Finally, standards have been recently developed to address safety, batch operation, and Fieldbus. Section 11 has been added to provide an overview of the important aspects of these new standards by authors who have played a key role in their development.
This handbook has been designed for the practitioner who needs to apply instrumentation and control systems in industry. The following is a walk-through of the technical articles.
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G. McMillan
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, the hiring of engineers and technicians dwindled to new lows. Technical training was replaced with management training programs. Fast-track employees aspired to be managers rather than technical leaders. This, combined with the early retirement of most of the experienced engineers and technicians, led to a huge gap in age and experience in the area of process/industrial instrumentation and control. Companies have attempted to replenish their technical capability in the past few years, but the new hires are typically not given a mentor, access to a technical training program, and technical support. Nor are they given time to develop their skills on projects of incremental complexity. Often they are thrown immediately into some very difficult situations.
To help address this new need, the emphasis of the new material in the handbook has shifted from operating principles to application guidance. New features and process conditions that are important considerations for successful installations are discussed. Selection ratings, key points, and rules of thumb are offered. This update provides the reader with a perspective and appreciation for what is important for implementation from authors with decades of experience. Plants have also suffered from neglect. In attempt to improve the return on equity, capital was not made available to replace old equipment. Meantime, the surge in the economy means plants are running at 200% or more of name-plate capacity. As a result, equipment is pushed beyond its normal operating region. This has increased the benefits from process control improvement to get the most out of a plant. Section 10 has been added to provide a comprehensive treatment of this important opportunity.
The biggest news, of course, is the move to smart instrumentation, theWindows NT platform, and Fieldbus. Distributed Control Systems and Field-Based Systems in Section 3, Knowledge-Based Operator Training in Section 8, Instrument Maintenance Cost Reduction in Section 10, and an Overview of the ISA/IEC Fieldbus Standard in Section 11 provide information essential to get the most out of these major shifts in technology.
Finally, standards have been recently developed to address safety, batch operation, and Fieldbus. Section 11 has been added to provide an overview of the important aspects of these new standards by authors who have played a key role in their development.
This handbook has been designed for the practitioner who needs to apply instrumentation and control systems in industry. The following is a walk-through of the technical articles.
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