Troubleshooting Process Plant Control

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ix INTRODUCTION 2ND EDITION xi ABOUT THE AUTHOR xiii Chapter 1 Learning from Experience 1 Chapter 2 Process Control Parameter Measurement 11 Chapter 3 Dependent and Independent Variables 25 Chapter 4 Binary Distillation of Pure Components 33 Chapter 5 Distillation Tower Pressure Control 41 Chapter 6 Control of Aqueous Phase (Waste Water) Strippers 55 Chapter 7 Pressure Control in Multicomponent Systems 61 Chapter 8 Optimizing Fractionation Efficiency by Temperature Profile 69 Chapter 9 Analyzer Process Control 77 Chapter 10 Fired Heater Combustion Air Control 87 Chapter 11 Using Existing Controls to Promote Energy Efficiency 99 Chapter 12 Sizing Process Control Valves 107 Chapter 13 Control Valve Position on Instrument Air Failure 115 Chapter 14 Override and Split-Range Process Control 125 Chapter 15 Vacuum System Pressure Control 131 Chapter 16 Reciprocating Compressors 143 Chapter 17 Centrifugal Compressor Surge versus Motor Over-Amping 151 Chapter 18 Controlling Centrifugal Pumps 159 Chapter 19 Steam Turbine Control 167 Chapter 20 Steam and Condensate Control 179 Chapter 21 Control of Process Reactions 191 Chapter 22 Function of the Process Control Engineer 205 Chapter 23 Steam Quality and Moisture Content 215 Chapter 24 Level, Pressure, Flow, and Temperature Indication Methods 231 Chapter 25 Alarm and Trip Design for Safe Plant Operations 247 Chapter 26 Inverted Response of Process Parameters 257 Chapter 27 Nonlinear Process Responses 267 Chapter 28 Control Malfunction Stories 275 ABOUT MY SEMINARS 283 PROCESS CONTROL NOMENCLATURE USED IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES AND PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS 287 FURTHER READINGS ON TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS CONTROLS 293 THE NORM LIEBERMAN VIDEO LIBRARY OF TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS OPERATIONS 295 INDEX 297 AFTERWORD 319

Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.

• Electrónica e engenharia das comunicações
• Engenharia mecânica e dos materiais