Practical Process Control for Engineers and Technicians – Wolfgang Altmann – 1st Edition

1 - Introduction
2 - Process measurement and transducers
3 - Basic principles of control valves and actuators
4 - Fundamentals of control systems
5 - Stability and control modes of closed loops
6 - Digital control principles
7 - Real and ideal PID controllers
8 - Tuning of PID controllers in both open and closed loop control systems
9 - Controller output modes, operating equations and cascade control
10 - Concepts and applications of feedforward control
11 - Combined feedback and feedforward control
12 - Long process deadtime in closed loop control and the Smith Predictor
13 - Basic principles of fuzzy logic and neural networks
14 - Self-tuning intelligent control and statistical process control

Appendix A - Some Laplace transform pairs
Appendix B - Block diagram transformation theorems
Appendix C - Detail display
Appendix D - Auxiliary display
Appendix E - Configuring a tuning exercise in a controller
Appendix F - Installation of simulation software
Appendix G - Operation of simulation software
Appendix H - Configuration
Appendix I - General syntax of configuration commands
Appendix J - Configuration commands
Appendix K - Algorithms
Appendix L - Background graphics design
Appendix M - Configuration example
Introduction to exercises
Index