Publisher's Synopsis
Instrumentation is the basic process control in industry. In industrial control a wide number of variables temperature, flow, level, pressure, and distance can be sensed simultaneously. All of these can be interdependent variables in a single processing require a complex microprocessor system for total control. Due to more advancement in technology and the efficient measurement techniques instruments that we are using today may be obsolete in future. Now almost in every industries automation system introduced. So during running time of plant we have to set some control in input and output and also during processing. Such as, if a plant is having boiler operations, the automated mechanisms are put in place using valves and transducers which continuously keep monitoring the boiler temperature, pressure and volume of the content in the boiler. If these variables go beyond or below the desired value of variables, the valves come into action and regulate these variables. All this done with various process loop mechanisms. Just imagine a world without instruments. It would be like traversing into a time that probably goes even beyond the Stone Age. Man has always been fascinated towards instruments and the quest to invent and innovate on new instruments has pushed mankind beyond barriers to an age where instruments have become a part and parcel of the life. Today, we find instruments at home and at workplace, and this was possible only because of the science instrumentation. Introduction to Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques is dedicated to the latest advancements in instrumentation. The aim of this book is to provide comprehensive information for scientists and academicians, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of instrumentation. Almost all process and manufacturing industry such as steel, oil, petrochemical, power and defense production will have a separate instrumentation department, which is manned and managed by instrumentation engineers. Automation is the buzz word in process industry, and automation is the core job of instrumentation engineers. Hence, the demand for instrumentation will always be there. The growth in the avionics, aeronautical and space science sectors has also increased the scope for instrumentation engineers. Instrumentation engineers can also fit in both software and hardware sectors. Apart from covering core subjects such as system dynamics, industrial instrumentation and process control, analytical and bio-medical instrumentation and robotics, the students deal with software and hardware topics such as microprocessor and micro controller based instrumentation, VLSI and embedded system designs, computer architecture and organization and computer control of processes.
