Control system technology /
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Published: |
E. Arnold,
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Publisher Address: | London ; Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. : |
Publication Dates: |
[1984] ©1982 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780713135084 |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 465 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 440-454. |
ISBN: |
9781483183299 1483183297 |
Index Number: | TJ213 |
CLC: | TP273 |
Contents: |
Front Cover; Control System Technology; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. CLASSIFICATION, TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS; 1.1 NATURAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; 1.2 HISTORY; 1.3 THE FUTURE; 1.4 GENERALISED SINGLE LOOP CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM; 1.5 CLASSIFICATION OF CONTROL SYSTEMS; 1.6 CHOICE OF SYSTEM HARDWARE; CHAPTER 2. TRANSDUCERS -DISPLACEMENT, REFERENCE AND VELOCITY; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS; 2.3 REFERENCE TRANSDUCERS; 2.4 VELOCITY TRANSDUCERS; CHAPTER 3. TRANSDUCERS -- STRAIN, FORCE, TORQUE, ACCELERATION, LOAD AND TENSION. 3.1 STRAIN GAUGES AND MEASURING BRIDGES3.2 USE OF STRAIN GAUGES IN TRANSDUCERS; 3.3 OTHER TRANSDUCERS FOR MEASURING FORCE, TORQUE, ACCELERATION AND TENSION; CHAPTER 4. TRANSDUCERS -TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, FLOW, LEVEL, DENSITY, pH, HUMIDITY, MOISTURE AND THICKNESS; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 TRANSMITTERS; 4.3 TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCERS; 4.4 PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; 4.5 FLOW TRANSDUCERS; 4.6 LEVEL TRANSDUCERS; 4.8 pH TRANSDUCERS; 4.9 HUMIDITY TRANSDUCERS; 4.10 MOISTURE TRANSDUCERS; 4.11 THICKNESS TRANSDUCERS; CHAPTER 5. ELECTRIC AMPLIFIERS AND FINAL CONTROL ELEMENTS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 PREAMPLIFIERS. 5.3 transistor power amplifiers5.5 the use of minor negative feedback loops; 5.6 servomotors; 5.7 conventional motors; chapter 6. hydraulic and pneumatic amplifiers and final control elements; 6.1 single-stage fluid amplifiers; 6.2 multi-stage fluid amplifiers with feedback; 6.3 hydraulic pumps; 6.4 final control elements; 6.5 block diagrams for hydraulic drives; 6.6 selection of equipment; 6.7 power supplies; chapter 7. flow control valves, actuators and positioners; pneumatic process controllers; 7.1 flow control valves; 7.2 pneumatic process controllers. Chapter 8. electronic and electrical controllers8.1 classification; 8.2 on-off temperature controllers; 8.3 general purpose process controllers; 8.4 speed controllers; 8.5 sequence controllers; chapter 9. hardware to generate sum and difference data; mechanical components; 9.1 the combination of data; 9.2 electrical methods for combining analog signals; 9.3 electronic networks for combining digital data; 9.4 mechanical methods for combining signals; 9.5 gear trains; 9.6 brakes, clamps and clutches; chapter 10. signal and data conversion; 10.1 introduction; 10.2 voltage to current converters. 10.3 CURRENT TO VOLTAGE CONVERTERS10.4 MODULATORS; 10.5 DEMODULATORS; 10.6 ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTERS (ADCs); 10.7 DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERTERS (DACs) AND DIGITAL-ANALOG MULTIPLIERS (DAMs); 10.8 RESOLVER-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; 10.9 DIGITAL-RESOLVER CONVERTERS; 10.10 SCOTT-TEE TRANSFORMERS; 10.11 SYNCHRO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS (SDCs); 10.12 DIGITAL-SYNCHRO CONVERTERS (DSCs); 10.13 RMS-TO-DC CONVERTERS; 10.14 SHIFT REGISTERSAND COUNTERS; 10.15 CODE CONVERTERS; 10.16 FREQUENCY-VOLTAGE CONVERTERS; 10.17 VOLTAGE-FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; 10.18 AIR-TO-CURRENT CONVERTERS; 10.19 CURRENT-TO-AIR CONVERTERS. |