Analytical Instrumentation: Practical Guides for Measurement and Control (Practical Guides Series) [Hardcover]

R. E. Sherman (Editor), L. Rhodes (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1556175817 | ISBN-13: 978-1556175817 | Publication Date: October 1, 1996

This treatment of process analytical technology, by a distinguished array of experts, chronicles over 50 years of process analyzer development-from its origin in the research laboratory at Ludwigshafen in the late 1930s to a dynamic worldwide technology in the early 1990s. Offering some theory and a lot of real-world hands-on experience, this book is designed for field analyzer technicians, newly-graduated engineers-in-training and knowledgeable manufacturers application personnel.

Included are drawings of sample systems that work and comments on ones that don't work. In addition, justifications and organizational guidelines on process analyzer systems are presented.

The volume describes analyzers from the systems side looking at implementation issues including justification, purchasing, training, and validation. Specific analyzer types and the fundamentals of application for a variety of situations are explored.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 728 pages
• Publisher: Instrumentation Systems & (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556175817
• ISBN-13: 978-1556175817
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars From an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control, July 9, 2006

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David De Sousa "The Automation and Control Guy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Analytical Instrumentation: Practical Guides for Measurement and Control (Practical Guides Series) (Hardcover)

This volume is part of the Practical Guides Series developed and published by ISA (formerly "The Instrument Society of America", later "The International Society for Measurement and Control" and now known as "The Instrument, Systems and Automation Society"). The Practical Guides were concived to bridge the gap between theory and actual practice, and the stress is placed on the actual experience of measurement and control practitioners.

I own this book, if you work with analyzers this is an excellent reference book in the subject, wrote in a practical language, with coverage of different types of applications.

The book covers the following topics:
PART I - IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCESS ANALYZERS SYSTEMS
- Typical process analyzer application justifications.
- Interfacing with process analyzer systems.
- Process sample conditioning systems.
- Principles of process analyzer calibration.
- SPC / SQC for process analyzer systems.
- Validation of process analyzers.
- Specificaction and purchase of process analyzer systems.
- Process analyzer system training considerations.
- Process analyzer system maintenance personnel and organizational issues.
- Process analyzer application fundamentals.
PART II - PHYSICAL PROPERTY PROCESS ANALYZER SYSTEMS
- Boiling Point Analyzers.
- Cloud point and pour point analyzers.
- Flash point analyzers.
- Freeze point analyzers.
- Refractive index analyzers.
- Thermal conductivity analyzers.
- Combustible gas analyzers.
- Viscosity analyzers (Non-ASTM).
- Moisture / Dew point analyzers.
- Hydrogen sulfide analyzers.
- Total sulfur analyzers.
- Octane and cetane analyzers.
- Vapor pressure analyzers.
- Vapor-to-liquid ratio (V/L) analyzers.
PART III - ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS ANALYZER SYSTEMS
- Conductivity analyzers.
- PH analyzers.
- ORP (Redox) analyzers.
- Trace Oxygen analyzers.
PART IV - SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC PROCESS ANALYZER SYSTEMS
- Infrrared (IR and NDIR) absorption analyzers.
- Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analyzers.
- Near infrared (NIR) analyzers
- Ultraviolet / Visible (UV/VIS) absorption analyzers.
- Chemiluminescence (CHEMIL) analyzers.
PART V - COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS ANALYZERS SYSTEMS
- Gas chromatographic (GC) analyzers.
- Liquid chromatographic (LC) analyzers.
- Distillation (% OFF) analyzers.
- Mass spectrometric (Mass Spec) analyzers.
APPENDICES
- ROI - An economic evaluation.
- Computer simulation of control charts.
- Linear regression and least squares.
- Discrimination ratios.