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Fundamentals of Process Control Theory (3rd Edition)

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This book is designed as a self-study guide for both beginners and experienced practitioner who want to learn more about Process Control.

A true road map to the world of process control. The book contains 17 step-by-step self study units. It also comes with a CD that includes a digital version of the full textbook.

I am an Industrial Practitioner of Process Control. I have been working for more than 16 years as an Instrumentation, Automation, and Process Safety and Control Engineer for the Oil & Gas Industry. I have made extensive use of this book to prepare tutorial and training material for technician and operators.

If you are looking for a more in-depth treatment of process control topics, but still oriented towards practical industrial applications, you might want to consider Bela Liptak's Instruments Engineer's Handbook Volume 2 - Process Control and Optimization. I own both books and they have proven to be a very effective combination to solve day to day problems in my job.

The instrument shop where I work selected this book for apprentice instrument techs. It is a disaster! None of the techs understand calculus or differential equations. Most of the theory and terminology are way over their heads. The book is long on verbage but short on real meat for the beginners. Quite honestly, I don't see any use in having this book on my shelf. I recommend the 4th edition of the Instrumentation book by Franklyn Kirk. It also comes with a very good workbook for a few bucks extra.

This book only provides a slight overview on system process control, if you want a detailed how to design a PID then look else where.

Just my 2 cents.