Instrument Engineers' Handbook ─ Process Software and Digital Networks

Instrument Engineers' Handbook – Volume 3: Process Software and Digital Networks, Fourth Edition is the latest addition to an enduring collection that industrial automation (AT) professionals often refer to as the "bible." First published in 1970, the entire handbook is approximately 5,000 pages, designed as standalone volumes that cover the measurement (Volume 1), control (Volume 2), and software (Volume 3) aspects of automation.

This fourth edition of the third volume provides an in-depth, state-of-the-art review of control software packages used in plant optimization, control, maintenance, and safety. Each updated volume of this renowned reference requires about ten years to prepare, so revised installments have been issued every decade, taking into account the numerous developments that occur from one publication to the next.

Assessing the rapid evolution of automation and optimization in control systems used in all types of industrial plants, this book details the wired/wireless communications and software used. This includes the ever-increasing number of applications for intelligent instruments, enhanced networks, Internet use, virtual private networks, and integration of control systems with the main networks used by management, all of which operate in a linked global environment.

Topics covered include:


Advances in new displays, which help operators to more quickly assess and respond to plant conditions


Software and networks that help monitor, control, and optimize industrial processes, to determine the efficiency, energy consumption, and profitability of operations


Strategies to counteract changes in market conditions and energy and raw material costs


Techniques to fortify the safety of plant operations and the security of digital communications systems

This volume explores why the holistic approach to integrating process and enterprise networks is convenient and efficient, despite associated problems involving cyber and local network security, energy conservation, and other issues. It shows how firewalls must separate the business (IT) and the operation (automation technology, or AT) domains to guarantee the safe function of all industrial plants. This book illustrates how these concerns must be addressed using effective technical solutions and proper management policies and practices. Reinforcing the fact that all industrial control systems are, in general, critically interdependent, this handbook provides a wide range of software application examples from industries including: automotive, mining, renewable energy, steel, dairy, pharmaceutical, mineral processing, oil, gas, electric power, utility, and nuclear power.

Process Control and Automation
Distributed Control Systems and Process Plants, M. Nixon
Networks in Process Automation: Hardware Structures and Integration of Process Variables into Networks, P.G. Berrie and K.-P. Lindner
Instrumentation in Processes and Automation, D. Chmielewski and M.j. Bagajewicz
Programmable Logic Controllers, S. Agashe and S.D. Agashe
SCADA—Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System and an Example, H.A. Dalal
Intelligent Instruments and Sensors: Architecture, Software, Networks, Protocols, and Standards, D. Gurkan and H. Eren
Calibrations in Process Control, H. Eren
Standards in Process Control and Automation, H. Eren
Automation and Robotics in Processes, A. Sirinterlikci, A. Karaman, and O. Imamoģlu


Process-Control Methods
Batch-Process Automation, A. Ghosh
Plant-Wide Controller Performance Monitoring, C. McNabb
Plant Optimization, M. Ruel
Neural Networks in Process and Automation, R.R. Rhinehart
Fuzzy Logic Control in Processes and Automation, R.R. Rhinehart
Internet in Automation and Process Control Systems, B. Joseph and D. Srinivasagupta
Telemetry Systems: Phone, Radio, Cellular, and Satellite, D.E. Capano and C.W. Wendt


Digital Techniques and Data Handling
Digital Technology Fundamentals, Microcontrollers, Microcomputers, and FPGAs in Processes, C. Ortega-Sanchez
Signal Processing in Process Control and Automation, E. Deniz Eren and H. Eren
Data Acquisition Fundamentals, D. Potter and H. Eren
Analog and Digital Signal Transmission in Processes: Protocols and Standards, I.H. Gibson
Data Acquisition: Buses, Networks, Software, and Data Handling, D. Potter
Data Reconciliation and Software Methods for Bias Detection, M.J. Bagajewicz and D.K. Rollins


Software, Programming, and Simulations
Software Fundamentals, H. Eren
Virtual Plants: Process Simulation and Emulation, H. Hibino
Virtual Reality Tools for Testing Control Room Concepts, A. Droivoldsmo and M. Louka
Model-Free Adaptive Control Software, G.S. Cheng and S.L. Mulkey
Operation Optimization with Sequential Empirical Optimization and Software Implementation, C.W. Moreno
Data Historian, I. Yee and H. Eren


Networks, Security, and Protection
Computer Networks: LANs, MANs, WANs, and Wireless, H. Gurdeep
Internet Fundamentals and Cyber Security Management, H. Gurdeep
Network Security, Threats, Authentication, Authorization, and Securing Devices, W. Luo
VPN, CCN, and IT Support, B. Basaran and C. Burnaz
Fiber-Optic Network Components, J.W. Tioh, M. Mina, R.J. Weber, and A.K. Somani
Fiber Optic Communications and Networks, M. Maier
Network Access Protection, D.C. Verma
Comments on Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems and Automation, J. Brodsky and J. Weiss


Fieldbus Networks
Fieldbuses, L. Seno and S. Vitturi
HART Networks, D.S. Nyce
Foundation Fieldbus: Features and Software Support, S. Cavalieri
PROFIBUS Networks, P.G. Berrie and J. Müller
Industrial Ethernet and TCP/IP-Based Systems, G. Cena, S. Scanzio, S. Vitturi, and C. Zunino
Niche Fieldbus Networks, L. Seno and S. Vitturi


Process Management, Maintenance, Safety, and Reliability
Network Security Awareness, Management, and Risk Analysis, H. Armstrong
Manufacturing Execution Systems, Z. Patel
Auditing and Upgrading Plants, Control Rooms, and Networks, B.A. Fitzpatrick
Hazardous Areas: Classifications, Equipment, Purging, and Management, D.S. Nyce
Safety in Processes: Rules, Standards, Certification, Culture, and Management, A. Ghosh
Reliability, Redundancy, and Voting Systems, W. Goble
Computerized Maintenance and Maintenance Management, P.W. Ralph


Process Control and Automation Applications
Manufacturing, Plant, and Production Management: Applied in Automobile Industry, P. Golinska and M. Fertsch
Control Systems and Automation in Steel Thixoforming Production, A. Rassili and D. Fischer
Processes and Automation in Dairy Industry, S.D. Agashe and S. Agashe
Software for Pharmaceutical Automation, G.C. Buckbee
Process Automation in the Automotive Industry, V. Hajarnavis
Mine-Wide SCADA System, E. Bartsch
Application of Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic in Mineral Processing: Hydrocyclones, K.W. Wong and H. Eren
Computer Control in Mining, G. Baiden and S.-L. Jamsa-jounela
Telemetry Control and Management of Water Treatment Plants, C.W. Wendt
Design and Implementation of a Safe and Reliable Instrumentation and Control System in Oil and Gas Industry, H.S. Gambhir
Power Network Security, N. Liu
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control System Performance Monitoring, H.M. Hashemian
Alternative Energy I: Control Software Needs of Renewable Energy Processes, B. Lipták
Alternative Energy II—SCADA System for Thermal Power Plant, M. Iacob, G.-D. Andreescu, and N. Muntean
Alternative Energy III—Wind Energy, G. Smith