This volume is part of the Practical Guide Series developed and published by the ISA, the International Society for Measurement and Control. The Practical Guides were conceived because of a shortage of published material in the field of measurement and control that bridges the gap between theory and actual industrial practice. Many books in the field have catered to the needs of technical students, who need to be oriented to basic control theory and concepts, or college-level readers, who are interested in engineering mainly from a classroom perspective. There are handbooks for practicing engineers that cover measurement and control, but these handbooks often devote only a chapter or two to topics that merit more attention. Within the Practical Guides Series, separate volumes address each of the important topics and give them comprehensive, book-length treatments. Each book in the series can be understood and used by technical students, sales engineers, sales personnel, and managers, and relied upon by those who have "real-live" industrial concerns such as correct application, safety, installation, and maintenance. Another unique feature of the Practical Guides is the stress placed on the actual experience of measurement and control practitioners. The Practical Guides are overseen by various Volume Editors and a Series Technical Editor, who have extensive experience in measurement and control. The Volume Editors have been selected for their specific expertise in the volume topics, and bring together numerous Contributing Writers with even more specialized knowledge. The Series Technical Editor, who is responsible for general technical consistency within each volume and across all volumes, helps guide the Volume Editors. The Practical Guides capture the hard-earned experience of the writers and, by employing examples and recording anecdotal observations, make that experience as applicable for the reader as possible. Case studies, either hypothetical or based on real case histories, are used to illustrate typical situations and show how good planning and practical applications made the difference between success and failure. Some of this information has never been documented before. This volume is designed to be at home in a library, in a classroom, or on the plant floor. The comfortable reading style, large pages, and frequent illustrations will contribute to ease of use. The page design uses graphics to "call out" some of the major points of the text, such as crucial safety checks and important examples. Each Practical Guide gathers widely scattered information in a single text, with bibliographies directing the reader to other sources. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Volume Editors
Guy Borden, Jr., the volume editor, has over forty years involvement with control valves including twenty with control valve manufacturers Black, Sivalls & Bryson and W-K-M as Service Engineer, Application Engineer, District Manager, and Product Sales Manager. Another fifteen years were spent with Bechtel Power Corporation as Control Systems Engineer, Staff Engineer, Group Supervisor, and Chairman of the Control Valve Advisory committee. Borden has served ISA as a member since 1959, section officer, and member of SP75 - the Control Valve Standards Committee - and several of its subcommittees since 1970, Director of the Process Measurement and Control Division. Mr. Borden is also a speaker and program manager at local meetings and national conferences, and has received section, division, and society awards including the ISA Distinguished Society Service Award in 1986. A chemical engineer by education, he received a BSChE from the University of Texas and an MSE(Ch) from the University of Michigan. Mr. Borden has been associated with this project for 10 years. He recruited most of the contributors to this volume and is responsible for its technical content. Paul G. Friedmann, the style editor, has been in process control for over 30 years, and is presently a control consultant in Stamford, Connecticut, after experience with Mobil, L&N, and Allies Signal. Mr. Friedmann co-edited the Continuous Process Control volume of the Practical Guides series. He holds a BSChE degree from the University of Michigan and an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania. Outside interests include golf and computer chess. Mr. Friedmann jointed this project after almost all of the contributions had been submitted, and edited them into a Practical Guide. He is responsible for the style and format of this volume. John Bernard, the series technical editor, is a Senior Process Analyzer Engineer in the Control Engineering Directorate of Shell Oil Products Company. After receiving his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from LSU in 1979, he taught Chemistry prior to joining Monsanto Chemical Company as a Process Analyzer Chemist. He joined Shell in 1983 and has been primarily involved with providing technical support to multiple facilities, and implementing process analyzers on projects. He is currently a member of the Analyzer Standards Committee of the API. |
