Jonathan Love has a variety of experience and expertise in the analysis, design, development and operation of instrumentation and control systems as used for the automation of plant in the chemical, process and oil industries. His early academic career involved lectureships at Huddersfield, Leeds and Sheffield Universities. He is currently in the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials at Newcastle University where he is Director of the Integrated Graduate Development Scheme (IGDS) in Process Automation. His industrial experience consists of periods working as a commissioning engineer for Akzo Nobel (formerly Courtaulds Ltd) and as a control engineer for Honeywell Process Solutions (formerly KBC Process Automation). He is currently Principal Automation Consultant for BP Exploration and Production.

This book distils into a single coherent handbook all the essentials of process automation at a depth sufficient for most practical purposes. The handbook focuses on the knowledge needed to cope with the vast majority of process control and automation situations. In doing so, a number of sensible balances have been carefully struck between breadth and depth, theory and practice, classical and modern, technology and technique, information and understanding. A thorough grounding is provided for every topic. No other book covers the gap between the theory and practice of control systems so comprehensively and at a level suitable for practicing engineers.

Technology and Practice.- Summary.- P&I Diagrams.- Block Diagrams.- Signals.- Pneumatics.- Electronics.- Data Typing.- Structured Text.- Microprocessors.- Characteristics.- DP Cells.- Flow: Orifices.- Flow Measurement.- Level Measurement.- Weight Measurement.- Temperature Measurement.- pH Measurement.- Chromatography.- Valves and Actuators.- Valve Sizing.- Valve Positioners.- Feedback Control.- PID Control.- Controller Tuning.- Cascade Control.- Ratio Control.- Feedforward Control.- On-Off Control.- Sequence Control.- Determining Strategy.- Evaporator Control.- Control of Heat Exchangers.- Boiler Control.- Neutralisation Control.- Distillation Control.- Reactor Control.- Batch Process Control.- Systems Architecture.- Systems Hardware.- Communications.- Software Overview.- Operator Interface.- Integrated Alarm Environment.- Analogue Control Loop.- Database Operations and Structure.- Discrete I/O Devices.- Programmable Logic Controllers.- Configuration.- Open Systems.- Fieldbus.- System Layout.- Intrinsic Safety.- Reliability Principles.- Hazard Analysis.- Layers of Safety.- Protection Systems.- Safety Equipment.- Human Factors.- Costs and Benefits Analysis.- User Requirements.- Tendering and Vendor Selection.- Functional Specifications.- Design, Development, Testing and Acceptance.- Installation and Commissioning.- System Management.- Quality Assurance.- Contracts.- Theory and Technique.- Series and Complex Numbers.- First Order Systems.- Laplace Transforms.- Transfer Functions.- Second and Higher Order Systems.- Frequency Response.- Root Locus.- Z Transforms.- Sampled Data Systems.- Z Plane Analysis.- Impulse Compensation.- Matrices and Vectors.- State Space Analysis.- Multivariable Control.- Stochastics.- Linear Regression Analysis.- Linearisation.- Lumped Parameter Systems.- Zero Capacity Systems.- Compressible Flow Systems.- Hydrodynamics.- Multivariable Systems.- Multistage Systems.- Reacting Systems.- Distributed Parameter Systems.- Anti-Surge Systems.- Psychrometric Systems.- Electro-Mechanical Systems.- Numerical Integration.- Procedural Simulation.- Block Orientated Simulation.- Relational Databases.- Management Information Systems.- Principal Components Analysis.- Statistical Process Control.- Linear Programming.- Unconstrained Optimisation.- Constrained Optimisation.- Real Time Optimisers.- Knowledge Based Systems.- Fuzzy Logic Control.- Artificial Neural Networks.- Genetic Algorithms.- Multiloop Systems.- State Feedback Regulators.- Kalman Filtering.- Least Squares Identification.- Recursive Estimation.- Self Tuning Control.- Model Predictive Control.- Non-Linear Control.