Instrument Engineers' Handbook, 4th Ed, Vol 2: Process Control and Optimization

• Takes a user-oriented approach, written by users for users, with an international perspective
• Contains the most up-to-date and complete information available
• Contains hundreds of figures, charts, and tables to illustrate the material, making it highly practical
• Offers a self-contained, easy-to-read treatment: begins with the basics and takes nothing for granted
• Includes all transmitters, controllers, valves, regulators, actuators, dampers, and other drives that have been introduced since 1995

Bela Liptak's acclaimed "bible" of instrument engineering now enters its fourth edition with fully globalized coverage, an outstanding panel of international contributors, and major additional coverage that reflects the advances made over the last decade since publication of the third edition. Expanded coverage includes descriptions of overseas manufacturer's products and concepts, model-based optimization in control theory, new major inventions and innovations in control valves, and a full chapter devoted to safety. The book also covers the transmitters, controllers, valves, regulators, actuators, dampers, and other drives that have been introduced since the previous edition.