3 comments about Advanced PID Control.

1. PID (proportional-Integral-Derivative) controllers have become the technology of choice in a large percentage of control circuits. The basic concept of a PID controller is that they compare a measured value from a process with a reference setpoint value. The difference is then processed to change the various inputs when can then bring the measured value to desired value.
   
   PID controllers are not new, their development began at least 250 years ago with purely mechanical controllers such as the centrifugal governors on steam engines. Now, of course the new controllers are primarily electronic.
   
   This book covers nearly every aspect of using PID controllers. It combines a mathematical approach to control analysis along with discussion on PID devices and real world examples of problems and their solutions.
   
   The authors are in the Department of Automatic Control at Lund University in Sweden. The book is published by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society. It is suitable for either classroom or individual use.



2. The PID controller is the most common solution to practical control problems, especially in process industries. This fact makes extremely important for any individual involved in Process control to have an excellent understanding of its design, tuning and applications.
   
   This book is the last part of a trilogy. The first book, Automatic Tuning of PID Controllers, 1988, which had 6 chapters, gave a short description of the authors early experiences with development of relay auto tuners.
   The second book, PID Controllers: Theory, Design, and Tuning, 1995, which has 7 chapters, grew out of the need for a broader coverage of many aspects of PID control. In particular, it reviews many design methods for PID controllers that the authors investigated in connection with their work on auto tuners.
   This book, the last of the trilogy, has 13 chapters that deals with essential topics like: Process Models, Controller Design, Controller Tuning, Loop Performance Assessment, Interactions, Predictive Control, Control Paradigms, and implementation.
   
   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 found this book to be a useful reference in my day to day activities.



3. This is the best book I've seen on applied controls, period. The only reason I didn't give it a full 5 stars is that it often makes jumps in the math, without showing the derivations to make those jumps. I can see leaving out the steps in the main body of the text to avoid cluttering up the presentation, but I'd like to see them put the details in the Appendix.
   
   Beyond that, the book is impressive in its breadth of coverage, and does a fine job going between the fairly practical and fairly analytical. This would make a great grad course just by itself.

1 comments about Understanding Textiles (7th Edition).

1. I had to get this book for my textiles class. The book is done in a rather boring format (it is pretty much just a reference book, what did I expect?!) but it was extremely useful for that class and for many more I have taken. Interesting tidbits throughout the book if you are at all interested in fashion and textiles.

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1 comments about Fundamentals of Composites Manufacturing: Materials, Methods and Applications, Second Edition.

1. This was a good book on introducing me to composites manufacturing without the technical aspect. Don't buy this book if that is what you are looking for. It is a great starter book for those with little to no technical or engineering training. I have an engineering education but no training in composites and I really enjoyed reading this book as my intro to the subject. Good buy.

5 comments about Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering (7th Edition) (Prentice Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences).

1. This book is a classic . With all my respects to the next authors , this book belongs from its initial release to a selected dinasty of works made with an unusual passion style , and that invisible factor seems to make the clear difference . The presentation , the precise comments and the appraoch given to every chapter where the essential concepts of Mass balance or Energy balance are so brilliantly shown that it is literally impossible for you not to win with this .
   And after you bought it you will wonder in silent voice of course ( Do we need a teacher for Chemical Engineering Principles? ) .
   If you acquire this one and then the Whitwell and Tonner (see my review) , How can you lose ?
   Fundamental for Chemical , Production and Industrial Engineering.



2. This book is well worth the money. I was very impressed by the examples and excellent explanations. Highly recommend this book to any chemical or process engineer



3. This book is an excellent reference on Chemical Engineering Principles and Calculations for any engineer or practitioner working in the process industries. I am an Electronic Engineer, but I have been working for the last 16 years as an Instrumentation, Automation and Process Control Engineer for the Oil & Gas Industry. As a result I have been involved with Chemical Engineering issues in a day to day basic.
   
   I have found this book to be an ideal self-study guide. In this Edition the authors have included several categories of problems sets to assist in self-study. Self-assessment tests with answers (in Appendix A) follow each section, and thought and discussion problems follow the self-assessment tests.
   
   If a non Chemical Engineer can learn Chemical Engineering Principles from this book, I guarantee that any Chemical Engineering student or practitioner will find this readable textbook very useful.



4. I bought this book when I was taking my course in material and energy balances, I have got the one by Felder and Rosseau which I thought, no offence to the authors, totally awful, and not good for self-teaching at all. I have another title ("Introduction to Chemical Processes") by Regina Murphy which although not on the same level as this, is a much light-hearted approach to the same subject matter. On the whole for anyone who wants to teach and understand material and energy balances for Chemical Engineers, this book is one I would recommend highly.



5. This was the book that got me started in Chemical Engineering. Nowadays, I solve a problem every few years and need a refresher. The first chapter starts out with details on units and basic concepts. The next chapter evolves into more and more complicated material balances. The following chapters discuss concepts such as adiabatic flame temperature, Clausius-Clapeyron's equation (vapor pressure relates to heat of vaporization), average heat capacity and enthalpy of flue gases, psychrometry (water-air only), etc.. In the final section, the complexity of combined heat and material balances is addressed.
   
   In all, this is an excellent book for an introduction to Chemical Engineering or, as I use it now, as a great reference. I've had to retire my first copy and am using a new version. One bit of advice: get good copies of large and small psychrometry charts: 10-110 F dry bulb (small chart); 10-260+ (large chart).Put these in an envelope in the flap of the book for quick access.
   
   If this review was helpful, please add your vote.

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1. The book is easy to follow and gives you the key notes and principles.

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