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Instrumentation: A Reader

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  • © 1990

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  1. R. Loxton

    1. The Open University, China

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  2. P. Pope

    1. The Open University, China

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Future instrumentation: its effect on production and research

    • R. Shaw
    Pages 1-11

  3. Sensors for mechanical properties

    • R. S. Medlock
    Pages 12-23

  4. Digital transducers

    • G. A. Woolvet
    Pages 24-38

  5. Smart pressure transmitters

    • A. T. Bradshaw
    Pages 39-44

  6. On-line measurement of liquid density

    • Conrad H. Hoeppner
    Pages 45-54

  7. Measuring mass flow using the Coriolis principle

    • K. O. Plache
    Pages 55-62

  8. Humidity in air and gases

    • A. K. Michell
    Pages 63-67

  9. Development and application of a 0.14 g piezoelectric accelerometer

    • Howard C. Epstein
    Pages 68-74

  10. The use of ultrasonic techniques for non-invasive instrumentation on chemical and process plant

    • R. C. Asher
    Pages 75-81

  11. Level and density measurement using non-contact nuclear gauges

    • David R. Carlson
    Pages 82-90

  12. Analytical instruments for process control

    • K. G. Carr-Brion
    Pages 91-101

  13. Silicon sensors meet integrated circuits

    • Phillip W. Barth
    Pages 102-113

  14. Optical measurement methods

    • Robert Jones
    Pages 114-124

  15. Sensing with optical fibres: an emerging technology

    • Albert R. Tebo
    Pages 125-133

  16. Feedback in instruments and its applications

    • B. E. Jones
    Pages 134-150

  17. Communications in process control

    • P. R. Matthews
    Pages 151-170

  18. Measurement errors and instrument inaccuracies

    • M. J. Cunningham
    Pages 171-183

  19. How to calibrate flowmeters and velocity meters

    • A. T. J. Hayward
    Pages 184-199

  20. Noise suppression and prevention in piezoelectric transducer systems

    • Jon Wilson
    Pages 200-207
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About this book

This book contains a selection of papers and articles in instrumentation previously pub­ lished in technical periodicals and journals of learned societies. Our selection has been made to illustrate aspects of current practice and applications of instrumentation. The book does not attempt to be encyclopaedic in its coverage of the subject, but to provide some examples of general transduction techniques, of the sensing of particular measurands, of components of instrumentation systems and of instrumentation practice in two very different environments, the food industry and the nuclear power industry. We have made the selection particularly to provide papers appropriate to the study of the Open University course T292 Instrumentation. The papers have been chosen so that the book covers a wide spectrum of instrumentation techniques. Because of this, the book should be of value not only to students of instrumen­ tation, but also to practising engineers and scientists wishing to glean ideas from areas of instrumentation outside their own fields of expertise. In recent years instrumentation has emerged as a discipline in its own right rather than as an adjunct to traditional science and engineering disciplines. This development has been driven partly by the needs of industries for new and improved sensing techniques, and partly by new technological developments such as microprocessors, optical fibres and in­ tegrated silicon sensors which are revolutionising sensing and signal processing practice.

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  • The Open University, China

    R. Loxton, P. Pope

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