03994cam a2200421 a 4500 27251 27251 m o d cr bn||||||abp cr bn||||||ada 100324s1987 enka o 001 0 eng d 9781483101972 (e-book) 1483101975 OCLCE eng pn dlr 623.8/5 19 Taylor, D. A., Marine control practice / London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1987. 1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations Marine engineering series Front Cover; Marine Control Practice; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; SHIPS; MANNING; ENVIRONMENT; TOTAL CONTROL; CONTROL MEDIA; REGULATION AND CLASSIFICATION; TERMINOLOGY; USE OF THE TEXT; Chapter 2. Measurement and control; MEASUREMENT; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; THE CONTROL LOOP; Chapter 3. Measuring instruments; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; DISPLACEMENT; SPEED; VIBRATION; TORSION; WATER PURITY; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; OIL ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; FIRE AND EXPLOSIVE GAS DETECTORS INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONChapter 4. Control signals; ELECTRONICS; PNEUMATICS; HYDRAULICS; FLUIDICS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; Chapter 5. System analysis; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS AND BLOCK DIAGRAMS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; POLES AND ZEROS; STABILITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DESIGN AND COMPENSATION; Chapter 6. Process and kinetic control; PROCESS CONTROL; KINETIC CONTROL; Chapter 7. Commercially available equipment; ON-OFF CONTROLLERS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC; Chapter 8. Correcting units; ACTUATORS; VALVE BODY VALVE POSITIONERS AND BOOSTERSACCESSORIES; SELF-ACTING CONTROL VALVES; CONTROL VALVE MAINTENANCE; CONTROL VALVE SELECTION; Chapter 9. Control systems; BOILER AND TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIESEL ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL; HYDRAULIC DECK MACHINERY CONTROL; CARGO TANK VALVE CONTROL; INTEGRATED MONITORING SYSTEMS; Chapter 10. Computer control; ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL SIGNALS; COMPUTER CONTROL; ANALOGUE COMPUTING; DIGITAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING; GENERATING PLANT CONTROL; INTEGRATED CONTROL; SIMULATION Appendix: Glossary of termsCONTROL TERMS; COMPUTING TERMS; Index Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Marine Engineering Series: Marine Control Practice deals with the instrumentation and its associated control systems that are found onboard ships. The book covers topics such as the measuring instruments and control signals for different parameters; system analysis; process and kinetic control systems; and commercially available equipment. Also covered in the book are correcting units such as actuators and valves; the control systems for boilers, turbines, auxiliary equipment; and control involving computers. The text is recommended for those who need to complete the Certificates of Competency. Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Marine engines Automatic control. Marine machinery Automatic control. Moteurs marins Commande automatique. Machines marines Commande automatique. Marine engines Automatic control. fast Marine machinery Automatic control. fast Print version: Taylor, D.A., M. Sc. Marine control practice. London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1987 (DLC) 86031737 (OCoLC)15018927 Marine engineering series. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780408013130 EBK